Ask about side effects that may occur with treatment. Tell your doctors what medicines you take for other health problems since certain drugs, when taken with some pain medicines, can cause problems. Injections into muscle or skin are medicines given by shots. Injections given into the spine are medicines given through a small tube in your back called an epidural or intrathecal catheter. Rectal suppositories are medicines that dissolve in the rectum and are absorbed by the body.
Patches are medicines that are placed on a patch.
Relaxation techniques Get in as comfortable a position as possible. Breathe in slowly while counting to three. Breathe out slowly while counting to three. Continue breathing in and out in the same pattern. Relaxation tapes may be helpful.