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	Archive > June, 2002	Vol. III, No. 6

The ABCs of Chronic Pain Management

A primer on the basics of this ever-growing subspecialty.

Bill Meltzer, Associate Editor

It is estimated that one person in three suffers with some form of chronic pain, affecting an estimated 86 million Americans. Nevertheless, until recently, pain was largely undertreated and widely misunderstood, even by many within the medical profession. This article will spell out the basics of chronic pain management.

Chronic vs. acute pain
How does chronic pain differ from acute pain? Acute pain follows injury to the body

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