Guest guest Posted March 7, 2000 Report Share Posted March 7, 2000 Hi Kat, great article on pain. As a recovering alcoholic and addict myself, I am very upfront and honest with my doctors about increases/or decreases in my pain and with these great doctors and good communication, we have found non-opiod medications that help quell the pain or elimininate it all together.(like Elavil or Neurontin) Recently, having an extremely painful pulled muscle, I was given a very low dose of an opiod, which, with rest, has helped with the pain, and also allowed me to be fairly mobile. Although, to ANYONE taking medications, I would caution about the use of driving under meds until you know exactly how your body will react. I only take meds. as prescribed, say 1 or 2 a day, etc. If you take meds. MORE than prescribed, that is the time go call your doc and say 'we need to talk about my pain', etc. Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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