chronic pain
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You Should Build a Pain ‘Tool Kit’ to Manage Flare-Ups
If you’ve ever had a painful injury or illness, or if you deal with chronic pain, you’re probably familiar with the phenomenon of a flare up, in which your pain spikes. Not only is this pain uncomfortable, but it can also interfere with cognitive abilities and affect vision and other senses. These kinds of episodes…
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How To Use Prescription Painkillers Without Getting Addicted
From the headlines, prescription painkillers sound pretty scary. Some of the people who take them switch to heroin, and some die of overdoses. The problem is so bad that the US FDA has mandated black-box warning labels about the risk of abuse. But at the same time, these drugs are common and useful tools to…