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Common brand names: Darvocet-N, Wygesic, and others
Why is acetaminophen and propoxyphene prescribed?
Acetaminophen and propoxyphene, a
combination drug, is used to relieve mild to moderate pain. This drug is not
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Common brand names: Percocet, Roxicet, Roxilox, Tylox, and others
Why is acetaminophen with oxycodone prescribed?
This drug combination is used to relieve moderate to severe pain such as
that associated with bursitis, injuries, simple fractures, and neu... |
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What is chronic pain?
Chronic pain is pain that persists, resists, and insists: It persists beyond
expected healing time, resists interventions, and insists upon being recognized.
What is the difference between acute and chronic pain?
Chronic p... |
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Depression is one of the most common problems experienced by people with
chronic pain. If the depressive symptoms are related to pain or side effects of
medicine, doctors can make adjustments in medications to alleviate these
symptoms. If the depressi... |
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What is a nerve block?A nerve block
is a technique of placing local anesthetics (like Novocaine) near nerves to
temporarily "block" or stop the nerves from transmitting pain signals.
What information does a nerve block provide?
Helps to d... |
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If you suffer from pain, you can find many different kinds of doctors who
treat pain. Anesthesiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons most frequently
specialize in pain management. Pain treatment specialists also can be pain
specialty-trained psych... |
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Although pain is a part of life, there is much that doctors
and other health care providers can do to reduce the severity of acute or
chronic pain. Pain that is persistent, severe, continuous, or intermittent can
destroy the will to live and interfere... |
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What is chronic pain?
Chronic pain is pain that persists after the resolution of
the acute injury. There is no longer any ongoing tissue injury. In chronic pain,
signals of pain remain active in the nervous system for weeks, months, or years.
The e... |
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What is myofascial pain syndrome?
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS)
refers to pain and inflammation in the
body’s soft tissues or muscles. Myofascial pain is a chronic, painful
condition that affects the fascia (connective tissue that co... |
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What is neuropathic pain?
Neuropathic pain is a complex, chronic pain state that usually is accompanied
by tissue injury. With neuropathic pain, the nerve fibers themselves may be
damaged, dysfunctional or injured. These damaged nerve fibers send in... |
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New research is bolstering the case for prescribing antidepressants to people
with chronic pain to help them better deal with their discomfort. It’s also
shedding new light on the relationship between pain and depression.
Indeed, what medicine is incr... |
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Pain measurement in adults
One of the most frequently used pain assessment tools is the McGill Pain
Questionnaire (MPQ). This questionnaire has three parts including a descriptive
scale (Present Pain Intensity) with numbers assigned to each of five ad... |
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Pain treatments: Non-prescription
What are OTC pain medicines?
Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are those that are available without a
prescription from a doctor. Some examples of OTC pain relievers are
acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-infla... |
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Coping with addiction
Many people who take pain medicines as prescribed do not become addicted, but
some people do. Traits of addiction are loss of control, cravings, and adverse
consequences resulting from use of a substance. You may indeed be addict... |
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What is addiction?
Addiction is characterized by loss of control, cravings, and adverse
consequences resulting from use of a substance. Addiction is different from
physical dependence or tolerance. In cases of physical dependence, there are
withdrawa... |
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What is a clinical trial?
A clinical trial, also called a research study, is a research program that
tests the value, and safety of various interventions in people. Clinical trials
are meant to find new and improved methods of evaluating or treating a... |
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What is palliative care?
Palliative care is a special type of medical care that focuses on treatment
of the symptoms people may have when they are living with a chronic
(long-standing) illness, such as cancer or heart failure. It is often compared
to t... |
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What is physical therapy (PT)?
Physical therapy (PT) involves the treatment, healing, and prevention of
injuries or disabilities. PT concentrates mainly on relieving pain, promoting
healing, and restoring function and movement by therapeutic means. Type... |
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Psychological treatment for pain problems
When you are in pain, you may have feelings of anger, sadness, hopelessness,
and/or despair. Pain can alter your personality, disrupt your sleep, and
interfere with your work and relationships. Psychological t... |
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A healthy sexual relationship can positively affect all aspects of your
life. However, chronic pain issues can interfere with healthy sexuality.
When chronic pain is present, you might not feel like sharing your thoughts
and feelings or having... |
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What are spinal drug delivery systems?
Spinal drug delivery systems, also called intrathecal drug delivery systems,
use a small pump that is surgically placed under the skin of a person’s
abdomen. The pump delivers pain medicine ... |
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With age or injury, cracks or fissures may develop in the wall of the
intervertebral disk. Filled with small nerve endings and blood vessels, these
fissures can be a chronic source of pain. Also, the inner disk material
frequently bulges (herniates) int... |
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What is a stellate ganglion block?
The stellate is a group of nerves in the neck area. A stellate ganglion
block is an injection of a local anesthetic (pain-relieving medication) around
this group of nerves to relieve pain. The pain relief will affect... |
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What is trigger point injection?
Trigger point injection (TPI) is a procedure used to treat painful areas
of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form
when muscles do not relax. Many times, such knots can be felt under t... |
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