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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...