Pain Management
47 Articles & Excerpts
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.
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.
Structure and Stricture
 Pain Free for Women: The Revolutionary Program for Ending Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue
Whether you suffer from back or neck pain, joint discomfort or sore knees, or need more stamina, improved balance, and extra strength, here is a revolutionary and proven approach to self-care that promises optimal health through a simple set of exercises
The PC - From Painful to Pain Free
 Pain Free at Your PC
by Pete Egoscue
Using a computer should challenge your mind, not your body. As computers become a larger part of our daily lives both at work and at home, complaints of painful wrists, sore shoulders, stiff necks, and blurry vision associated with computer use continue
Fentanyl Pain Patches: Proper Use, Addiction and Abuse
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fentanyl skin patches provide convenient and effective relief for many people who experience chronic pain, and who have been taking pain medications for long periods of time. But health care providers and patients should be aware that deaths
Introduction
 Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue
Starting today, you don't have to live in pain. That is the revolutionary message of this breakthrough system for eliminating chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Developed by Pete Egoscue, a nationally renowned physiologist
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A Curve That Keeps Us Straight
Pain Free for Women: The Revolutionary Program for Ending Chronic Pain
by Pete Egoscue
We need to know more about the body's response to a force of nature that all humans must cope with: gravity. We tend to think of splitting the atom and landing on the moon as great feats of human genius.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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