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Pain Pumps

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Pain pumps are used to provide a continuous flow of a drug into the bloodstream to help ease chronic pain.  Pumps are implanted in the body and are used for long-term control of a painful condition, often through the use of opioid medication, such as morphine.  This provides a continuous, steady stream of the drug for the sufferer throughout a given day.

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An intrathecal opioid pump is really not something that you would wish for your BFF or your worst enemy. That special someone would have to be in a pretty dire situation in order to receive a pump. Once the pump is in place, that person is still probably in miserable pain just at a slightly lesser degree. However, now that person is dealing with…

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Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide, answered Medtronics 8627L18 Problems The very best place to get answers to questions relating to pain pumps is on our…

10/06/09

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Cort, Health Guide, answered Can nexium affect the bodys ability to… According to the website below nexium can effect the absorption of a few…

09/21/09

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Cort, Health Guide, answered do painkillers work for other pain,… I would think it would. Narcotic pain killers turn down the activity of the…

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Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide, answered I have MS and Trigeminal Neuralgia and… I can't say whether a pain pump is appropriate for you, but it would…

07/17/09

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