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Breakthrough Pain

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Breakthrough Pain Definition

Many people with chronic cancer-related pain experience intermittent flares of pain that can occur even though a person is taking analgesic medications on a fixed schedule for pain control. These severe flares of pain are called breakthrough pain because the pain "breaks through" the regular pain medication.

Breakthrough Pain Synonyms

Breakthrough Pain, breakthrough pain

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