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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Pain Treatment

Health Encyclopedia: Post Surgical Pain Treatment

Definition


Alternative Names

Treatment - post surgery


Information

Question:

How is pain treated after surgery?

Answer:

There are many types of pain medication, including opiates or narcotics (drugs that dull pain and make you very drowsy), local anesthetics (drugs that deaden the sensation of pain in a specific area without putting you to sleep), and anti-inflammatory medications (drugs thattreat the irritation or infection that may be causing ...

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Expert & Community Posts

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New Guidelines for Low Back Pain Treatment
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...risks. The various approaches to chronic low back pain treatment have advantages and... Read more »

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Newsweek Focuses on Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...Inside writer Mary Carmichael reports on advances in pain treatment made both on the battlefield... Read more »

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Finding the Source of Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...experienced. A more widely studied (but similar) chronic pain treatment method, known as... Read more »

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An Ounce of Prevention
By Will Rowe , Health Expert

...routines, supportive family and friends, the right pain treatments--to name a few--are all... Read more »

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Parkinson's Disease and Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...and movement impairments are all very visible. But, pain is invisible and tends to be present in... Read more »

Health Guide

Referred Pain: Can it be treated by Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)?
Leg pain, arm pain, and even headaches can all be referred from the facet joints in the spine. These small joints connect each vertebral body. Like other joints in the body, the facet joints can wear... Read more »
Sciatica: What is it?
“Sciatica” is an old world term that refers to leg pain felt down the back of the thigh into the calf and foot. What about thigh pain? What about buttock pain? Unfortunately, “sciatica” has... Read more »
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..."Pain - the Fifth Vital Sign" is not... too technical or too simplified about specific pain treatments a book that promises to tell you how to "cure" yourself.  This book... Read more »
TENS Unit for Pain
...your pants or pockets so that they are easy to bring with you where ever you go.How Does TENS Control Pain?Sticky patches (electrodes) are attached to the skin, and small electrical impulses are... Read more »
Capps, Rogers Introduce Legislation To Help Americans Suffering From Pain
...–Today Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) introduced the National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007, legislation to improve pain care research, education, training,... Read more »

Medications

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This drug is used to treat mild to moderate pain (e.g., headaches, cold/flu aches and pains) and to... Read more »

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...(NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor, which relieves pain and swelling (inflammation). It is... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to treat mild to moderate pain. Propoxyphene is a narcotic pain... Read more »

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...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »

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...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »

Related News

New guidelines issued for back pain treatment
October 03, 2008

The American Pain Society has added to its recommendations for the treatment of back pain, and the organization has also decided to speak openly... Read summary »

Study recommends best neck pain treatments
October 03, 2008

An international study has evaluated the best treatments for neck pain and discovered that some alternative therapies may be the better choices for... Read summary »

Back pain treatments that work
October 03, 2008

There are many treatments for back pain, from expensive diagnostic scans to surgery. But according to some experts, it's the most simple treatments... Read summary »

Chronic pain treatment puts a buzz in pain's place
October 03, 2008

Living with chronic pain often requires trade-offs such as losing social time to gain rest or dulling the senses to ease pain with medications. But... Read summary »

Parkinsons Patients in Pain
September 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with Parkinson's disease experience more pain than those without the disease, according to a new study. For this... Read summary »