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Learn more about inflammation, arthritis, and infection of the spine in both the chapters on acute and chronic back pain,
Chapters 3
and
8
.

7) Central pain

You may be suffering from some component of central pain if you answer yes to most of the following statements:

• The pain medicine I take does not seem to work any more.

Yes
No

• It takes more and stronger pain medication for me to get relief.

Yes
No

• I have been on narcotic pain medication and/or muscle relaxants for more than one month.

Yes
No

• I must take a sleeping pill to sleep.

Yes
No

• I feel depressed because of my pain.

Yes
No

• I suffered from depression before this pain began.

Yes
No

• The pain makes me cry a lot.

Yes
No
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