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Welcome to Pain.com — your trusted resource for information, support, and treatment options for chronic pain. Feel better and live fuller, every day.

Discover your path to pain relief

Your pain is personal and unique to you. By sharing a few details about your symptoms and treatments you've tried, we can help you learn about therapies that might help you find relief. And you’ll have the option to connect with a Patient Education Specialist to learn more.

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Take the Personal Pain Assessment

Answer a few questions about your symptoms. It should take less than five minutes, and you’ll get information about solutions that might work for you.

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Have you been suffering from pain for more than 6 months?

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Understand your pain

Pain is complicated. It comes in many forms, and it seems like there are endless treatments, coping strategies, and providers. Whether you’re dealing with pain or someone you care about is suffering, we’re here to help you along your personal path to relief.

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Discover your pain relief solution

Your pain is unique to you. You need a solution that’s just right for your individual pain profile. Boston Scientific’s therapies can be customized to treat your specific pain, so you can find lasting relief.

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Boston Scientific treatment options

Learn about our range of chronic pain relief therapies and find out which one might be right for you.

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Lasting relief from pain in the back, legs, and feet

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

SCS therapy uses an implanted device to interrupt pain signals coming from your nerves. This can stop you from feeling pain. It has been shown to provide relief that lasts for years.

Learn more about SCS
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Lasting relief from chronic low back pain

The Intracept™ Procedure

The Intracept Procedure targets a nerve within your backbone and stops it from sending pain signals to your brain. It’s a minimally invasive one-time procedure. And it can improve your daily activity level and provide long-term relief from chronic low back pain.

Learn about the Intracept Procedure
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Months of relief with one procedure

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)

RFA is a minimally invasive procedure that uses heat to disable the nerves causing your pain. RFA can target pain in multiple parts of your body, all in one procedure.

Learn more about RFA
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spinal cord stimulation, relief since 2013

Mary

“For the first time in years I felt immediate relief. It felt like I had a new lease on life.”

Michael, a person with gray hair and a mustache, smiles while sitting in a kitchen.

the intracept procedure, relief since 2022

Michael

“I can pretty much do anything that I want to do.”

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spinal cord stimulation, relief since 2014

Chris

“For the first time in two and a half years, I wasn’t hurting.”

The patient quotes in this material describe real personal experiences. Individual results may vary. Patients can experience different levels of pain management and different changes in their activities and use of medications. Consult with your physician to determine if you are a candidate for this procedure and what you may gain from the therapy.

Talk to a Patient Ambassador

Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who’s been there. Our volunteer Patient Ambassadors are here to share their personal experiences finding relief with Boston Scientific's SCS therapy.

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EDUCATION AND SUPPORT

Dive deeper into our pain solutions

Find the tools and resources you need to understand and manage your pain. From articles to webinars to real-time help, we’ve got you covered. 

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Live educational webinars

Watch from the comfort of your own home as pain specialist doctors explain how different treatments work.

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Helpful articles for finding relief

Check out our library of articles to learn more about causes and symptoms of pain, treatment options, and coping strategies.

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Addiction resources

Discover trusted resources to help you or your loved ones take the first step toward recovery from opioid addiction.

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Doctor Discussion Guide

Get the most out of your doctor visit. Download and print this handy guide to help you prepare, ask the right questions, and provide the information your doctor needs to help you find the right solution. 

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Relief and support from Boston Scientific

Pain.com was created by Boston Scientific to offer trusted resources, guidance, and information for those living with pain—as well as their caregivers and healthcare providers. Here, you can explore insights about pain, discover treatment options, and connect with doctors who provide them. You’ll also find a supportive community of people who’ve shared similar experiences and found relief.

Take your next step toward pain relief

treatment options just for you

Take the Personal Pain Assessment

Answer a few questions about your symptoms. It should take less than five minutes, and you’ll get information about solutions that might work for you.

Get started

Have you been suffering from pain for more than 6 months?

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Find an interventional pain management specialist who offers Boston Scientific solutions near you.

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We’re here to provide guidance and answer questions you have in your search for pain management solutions.

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Indications for Use: The Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Systems* are indicated as an aid in the management of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs including unilateral or bilateral pain associated with the following: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Types I and II, Intractable low back pain and leg pain, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy of the lower extremities, Radicular pain syndrome, Radiculopathies resulting in pain secondary to failed back syndrome or herniated disc, Epidural fibrosis, Degenerative disc disease (herniated disc pain refractory to conservative and surgical interventions), Arachnoiditis, Multiple back surgeries.

The Boston Scientific Spectra WaveWriter™, WaveWriter Alpha™ and WaveWriter Alpha™ Prime SCS Systems are also indicated as an aid in the management of chronic intractable unilateral or bilateral low back and leg pain without prior back surgery.

*The Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Systems include the following: Precision™ System, Precision Spectra™ System, Precision Novi™ System, Precision Montage™ MRI System, Spectra WaveWriter™ System, WaveWriter Alpha™ System, WaveWriter Alpha™ Prime System.

Note: CRPS I was previously referred to as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and CRPS II was previously referred to as causalgia.

The mySCS™ Go Therapy Controller is intended to communicate with and control the compatible Boston Scientific Stimulator.

Contraindications: The Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator systems are not for patients who are unable to operate the system, have failed trial stimulation by failing to receive effective pain relief, are poor surgical candidates, or are pregnant.

Warnings: With all medical procedures, there are risks associated with the procedure and the use of the device. Patients implanted with Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator systems without ImageReady™ MRI Technology should not be exposed to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Exposure to MRI may result in dislodgement of the stimulator or leads, heating of the stimulator, severe damage to the stimulator electronics and an uncomfortable or jolting sensation. As a Spinal Cord Stimulation patient, you should not have diathermy as either a treatment for a medical condition or as part of a surgical procedure. Strong electromagnetic fields, such as power generators or theft detection systems, can potentially turn the stimulator off, or cause uncomfortable jolting stimulation. The system should not be charged while sleeping. The Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator system may interfere with the operation of implanted sensing stimulators such as pacemakers or implanted cardiac defibrillators. Advise your physician that you have a Spinal Cord Stimulator before going through with other implantable device therapies so that medical decisions can be made and appropriate safety measures taken. Patients using therapy that generates paresthesia should not operate motorized vehicles such as automobiles or potentially dangerous machinery and equipment with the stimulation on. Stimulation must be turned off first in such cases. For therapy that does not generate paresthesia (i.e. subperception therapy) it is less likely that sudden stimulation changes resulting in distraction could occur while having stimulation on when operating moving vehicles, machinery, and equipment.

Be sure to talk with your doctor so that you thoroughly understand all of the risks, precautions, and benefits associated with the use of the device and what indicates, and contraindicates, certain patients– as well as the risks and precautions for the procedure. For complete indications for use, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and side effects, call 866.360.4747 or visit Pain.com.

Caution: U.S. Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

Indications for use: The Intracept™ Intraosseous Nerve Ablation System is indicated for patients who have had chronic low back pain for at least six months, who have tried conservative care for at least six months, and whose MRI shows features consistent with Modic changes – indicating damage at the vertebral endplates has led to inflammation. Not every patient who meets these criteria is a candidate for the Intracept Procedure, however – in fact, there are specific characteristics indicating a patient should not be considered for the procedure.

Contraindications: Patients who are pregnant. Patients with weakened cardiac or pulmonary function, having an active implanted electronic medical device in the body (such as a pacemaker or defibrillator), being diagnosed with a systemic or local infection, or having an anatomy that could be damaged unintentionally while ablating the basivertebral nerve (based on your physicians’ clinical review). Patients who are skeletally immature – which generally means individuals under the age of 18 are not candidates.

Warnings: There are also certain risks and precautions regarding the procedure which you should be aware of before proceeding. With all medical procedures, there are risks and precautions associated with the procedure and the use of the device, talk with your doctor about what indicates, and contraindicates, certain patients for the Intracept Intraosseous Nerve Ablation System. For complete indications for use, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and side effects visit www.relievant.com/intracept/.
Caution: U.S. Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

Indications for Use: The Boston Scientific Radiofrequency Generators, associated Radiofrequency Lesion Probes and RF Cannula are indicated for use in procedures to create radiofrequency lesions for the treatment of pain or for lesioning nerve tissue for functional neurosurgical procedures. The Boston Scientific RF Injection Electrodes are used for percutaneous nerve blocks with local anesthetic solution for radiofrequency lesioning of peripheral nerve tissue only. The Boston Scientific LCED and Stereotactic TCD Electrodes are indicated for use in radiofrequency (RF) heat lesioning of nervous tissue including the Central Nervous System.

Warnings: With all medical procedures, there are risks associated with the procedure and the use of the device. The Boston Scientific RF devices may cause interference with active devices such as neurostimulators, cardiac pacemakers, and defibrillators. Interference may affect the action of these active devices or may damage them. Talk with your doctor so that you thoroughly understand all of the risks, precautions, and benefits associated with the use of the Boston Scientific Radiofrequency Generators, associated Radiofrequency Lesion Probes and RF Cannula and what indicates, and contraindicates, certain patients– as well as the risks and precautions for the procedure. For appropriate guidance, consult the instructions for use for these active devices.

Caution: U.S. Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

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