How You Beat Pain

Quick pain relief

Here is a checklist of some of your options for quick and effective pain relief. more »

The body therapies that may ease pain

These various techniques may best help long-lasting chronic instances of pain. more »

Mind therapies that may ease pain

These various techniques may best help long-lasting chronic instances of pain. more »

Alternative therapies that may help relieve pain

The following is not a definitive guide to the alternative therapies available for pain relief. Instead, it lists those that have a reasonable, scientific body of evidence that suggests they have some... more »

Drugs that help relieve pain: the COX-2 inhibitors

To counter problems of stomach upsets with the NSAIDs, drug companies have devised two new drug families—the nonacetylated salicylates, and COX-2 (cyclo-oxygenase-2) inhibitors. more »

Drugs that relieve pain: The NSAIDs

Medical studies have demonstrated that a pain-relieving drug – such as an NSAID (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug) or a COX-2 – can help enormously, especially in cases of acute pain. more »

How pain is classified

Apart from being either acute or chronic, pain is also described according to its source in the body and the nociceptors, pain-detecting neurons, which can cause ‘sympathetic’ or referred pain in othe... more »

The two types of pain

Pain isn’t just pain. Medicine puts it into one of two categories: more »

What is pain?

On the face, it is a silly question. After all, everyone knows what pain is. But there are many issues involved that complicate what seems to be a relatively simple issue. more »

How you beat pain

You can and you will beat pain. On these pages you will discover how. more »

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