Pain Management
53 Articles & Excerpts
The Principles
 The Chiropractic Way: How Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Pain and Help You Regain Your Health Without Drugs or Surgery
by Michael Lenarz, D.C., Victoria St. George
Chiropractic has become America's most popular form of alternative health care, offering lasting relief from pain--and many other health benefits - to more than 25 million patients annually. Yet many people still wonder exactly how chiropractic heals
Coping Chronic Pain : Chronic Headaches, Pain Basics
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
More than 45 million Americans have chronic headaches, according to the National Headache Foundation. The most common types include tension headaches, which are associated with muscle tension.
Coping Chronic Pain: Drug Abuse, Support
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Opioids are controlled substances that are potentially addictive. Pain medications containing opioids include Vicodin (hydrocodone), OxyContin and Percocet (oxycodone), MS-Contin (morphine), Tylenol #2, #3 and #4 (codeine), and the Duragesic Patch
Coping Chronic Pain: Pain That Persists, Finding Relief
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
By definition, acute pain after surgery or trauma comes on suddenly and lasts for a limited time, whereas chronic pain persists. 'Acute pain is a direct response to disease or injury to tissue, and presumably it will subside when you treat the disease
Careful with Pain Relievers
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Experts urge care to avoid accidental overdosing and the risks for liver damage and other serious health problems. Acetaminophen is a safe and effective pain reliever that benefits millions of consumers.
Coping with Migraine Pain
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine sufferers can beat the pain if they avoid triggers, heed early warning symptoms, and, with the help of a health professional, find effective drug treatment, including the first nonprescription drug for migraines, recently approved by FDA.
Back Pain: Exercise and Physical Therapy, Surgery, Acupuncture
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The back is a complicated body part. And deciding how to treat it when it's hurt isn't simple, either. There are many choices, but results are mixed. Back pain comes in two forms, acute and chronic, and is most often felt in the lower back.
Understanding Back Pain and Pain Management Options
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The back is a complicated body part. And deciding how to treat it when it's hurt isn't simple, either. There are many choices, but results are mixed. Back pain comes in two forms, acute and chronic, and is most often felt in the lower back.
Over the Counter Drugs: Pain, Pain Go Away
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Consumers may welcome the growing array of pain relievers available without prescription, but this profusion can cause confusion. Knowing the differences - and similarities - among these products is crucial to making wise choices.
Chronic Pain
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The undesirable side effects of narcotics can be avoided completely with another form of continuous administration - epidural therapy. Epidurals, which inject the narcotics into the membrane surrounding the spinal cord, have been used for many years
Pain Tolerance and Addiction
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Because doctors are afraid patients may become dependent on opiate drugs, they sometimes hold back on the amount or number of doses, even if this means the patient doesn't get sufficient pain relief.
The Challenge of Relieving Pain
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
For some people, pain is an infrequent visitor, while for others it is a constant companion. Some new treatments are helping people to break off the unwelcome relationship, but providing relief is often tricky.
Advanced Cancer : Pain
by National Cancer Institute
Having cancer doesn't always mean that you'll have pain. But if you do, you shouldn't accept pain as normal. Most types of pain can be treated. Your doctor can control pain with different medicines and treatments.
Important Facts About Cancer Pain Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Having cancer does not always mean having pain. For those with pain, there are many different kinds of medicines, ways to receive the medicine, and nonmedicine methods that can relieve the pain you may have.
Cancer Pain : Opioids
by National Cancer Institute
Opioids are very effective for the relief of moderate to severe pain. Many patients with cancer pain, however, become tolerant to opioids during long-term therapy. Therefore, increasing doses may be needed to continue to relieve pain.
Cancer Pain
by National Cancer Institute
Cancer pain can be managed effectively in most patients with cancer or with a history of cancer. Although cancer pain cannot always be relieved completely, therapy can lessen pain in most patients.
Benefits and Risks of Pain Treatment Methods
by National Institute of Health
This information is provided to help you discuss your options with your doctors and nurses. Sometimes it is best to combine two or more of these treatments or change the treatments slightly to meet your individual needs.
What is Pain?
by National Institute of Health
Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that tells you something may be wrong in your body. Pain is your body's way of sending a warning to your brain. Your spinal cord and nerves provide the pathway for messages to travel to and from your brain.
A Medical Revolution in the Making
 Pain Free for Life
by Scott Brady, M.D., William Proctor
Clinical pain specialists, such as Dr. John E. Sarno, professor emeritus at the Rusk Institute in Manhattan, have developed treatment strategies focusing on neutralizing powerful negative emotions that lie at the root of much chronic pain.
The Answer to Impossible Pain
Pain Free for Life
by Scott Brady, M.D., William Proctor
The proof of the power of our program in overcoming various symptoms of the Autonomic Overload Syndrome lies in the results of the 6-week Pain-Free for Life Treatment Program. This program has helped hundreds of patients suffering from the chronic
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