Management and clinical care

Pain management guidance formalized in 2017

probablepractice

Chopra et al.'s 2017 management paper remains the reference for EDS pain care — multimodal analgesia, physiotherapy, psychological support, and caution about long-term opioids. Evidence tiers here are low: mostly expert consensus and small series.

Subtype scopeall EDS types
Date2017-03
Criteria erainternational-2017
Practice kindmedication
Reviewed2026-09-16
Reassess by2027-03-16

Evidence

clinicalexpert review