title: Ancient pain.
abstract: In a group of about 1000 patients with chronic pain, approximately 4% had pain of very prolonged duration--25 years or longer. These subjects were similar in general to other chronic pain patients but they did differ significantly in the following: a higher incidence of face and head pain, greater dependency on analgesics and sedatives, more frequent diagnoses of depression, and a greater elevation of nearly all clinical MMPI scales.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059408:Pain Management; D011379:Prognosis; D012803:Sick Role; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives