Chronic Pain & Management is an online, peer reviewed open access journal which covers various aspects and supports both quantitative and qualitative research in the evolving discipline of palliative care, including clinical trials of pain or symptom control therapies, epidemiology of phenomena related to life-threatening disease and end-of-life care, and health services studies evaluating the outcomes of diverse therapeutic models. Chronic Pain & Management provides a unique platform that helps to collect and disseminate state-of-the-art scientific understanding on chronic pain and related discipline.

There are a variety of options for the treatment of chronic pain. Under the general category of medications, there are both oral and topical therapies for the treatment of chronic pain. Oral medications include those that can be taken by mouth, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, and opioids.