Show Fi sant performs as an antidepressant mechanism and "Pain research is very exciting just now We’re on the verge of being able to analyze a small sample of blood to PAIN anti-pai- n however is that they are addictive thermore Dt John Bonica of'the FurUni- Pain Research and Therapy Center notes that "a review of patients’ charts indicated that physicians prescribed narcotics at one-hato twowirds the dose required to relieve severe pain" Other drugs among them steroids and nonsteroid versity of Washington pain with the body’s own control determine the relative concentrations of various amino adds in it" Dt Seltzer continues "Ultimately we will be able to determine which is deficient then we may be able to stimulate them and resources" HV EJIen Bilgotr is a health wrier who Hues in New tbrkGtp lf FREEfSAMRUE drugs may have serious side effects and are administered with caution For severe nerve and musde pain Chronic pain can V utterfy savage a person's attitude toward life v j nerve blocks are sometimes recommended Comprised of anesthetics such as Novocain these injections deaden the ache temporarily When drugs prove ineffective physicians often employ Itanscutaneous ' Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) An electric generator the size of a cigarette package discharges impulses that interrupt the pain It VI:1 has proven successful in assuaging nerverdated pain including that horn a phantom limb or a headache Acupuncture is the ancient Chinese art of inserting slim needles into specific body points and then efectrical-o- r manually stimulating these nee- Recent research by Lorenz Ng MD of the Washington Pain Center in DC shows that the Washington therapy also stimulates endorphins Some patients daim it's effective in the relief of low-bac-k pain Biofeedback a method whereby an individual teams to control involuntary conmuscfe contraction or blood-vessstriction as a response to a cue has proven beneficial to some migraine sufler-er- s Hi TV They warm their hands in response to a signal and the increase in the hand temperature eventually transmits itself to the head where vessels constrict thus lessening the pain Other types of pain therapy leave more to chance Among them is nerve surgery where a doctor severs nerves so that the pain impulses can no longer be communicated to the spinal cord Expats say this technique can have negative consequences One of the most promising prospects in the search for pain relief revolves around tryptophan one of the eigttf essential amino adds according to Dr Samuel Seltzer director of the Maxillofacial Pain Control Center at Temple University Hyptophan he says persuades the brain's neurotransmitters to produce serodn This chemical has several functions: k acts as an anticonvul- FMwrWraurRMUMnrxim 13 ' :i A f£i £ ' t UMortyMt! Send us one tablet of any other sleep aid and wen send you a free sample size of Unisom tablets plus a 5(X coupon towards your next purchase of Unisom We're sure you'll prefer Unisom Just like millions of other people you’d discover that Uniso” works bull fad asleep fast And you’d eep well all night Unisom is safe and was proven effective in medical tests Now you can prove it yourself For Free I” DEAMMSOifcSENDMEA raKSAMPLEAND A 80ft COUPON 80 1 CAN FALL ASLEEP FAST m which brand of stoop aM Tm currently using So you can rmancioaJngonatatoMof- (Plena tptcrfy brand) Sand to: Untaoni Redemption PSaarlnc 100 Jadsraon Rood RO Box 257 Peretppen NJ 07064 NAME ADDRESS ClTYSTATE mmi Igr dilMnr ol yeur taa fll UneoM to mpli nder aMne Ota not mMI vnohinMWMi d SN conn Uml era few Obv awnHni or ttuHMMt FW |