Take as Needed for Pain is the second studio album by American sludge metal band Eyehategod, released on November 22, 1993.

[4] Take as Needed for Pain has received praise since its 1993 release, and is considered by many as one of the band's best albums.

According to Mike IX Williams, it was the favorite album of nearly all band members,[4] and his favorite album title, with the exception of Poison Idea's Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes

The magazine commented: "The essential sounds of Tony Iommi drowning in a bath full of whiskey and dirty needles, it might lack the 'hits' of its successor but as a catalyst for the movement, it's utterly essential.

"[9]In 2013, the song "White Nigger" was officially retitled "White Neighbor" during a rehearsal with Melvins drummer Dale Crover, who expressed discomfort with the song's original name.