PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe and effective method of reducing chronic inflammatory pain in a human subject with androgen deficiency symptoms.SOLUTION: A method of reducing chronic inflammatory pain comprises: diagnosing a human having androgen deficiency symptoms as having at least one of a) elevated C-reactive protein, b) an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c) DSM-IV disorder 307.80, d) DSM-IV disorder 307.89, and e) an unresolved stressor state; determining if the subject has androgen levels in the lower half of an appropriate reference range; and, if the subject has at least one of a) elevated C-reactive protein, b) an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c) DSM-IV disorder 307.80, d) DSM-IV disorder 307.89, and e) an unresolved stressor state, along with androgen levels in the lower half of the appropriate reference range, administering a composition comprising a pain-reducing amount of an androgen.SELECTED DRAWING: None
METHODS FOR TREATING CHRONIC OR UNRESOLVABLE PAIN AND/OR INCREASING PAIN THRESHOLD IN SUBJECT, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN