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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Severe Pain

Q&A: Are addictive meds OK for severe pain?

October 03, 2008
A reader asks Dr. Paul Donohue about the appropriateness of a severe-pain patient's use of addictive painkillers. The reader's mother has terminal cancer, and a sibling believes the family is addicting the mother to the meds in an effort to control her pain. Dr. Donohue responds with information about pain med addiction, and he gives his opinion on the use of the meds in patients suffering from severe pain. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Can Herpes Be the Explanation For My Severe Pain??
By healthgal , Health Expert

...develop outbreaks or recurrences with a vesicular, painful rash.  Others never see lesions or... Read more »

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Sickle Cell Disease: Severe Pain Often Goes Untreated
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...literature that have raised concerns that prescription pain medications are at times being... Read more »

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Can You Have Prostate Cancer Even if Your PSA is 0?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert

Dear Dr. Motola, Can you still have bone pain even if your PSA is 0 and you are on Lupron?    ... Read more »

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An Ounce of Prevention
By Will Rowe , Health Expert

...can cause anything from itching to mild pain, to severe pain. Usually there is a rash followed... Read more »

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“A-voiding” Pain: Controlling the Discomfort of Incontinence, Part II
By Pete , Health Expert

...void. If I do (even when the Botox is active) I get severe pain/spasms that last 15-60 seconds,... Read more »

Health Guide

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...... Severe abdominal pain Diarrhea Rapid drop in blood pressure Read more »
Managing Pain
...remember that I found out I had prostate cancer because I initially consulted my urologist about a severe pain I had in my testicles. This turned out to be unrelated to the prostate cancer (which... Read more »
The Specter of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Read the full text of The Specter of Rheumatoid Arthritis and leave a comment! See all of Sara's Comics Visit the Single Gal's Guide to Rheumatoid Arthritis Read more »
Imtradermal Botox for Migraine, Headache, Pain Disorders
...Botox. Introduction: It is known that botulinum toxin, type A, (BoNTA) often has marked effects on head pain and other pain. These can outlast effects on motor nerve fibers, and the mechanism... Read more »
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...Lungs and airways Breathing difficulty due to throat swelling Eyes, ears, nose, and throat Severe pain in the throatSevere pain in the mouth Gastrointestinal Severe abdominal... Read more »

Medications

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...combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Hydrocodone is a narcotic... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Hydrocodone is a narcotic... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Hydrocodone is a narcotic... Read more »

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