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The UPMC Outpatient Pain Program helps people with cancer manage acute or chronic pain.
Your cancer doctor or nurse might suggest our program. Or you can ask for a referral at any time.
At UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, our goal is to relieve or reduce pain and improve your quality of life.
A pain medicine doctor and other members of the team will do a full pain assessment. We may also refer you for a specific evaluation with other team members.
After meeting with us, we'll prescribe a pain management plan based on your unique needs and goals.
Our pain medicine doctors can also come to outpatient cancer clinics.
Many medicines can manage cancer pain. Some drugs are general pain relievers, while others target distinct types of pain.
Most pain drugs are prescription.
We also aim to reduce the need for narcotics at the UPMC Outpatient Pain Program.
Some of the most common types of drugs to manage pain are:
Your pain team at UPMC Hillman may include:
Contact the pain management team at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh at 412-623-3395. Or find a UPMC pain management program near you.