Pain can be classified as acute or chronic

For the management of rheumatoid arthritis DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs) may favourably influence the outcome of the disease (section 2.4). The pain and inflammation of an acute attack of gout is treated with a NSAID or colchicine (section 2.3.1); a xanthine-oxidase inhibitor (section 2.3.2) is used for long-term control of gout. ................
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