the control of pain or discomfort through medication, stress reduction, relaxation, exercise, massage, heat, cold, or providing a comfortable environment

Attitudes about how to deal ethically with patients' pain have changed. There are real medical motives for limiting patients' access to pain medication, the risk of addiction being primary among them. Furthermore, treating pain is for the most part "palliative," that is to say, it has no other medically relevant effects on the condition that is causing the pain. But increased emphasis on the value of autonomy, coupled with the rising incidence of cases where pain management is the only way to "improve" health (particularly at the end of life), has led to a more liberal stance on the issue. Patients are now often put in charge of administering their own painkillers, and are counseled on non-pharmaceutical methods of pain management. See also: autonomy, palliative care [See Case Studies related to Pain Management

Several kinds of practitioners offer pain management, including medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, psychologists, dietitians, acupuncturists and others. Techniques vary depending of the practitioner's training.

a medical specialty that encompasses pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and other approaches to prevent, reduce, or stop pain sensations.

Methods to stop, reduce or prevent pain. Options include treating the cause of the pain, controlling the pain with drugs or other methods (such as yoga, meditation and biofeedback) and surgery.

Physicians and other pain experts choose from an extensive series of diagnostic tests to precisely identify the source of a patient's pain. Treatment and management possibilities are wide ranging and include physical therapy, behavioral therapy, biofeedback and pain-relieving devices that are implanted under the skin.

The use of analgesics, narcotics, and sedation in the postoperative period or during other painful procedures.

Anesthesiologists in this field use a variety of treatments for acute and chronic pain. Those treatments can include physical therapy, narcotics and behavior modification.

A formal program that teaches caregivers how to manage chronic and acute pain based on existing guidelines and protocols.

A subspecialty of anesthesiology that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the entire range of painful disorders.

This branch of medical science deals with treating chronic and acute pain.

Pain management is the discipline concerned with the relief of pain. Acute pain, such as occurs with trauma, often has a reversible cause and may require only transient measures and correction of the underlying problem. In contrast, chronic pain often results from conditions that are difficult to diagnose and treat, and that may take a long time to reverse. In such situations, the pain itself is frequently managed separately from the underlying condition of which it is a symptom.

A facility that provides surgeries, procedures, or other treatments designed to reduce pain and help patients achieve a reasonable quality of life and ability to function.

Pain management is the medical discipline concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the entire range of painful disorders. Because of the vast scope of the field, pain management is often considered a multidisciplinary subspecialty. The expertise of several disciplines is brought together in an effort to provide the maximum benefit to each patient.

Pain Management is the use of surgical and medical treatments used to control or eliminate acute or chronic pain resulting from a physical injury or other medical condition.

Pain medicine is a branch of anaesthetics concerned with the treatment of acute and chronic pain.

the supervision and control of pain due to a physical or medical condition.

The process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Mild to moderate pain can usually be treated with analgesic medications, such as aspirin or ibuprofen. For chronic or severe pain, opiates and other narcotics are often used, sometimes along with analgesics; with steroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs when the pain is related to inflammation; or with anti-depressants, which can increase the effects of some pain medications without raising the actual dose of the drug, and which affect the brains perception of pain. There are also non-medical ways to treat pain, including imaging, relaxation, and meditation.

Surgery, procedure, or other treatment designed to reduce pain and help the patient achieve a reasonable quality of life and ability to function. Intravenous pain management is a safe method that allows patients to give their own pain medications with the push of a button, as prescribed by their physician, offering rapid pain relief.

The process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pain management is an extremely important part of health care, as patients forced to remain in severe pain often become agitated and/or depressed and have poorer treatment outcomes. Mild to moderate pain can usually be treated with analgesic medications, such as aspirin or ibuprofen . For chronic or severe pain, opiates and other narcotics are often used, sometimes in concert with analgesics; with steroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs when the pain is related to inflammation; or with anti-depressants, which can potentiate some pain medications without raising the actual dose of the drug, and which affect the brain's perception of pain. Narcotics carry with them a potential for side effects and addiction, so patients and caregivers must weigh the level of pain against these dangers in the pain management process. The risk of addiction is not normally a concern in the care of terminal patients. See the entire definition of Pain management

Pain management is the process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. This is extremely important in healthcare because patients who are in severe pain often become agitated or depressed and have poorer treatment outcomes.

Pain management (also called pain medicine) is the discipline concerned with the relief of pain. Pain has been described as, "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with either actual or potential tissue damage. It is a very personal and individual experience - defined as whatever the patient says it is, and it exists wherever he or she says it does."