Most Popular Choices
December 3, 2012     


Chronic Pain and Opiates


Submitted by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Tell A Friend
submit to reddit
submit to stumble upon

Tweet:
Chronic Pain and Opiates: click here

I describe my struggle with prescribing opiates for people in chronic pain.  My observation has been that my patients on opiates don't seem to be in any less pain than my patients not on opiates, and sometimes they are more grumpy.  I explore the literature and learn that prolonged opiate use sensitizes people to feel more pain and that it can also act as a neurotoxin producing neuropathic-like pain, so perhaps not a good idea.

 

Comments

The time limit for entering new comments on this tweet has expired.

No comments

 

 

Tell A Friend