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its been a long evening - medication background?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 392675" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Do NOT be shy about telling the docs you need more pain medications. Pain is VERY subjective, and there is no set amount of pain medications that is appropriate, largely because every person tolerates them differently. You must be VERY careful about sores from the splint - go and get it redone and at the same time ask/demand more pain medications. I KNOW you don't like them, but your body will NOT heal properly if the pain is not treated appropriately. You may become accustomed to the pain medications so that they must taper you off of them, but you likely have VERY LITTLE risk of addiction. It may not be well known, but reputable sources say that patients who are experiencing real pain have a rate of true addiction that is about 0.1%. It really IS that low, regardless of what the drug czars and DEA want us to believe. If your pain isn't handled, the healing is going to take extra weeks or months, and may NEVER reach the point that it would if you had appropriate pain control the entire time.</p><p> </p><p>In time you will need less pain medications. You will take less because you don't need as much, and likely will wean yourself off of them. We hear a LOT about people who have injuries and then are running around trying to find illegal opiates. Those people almost always have a prior history of addiction to something, whether they got help and treatment or not. </p><p> </p><p>medications won't get rid of all the pain, they are not supposed to. They ARE supposed to keep the pain under control though. </p><p> </p><p>The splint should NOT be causing pain. That it is means there is likely swelling or some problem that the docs need to see. Please go and ask the docs about it.</p><p> </p><p>A side note: If you are going to be needing the ace bandages for the next several months (which sounds very likely), it is an excellent idea to check online and buy them in builk. I generally get 50 of them for about $ 30, shipped. The 6 inch ones will be a bit more expensive, but it is cheaper than paying $4 or $5 each for them. You can find the velcro ones, or the ones with the clasps. I get the kind with the metal on either end and a bit of elastic in between. They seem to work better than those shiny aluminum clips. The bandages I buy are not the top quality, but Jess and husband have never needed the best quality. I just got tired of having to keep buying them. We went almost a year on the 50 I bought, and after the holidays I plan to buy 50 more.</p><p> </p><p>The only time this would be a bad idea is if your insurance is going to pay for them once you are at home. I can find some sites if you want me to. Just let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 392675, member: 1233"] Do NOT be shy about telling the docs you need more pain medications. Pain is VERY subjective, and there is no set amount of pain medications that is appropriate, largely because every person tolerates them differently. You must be VERY careful about sores from the splint - go and get it redone and at the same time ask/demand more pain medications. I KNOW you don't like them, but your body will NOT heal properly if the pain is not treated appropriately. You may become accustomed to the pain medications so that they must taper you off of them, but you likely have VERY LITTLE risk of addiction. It may not be well known, but reputable sources say that patients who are experiencing real pain have a rate of true addiction that is about 0.1%. It really IS that low, regardless of what the drug czars and DEA want us to believe. If your pain isn't handled, the healing is going to take extra weeks or months, and may NEVER reach the point that it would if you had appropriate pain control the entire time. In time you will need less pain medications. You will take less because you don't need as much, and likely will wean yourself off of them. We hear a LOT about people who have injuries and then are running around trying to find illegal opiates. Those people almost always have a prior history of addiction to something, whether they got help and treatment or not. medications won't get rid of all the pain, they are not supposed to. They ARE supposed to keep the pain under control though. The splint should NOT be causing pain. That it is means there is likely swelling or some problem that the docs need to see. Please go and ask the docs about it. A side note: If you are going to be needing the ace bandages for the next several months (which sounds very likely), it is an excellent idea to check online and buy them in builk. I generally get 50 of them for about $ 30, shipped. The 6 inch ones will be a bit more expensive, but it is cheaper than paying $4 or $5 each for them. You can find the velcro ones, or the ones with the clasps. I get the kind with the metal on either end and a bit of elastic in between. They seem to work better than those shiny aluminum clips. The bandages I buy are not the top quality, but Jess and husband have never needed the best quality. I just got tired of having to keep buying them. We went almost a year on the 50 I bought, and after the holidays I plan to buy 50 more. The only time this would be a bad idea is if your insurance is going to pay for them once you are at home. I can find some sites if you want me to. Just let me know. [/QUOTE]
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