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From: Gabe.Grall@f18.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Gabe Grall)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: medication
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Date: 6 Nov 90 04:10:42 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet]

My wife has 2 herniated disks and so I know about pain medicines.
The biggest problem with all of them is that they are physically and 
psychologically addicting. The more you take, the more you need to take 
to kill the pain. It becomes a vicious cycle. You have the pain, you take 
the drugs to kill the pain, you need more drugs to do the job, which 
causes pain in the form of stress. The obvious answer is to find the 
source of the pain and correct the problem. Except the Doctor who can do 
that hasn't been born yet !
Try to stick with one doc who knows you and your problem and is willing 
to stay there for the long haul. If you go from one to the other, they 
will all start at square one and you have to start all over, every time.
The biggest indicator that something is wrong with the treatment is that 
the only thing they can do is give you pain medicine. If you had a 
terminal condition and a limited time to live, that would be ok; no one 
should die in chronic pain. But if you are otherwise healthy; its a heck 
of a way to live...If you find a panacea, let the rest of us know.

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