Living with Chronic Pain: The Complete Health Guide to the Causes and Treatment of Chronic Pain

Take back your life from chronic pain!

Do you wake up every morning in pain? Do you avoid activities you love because you're afraid of a flare-up? Has managing your pain symptoms become a full-time job? If so, you're not alone. More than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. From migraine headaches to arthritis, and sports injuries to back pain, chronic pain can affect anyone at any age. It is frequently undertreated, and worse, many doctors simply ignore it.

Now there is real help and hope. In Living with Chronic Pain, noted pain specialist Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D., Ph.D., offers expert advice and guidance in everyday language on symptoms, causes, and treatments. Here is all the information you need to start feeling better right away.

In Living with Chronic Pain you'll find:
*an up-to-date guide to the newest analgesic pain relievers (including NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors) and other medications that have proven helpful, such as antidepressants, local anesthetics, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills
*a detailed and no-nonsense discussion about opioids, their benefits and risks, why they are underprescribed, and whether they can help you
*the way your personality type affects your ability to cope with chronic pain, including tips from other patients on how they have dealt with their problems
*the latest non-drug approaches to pain management, including massage therapy, acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral therapy, counseling and much more.