David Maine, MD

Joined: 06/09/2010
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David N. Maine, MD is the director of the Center for Interventional Pain Medicine at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. Maine graduated with a degree in neuroscience and completed his medical doctorate at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Maine completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, served as chief resident in the department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and completed his advanced training in interventional pain medicine.
Board certified, Maine has received many honors and awards, including a Pain Medicine Fellows Grant from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, a grant from the Glenn Foundation for Research in the Biology of Aging, and The Rochester Prize from the University of Rochester. He has authored several publications, abstracts, and book chapters and serves as an active member in the American Pain Society, American Society of Intervention Pain Physicians, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
The Center for Interventional Pain Medicine treats a myriad of disease processes including sciatica, spinal stenosis, facet arthropathy, osteoarthritis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, postherpetic neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, and cancer pain.
Committed to a collaborative approach, Maine works with patients and their physicians to implement effective pain treatment plans.

Disclosure:
Dr Maine has served as a speaker for Boston Scientific and Pfizer.

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Bob, There are a number of different anti-inflamatories that can be used, some more...More
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Reply: any advice is welcome!!
There are a number of immediate release medications that can be used for chronic...More
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Reply: Frustrated in Springfield, Missouri
Hang in there. Just try to focus initially on establishing a trusting relationship...More
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Reply: Chronic back pain and Butrans
Butrans is a transdermal formulation of Buprenorphine. It is a partial agonist...More
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Reply: crps
There are a number of great support groups. I would recommend ...More
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Reply: Frustrated in Springfield, Missouri
I am so sorry to hear for your wife's struggle. I am sure your support means the...More
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Reply: MIddle trap pain - vicodin/skellaxin not enough, w...
Thank you for the update. Hang in there!
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Reply: long term pain management questions
Tim, Thank you for your post. Methadone has been looked at extensively and now...More
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Reply: treatment option
It sounds like you are referring to a radiologic finding (MRI) termed Modic...More
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Reply: Burning the nerves
A lumbar facet rhizotomy can be used as treatment for low back pain. This procedure...More
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