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• 0: Pain Free. No medication needed.
  
• 1: Very minor annoyance - occasional minor twinges. No medication needed.
  
• 2: Minor annoyance - occasional strong twinges. No medication needed.
  
• 3: Annoying enough to be distracting. Mild painkillers are effective. (Aspirin, Ibuprofen.)
  
• 4: Can be ignored if you are really involved in your work, but still distracting. Mild painkillers relieve pain for 3-4 hours.
  
• 5: Can't be ignored for more than 30 minutes. Mild painkillers reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
  
• 6: Can't be ignored for any length of time, but you can still go to work and participate in social activities. Stronger painkillers (Codeine, Vicodin) reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
  
• 7: Makes it difficult to concentrate, interferes with sleep You can still function with effort. Stronger painkillers are only partially effective. Strongest painkillers relieve pain (Oxycontin, Morphine)
  
• 8: Physical activity severely limited. You can read and converse with effort. Nausea and dizziness set in as factors of pain. Stronger painkillers are minimally effective. Strongest painkillers reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
  
• 9: Unable to speak. Crying out or moaning uncontrollably - near delirium. Strongest painkillers are only partially effective.
  
• 10: Unconscious. Pain makes you pass out. Strongest painkillers are only partially effective.

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