Skip to content
WebMD: Better Information. Better Health.
Other search tools:Symptoms|Doctors

Pain Management Health Center

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 or other pain treatments to help you get pain relief. Sometimes psychotherapy is also useful in learning new coping skills to help with chronic pain.

Select a Chapter

Latest Headlines
Ask the Expert: I Have RA and My Husband Won't Help
Our rheumatology expert explains how chronic disease can affect family relations and how one reader can get the help she needs.

Read Full Article

Top Stories

Pain Management: Pain Basics

Everyone experiences pain at one point or another. It often is an indication that something is wrong.

Each individual is the best judge of his or her own pain. Feelings of pain can range from mild and occasional to severe and constant.

Pain Management: Pain Basics