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Many illnesses and conditions could make pain an everyday visitor, interfering with this jobs, family lives, even sleep.Even ancient people tried to alleviate the devastation of chronic pain using surgeries and medicinal herbs.By the 1800s, people started using narcotics (drugs like opium) to lessen pain.Even the narcotic heroin was originally developed as a pain medication! But many narcotics were found to be addictive, to hinder digestion and mood, and also to slow or stop breathing!Fortunately for all of us, modern research has uncovered safer pain-relief drugs for chronic conditions...

Irritable bowel syndrome is a debilitating and distressing condition, which affects 10-20% of the population.IBS is characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel function such as constipation, diarrhea or alternating diarrhea and constipation.Some people have occasional symptoms, which can be aggravated by stress or food intolerances.Others experience crippling symptoms, and struggle to maintain their quality of life in the absence of any targeted, effective pharmaceutical treatments...