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...PLAN AHEAD Find out before you are wheeled into the operating room what the various treatment options for pain are--as well as their side effects--and choose the one that suits you best. Don't just assume that "someone will take care...
...GIVE FEEDBACK If your current treatment isn't controlling your pain, say so. It often helps to have a family member make the case...
Among the new requirements: all patients have the right to have their pain assessed and managed appropriately; medical facilities must ask their patients to rate their level of pain (children can, for example, point to pictures showing a range of faces from mildly frowning to contorted); and the results must be documented. The idea is to take pain out of the background and make it another "vital sign" that must be attended...
...SUFFER IN SILENCE Surveys have shown that many patients don't tell doctors or nurses about their pain for fear of being labeled cranky or difficult or because they assume that their discomfort will go away. And yet, says June Dahl, professor of pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin, that reluctance can backfire. Left uncontrolled, the pain you thought was temporary can trigger a long-term chronic condition. It can also interfere with the healing process and lengthen your recovery time...
...BONE UP Learn what pain killers can and can't do. Lots of folks fear they will get "hooked" on strong medications. In fact, though most patients build a tolerance to pain drugs, they don't become addicted. Others rely solely on pills and ignore lifestyle changes--like losing weight--that can alleviate pain in the joints and back...