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    Pain Management Overview

    Pain management is important for ongoing pain control, especially if you suffer with long-term or chronic pain. After getting a pain assessment, your doctor can prescribe pain medicine, other pain treatments, or psychotherapy to help with pain relief.

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    What’s Your Best Pain Management Plan?

    You know your pain better than anyone -- and as hard as it’s been to handle it, your experience holds the key to making a plan to treat it.

    Each person and their pain are unique. The best way to manage your case could be very different from what works for someone else. Your treatment will depend upon things such as:

    What’s Your Best Pain Management Plan?

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