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What is Chronic Pain?
"Chronic pain is as unique in character as are the millions of people who suffer from it. When you suffer from chronic pain, the pattern, intensity, and frequency of your pain and your response to treatments may be very different from someone else with the same diagnosis. Also, your pain can change, not just over time but also from day to day and hour to hour, according to your activity, mood, stress level, and general health."
Easing Pain, Enhancing Lives
The principal barrier to effective pain management is a discrepancy between the patient's and physician's assessments of the extent to which pain is interfering with daily activities.
