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Whats the most prescribed medications for the relief of mild pain?
There is a few medications that you can get from a doctor for mild pain. Most doctors like to give Ibuprofen 800 MG.
How is colic treated by doctors?
Medications do not cure colic. Doctors sometimes recommend simethicone (Mylicon drops) to relieve gas pain.
To a patient pain medication is to offer some temporary relief?
Pain medication does typically offer temporary relief in pain. Most people in pain still live with some level of pain even when given pain medications. Yet, these medications can offer some relief to ongoing chronic pain. But in the USA in particular, doctors are wary of giving adequate medications to control pain, even if the pain is acute such as after surgery. Most physicians believe acute pain should be gone within 1 week. Pain that lasts more than 6 months is deemed to be chronic pain. In many situations, doctors even refuse to prescribe narcotics for cancer pain, even though the patient may be "terminal" and only have weeks to days to live. The resistance to prescribing medications is two-fold in the USA: 1. Doctors fear creating addictions, and 2. Doctors fear the DEA.
What are the symptoms of CRPS complex regional pain syndrome?
Most doctors use a lot of medications to treat complex regional pain syndrome. The medications used are pain relievers, antidepressants, and anti-convulsants. They also use corticosteroids, bone-loss medications, and sympathetic nerve-blocking medication.
Do research doctors write prescriptions for pain?
There are many types of doctors in a variety of fields. In order to write prescriptions, an individual must be a licensed physician (MD or DO).
Do pain management physicians practice general medicine or do they just write prescriptions for pain medication?
Most doctors practicing pain management do that as there practice. But there are also doctors out there that practice in other areas but also handle pain management.
What pain relief medications are safe to take during pregnancy?
Many medications are not safe to take during pregnancy, but most doctors will recommend Tylenol over anything else.
How long should you stay on vicodin?
They really don't like someone to be on Vicodin because with most pain medications you can become addicted to them so there for they don't really like prescribing the medications what some doctors don't realize people are in bad pain.
Is it legal to go to your primary dr for a narcotic such as loratab and go to pain management for roxicodone?
It's not illegal to have several doctors who prescribe different medications.
State some reason why a person receiving end of life care would not wish to be treated for pain?
They may be afraid that the medications will cloud their mind and prefer to be lucid but in pain than comfortable but confused.
Are pain medications considered antibiotics?
No. Pain medications do not have any antibiotic properties. Antibiotics fight bacterial infections, Pain medications work on nerve pathways.
Can a person pretend to have chronic pain to get pain medication?
Yes, this is called "malingering" and is very common. As a result, it is very difficult for legitimate chronic pain patients to get necessary medications, as doctors assume everyone is faking it -- even if you've had major surgery.
