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Why are so many chronic pain patients misdiagnosed or under treated?
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Tough to treat pain: Chronic pain is difficult to treat because what works for one patient doesn't always work for another. Also, certain pain medications can result in dependence or tolerance and worsen symptoms. Unfortunately, there is no "cure" for chronic pain making it very difficult to treat. There may be other factors that contribute to pain including other health problems.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Difficult : Chronic pain is often difficult to treat and difficult to diagnose. A lack of education of physicians contributes to this as does the fact that many causes of chronic pain are not "visible".
Answered 10/4/2016
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