Comments on: Pain Management How much is to much? http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/ Effective Tennis Elbow Treatment Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mlgable http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/comment-page-1/#comment-3342 mlgable Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/#comment-3342 Some chronic pain is ok but you should be on enough medication to keep your pain at a level of 3 or less on a pain scale. 1 is almost no pain and 10 is the worst pain you have ever felt in your entire life. Using that scale rate your pain and if you meds don't keep you at 3 or less than you are undermedicated and need to get your meds adjusted. As for the tennis elbow you do not have to have painful cortisone shots unless nothing else works. You need to try a brace specifically designed for tennis elbow if you are not already using one and rest the area and use cold packs several times a day. As for getting addicted to pain killers that will generally not happen to someone who uses them for chronic pain unless they abuse them. The one who get addicted are people who abuse them by taking more than what is prescribed and pretty soon that isn't enough so they take more and more. People with chronic pain generally don't do that as they are careful with what they take. Also if you pain killers make you feel out of it when you take what is recommended then you need to report this to your doctor so they can change your medication to something that doesn't make you feel this way. When you have side effects you need to let the doctor know so they can adjust or change your meds. Some chronic pain is ok but you should be on enough medication to keep your pain at a level of 3 or less on a pain scale. 1 is almost no pain and 10 is the worst pain you have ever felt in your entire life. Using that scale rate your pain and if you meds don’t keep you at 3 or less than you are undermedicated and need to get your meds adjusted. As for the tennis elbow you do not have to have painful cortisone shots unless nothing else works. You need to try a brace specifically designed for tennis elbow if you are not already using one and rest the area and use cold packs several times a day. As for getting addicted to pain killers that will generally not happen to someone who uses them for chronic pain unless they abuse them. The one who get addicted are people who abuse them by taking more than what is prescribed and pretty soon that isn’t enough so they take more and more. People with chronic pain generally don’t do that as they are careful with what they take. Also if you pain killers make you feel out of it when you take what is recommended then you need to report this to your doctor so they can change your medication to something that doesn’t make you feel this way. When you have side effects you need to let the doctor know so they can adjust or change your meds.

]]> By: blest and favrd http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 blest and favrd Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/#comment-3343 I can identify with you on some level. I, too, had a car accident about 2 years ago. As a result, I have 2 bulging discs in my neck(We were rear-ended) My neurosurgeon stated that he didn't think that it warranted surgery and proceeded to set me up with a 'pain management specialist' who was to inject my neck with these steriod shots to help with the pain. Well I took the first one with no problem. However, when I took the second one,,,,, oh my goodnessssssssssssss.(to say the least) To make a long story short, now I have more problems than I did to begin with. He shot me on my nerve. Rendering my right arm(and I am right-handed) in pain at all times. I have to take a drug called neurontin to try to help regenerate the nerve in that arm but I too do not like taking pain killers. I am in pain almost all the time. No one seems to understand. I only take one at night when it is time to go to bed because I too have to be there for my kids. Pain may be a way of letting you know you are alive but there are some times when I long to be pain-free. It is not God's will for us to be in pain. He wishes above all else that we prosper and be in good health remember? I pray to him constantly. I know and I have the faith that when He gets ready, He will heal me completely. I can identify with you on some level. I, too, had a car accident about 2 years ago. As a result, I have 2 bulging discs in my neck(We were rear-ended) My neurosurgeon stated that he didn’t think that it warranted surgery and proceeded to set me up with a ‘pain management specialist’ who was to inject my neck with these steriod shots to help with the pain. Well I took the first one with no problem. However, when I took the second one,,,,, oh my goodnessssssssssssss.(to say the least) To make a long story short, now I have more problems than I did to begin with. He shot me on my nerve. Rendering my right arm(and I am right-handed) in pain at all times. I have to take a drug called neurontin to try to help regenerate the nerve in that arm but I too do not like taking pain killers. I am in pain almost all the time. No one seems to understand. I only take one at night when it is time to go to bed because I too have to be there for my kids. Pain may be a way of letting you know you are alive but there are some times when I long to be pain-free. It is not God’s will for us to be in pain. He wishes above all else that we prosper and be in good health remember? I pray to him constantly. I know and I have the faith that when He gets ready, He will heal me completely.

]]> By: BeautifulFairy http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/comment-page-1/#comment-3344 BeautifulFairy Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/#comment-3344 I think if you take the pain meds like they are prescribed then i think their is nothing wrong in it. Now if you took so many more a day than you are suppost to or if you snorted them then that would be getting bad off on it. Just take it as needed or however it is written out to you. I would rather take something for it than to lay in pain I think if you take the pain meds like they are prescribed then i think their is nothing wrong in it. Now if you took so many more a day than you are suppost to or if you snorted them then that would be getting bad off on it.

Just take it as needed or however it is written out to you. I would rather take something for it than to lay in pain

]]> By: ♦ http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 ♦ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/#comment-3345 best thing to do is find out what really causes ur pain, pain is our body's way of telling us that something is wrong, if u have done everything then ur last recourse is pain medication. u are scared of being addicted to it, u should try other ways to alleviate ur pain, like massage therapy, hot or warm compresses , TENS, if u are in high doses of pain meds and its not relieving ur pain, u can ask your doc for a different type of medication.. best thing to do is find out what really causes ur pain, pain is our body’s way of telling us that something is wrong, if u have done everything then ur last recourse is pain medication. u are scared of being addicted to it, u should try other ways to alleviate ur pain, like massage therapy, hot or warm compresses , TENS, if u are in high doses of pain meds and its not relieving ur pain, u can ask your doc for a different type of medication..

]]> By: AdamKadmon http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/comment-page-1/#comment-3346 AdamKadmon Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1075/pain-management-how-much-is-to-much/#comment-3346 I too have dealt with pain and agree. I can get pain meds 365.25 days a year. However, I may end up taking something for 30 days a year if that. I just know I can live with the pain, and that's okay. I have had 5 carpal tunnel surgeries between my two hands. I've also had 3 acromioplasties (where they put your arm in a vice-grip, pull the shoulder out of the socket and scrap it off). I also have a few other conditions, however, I'm not worried about addictions, I just don't see it necessary since I'm able to "remove" some of the pain through self-hypnosis, actually its a form of dissociativeness. Of course, I lose alot of time that way, but it works. Pain does let you know your alive and the funny thing is, as bad as my body hurts, I still can't take a headache. I too have dealt with pain and agree. I can get pain meds 365.25 days a year. However, I may end up taking something for 30 days a year if that. I just know I can live with the pain, and that’s okay. I have had 5 carpal tunnel surgeries between my two hands. I’ve also had 3 acromioplasties (where they put your arm in a vice-grip, pull the shoulder out of the socket and scrap it off). I also have a few other conditions, however, I’m not worried about addictions, I just don’t see it necessary since I’m able to "remove" some of the pain through self-hypnosis, actually its a form of dissociativeness. Of course, I lose alot of time that way, but it works. Pain does let you know your alive and the funny thing is, as bad as my body hurts, I still can’t take a headache.

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