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What is breakthrough pain? " If you have moderate to severe pain that lasts 12 hours or more per day, it is called persistent pain, and your doctor can give you a longer-acting medication that should last up to 12 hours or more.
" Unfortunately, up to 86% of patients already receiving longer-acting pain medication also experience sudden flare-ups of pain that "break through" the medication they are taking. This is called "breakthrough pain", or BTP.
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Did you know that most doctors did not receive adequate training in medical school concerning the treatment of chronic pain? As a result, many doctors lack the confidence needed to prescribe and tritrate pain medications for patients, who suffer from chronic pain.
Many of these doctors also falsely believe that pain medications (narcotics) will cause addiction. It is a known fact that when pain medication is prescribed for the purpose of relieving pain, these medications do not cause addiction!! In fact, pain medications are one of the safest and most effective medications for treatment of chronic pain.
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