Word: painfulness
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...start with Toradol," I said to Vicki. Toradol is a non-narcotic pain...
...Percogesic?" I asked, with mock innocence. This is the non-narcotic pain reliever whose primary selling point is a name quite similar to the highly addictive Percocet that Charlene was trying to get me to give...
...Percocet from me. The patient is still out of work. Pain worsening. Initiating a possible lawsuit...
...There are, unfortunately, a lot more Charlenes than Jacobs in our area. People like them teach something important: pain is a special case of the mind/body problem. Ask many "experts" in pain management. Was Charlene in pain? Yes. Was Jacob? No. Why? Because these practitioners hold that pain is only what the patient reports. In a simple way it's impossible to disagree with them...
...drug-loaded patients can still answer questions. Stick one with a big needle and ask: does it hurt? Yes, it does, doctor. You can get him to report a VAS number. They might even withdraw from the needle. But there is no grimace, no groan. They certainly feel pain - but they don't care. And they don't need pain medicine...