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Unfortunately, "when it comes to chronic pain, there are situations where pain cannot be controlled as well with the approaches that are available to us today," says Dubner. Opiate drugs are usually avoided in chronic pain management because of the potential for tolerance.
Some types of chronic pain that are difficult to control include:
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pain from nerve damage caused by diabetes or shingles |
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lower back pain that continues long after the initial injury has healed |
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arthritis |
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migraine and other chronic headaches. |
There is some hope though. Tricyclic antidepressants, especially amitriptyline, have been found to relieve pain in patients with nerve damage. These drugs aid the body's own defenses by trapping serotonin, a pain-blocking chemical, at its point of production in the nerve endings in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. An excess of serotonin builds up and suppresses pain signals longer than usual.
Although FDA has not approved tricyclic antidepressants for pain control, these drugs are gaining wide acceptance for this purpose. (The practice of medicine may include the prescribing of approved drugs for unapproved uses supported by research and not otherwise contraindicated.)
Treatment of chronic and migraine headache pain may include two drugs approved for heart problems--calcium channel blockers and beta blockers. Treatment for mild arthritis pain, on the other hand, often begins with aspirin. If the patient can't tolerate aspirin, ibuprofen is a reasonable substitute, says Love. She warns, however, that even though people can buy aspirin and ibuprofen without a prescription, the doses required to treat arthritis pain are too high to be taken without a physician's care. "The treatment of chronic arthritis, regardless of severity, requires an adequate diagnosis and possible use of many different types of medications, physical therapy, or surgery," says Love.
