New Pain Scale for Patients
Nearly 25 million Americans experience acute pain each year as a result of injury, surgery, or disease. A new tool, the Ultra-cetTM Rapid Pain Response Scale (Ortho-McNeil), allows patients to characterize their pain through a series of questions designed to make it easier to describe and rate their experience of pain. Patients can use the scale to self-assess the effectiveness or side effects of any medication they are taking for pain control. The accompanying “Daily Diary” enables patients to record and communicate an accurate pain history to their physicians.
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