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MeSH Heading: Intractable Pain
Tree Number(s): C23.888.592.612.776; F02.830.816.444.738; G11.561.790.444.738
Unique ID: D010148
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010148
Annotation: usually chronic, so do not coordinate with CHRONIC PAIN
Scope Note: Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.
Entry Term(s): Pain, Intractable; Refractory Pain
Public MeSH Note: 1974
History Note: 1974
Date Introduced: 1974/01/01
Last Updated: 2025/12/02

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Intractable Pain MeSH Descriptor Data 2026