Acute pain can generally be relieved with many options. Chronic pain is often more difficult to treat effectively. There is often a greater emphasis on non-drug treatment and enabling the patient to cope up with pain.

Drug Treatment:

The basic principal of drug treatment is to prescribe appropriate analgesics (pain killers) according to the degree of pain. The following are some common pain killers:

• Paracetamol
• Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
• Opioids (Codeine)

Non-Drug Treatment:

Some common treatments that do not rely primarily on medication to achieve pain killing effects include:

• Physiotherapy
• Massage therapy
• Heat therapy
• Cold therapy
• Psychological techniques (train patient to develop techniques to counter pain)
• Surgical approaches (by cutting nerves which are carrying pain sensations)

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