Pain is typically classed as either chronic or acute.
Chronic pain (CP) is very different from acute pain (AP). AP sufferers know that the discomfort is self-limiting. Daily pain is 'the norm' for CP sufferers, and this expectation contributes to depression. Doctors treat AP sufferers differently than they treat CP sufferers.

If the pain is short term, Doctors are more likely to prescribe opioids because the risk of dependency is reduced with a shorter treatment time. For long term pain, many clinicians are cautious about prescribing opioids, occasionally to the point of doing nothing.
In a recent interview with Paula Moyer for Medscape, Scott M. Fishman, MD (Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, du lịch bắc kinh Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine, du lịch bắc kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ hà nội University of California, Davis) stated that in two recent cases, physicians were actually charged with elder abuse for du lịch bắc kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ hà nội providing inadequate pain management.