Active and inactive μ-opioid receptors<unk>  is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of<unk>  <unk>  relief, analgesia,<unk>  control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals provide some<unk>  control in the normal course of their practice, and for the more complex instances of<unk> , they also call on additional help from a medical specialty devoted to<unk> , which is called<unk>  medicine.<unk>  often uses a multidisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of anyone experiencing<unk> , whether acute<unk>  or chronic<unk> . Relief of<unk>  in general (analgesia) is often an acute affair, whereas managing chronic<unk>  requires additional dimensions. The typical<unk>  team includes medical practitioners, pharmacists, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, physician assistants, nurses, and dentists. The team may also include other mental health specialists and massage therapists.<unk>  sometimes resolves quickly once the underlying trauma or pathology has healed, and is treated by one practitioner, with drugs such as<unk>  relievers (analgesics) and occasionally also anxiolytics. Effective<unk>  of chronic (long-term)<unk> , however, frequently requires the coordinated efforts of the<unk>  team. Effective<unk>  does not always mean total eradication of all<unk> . Rather, it often means achieving adequate quality of life in the presence of<unk> , through any combination of lessening the<unk>  and/or better understanding it and being able to live happily despite it. Medicine treats injuries and diseases to support and speed healing. It treats distressing symptoms such as<unk>  to relieve suffering during treatment, healing, and dying. The task of medicine is to relieve suffering under three circumstances. The first is when a<unk> ful injury or pathology is resistant to treatment and persists. The second is when<unk>  persists after the injury or pathology has healed. Finally, the third circumstance is when medical science cannot identify the cause of<unk> . Treatment approaches to chronic<unk>  include pharmacological measures, such as analgesics <unk>  killer drugs), antidepressants, and anticonvulsants; interventional procedures, physical therapy, physical exercise, application of ice or heat; and psychological measures, such as biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Pain management
Electroanalgesia
Pressure control
Neuromuscular therapy
Spinal manipulation
Antianalgesia
Sedoanalgesia
Interventional pain management