Guides to help those in chronic pain
As someone who suffers from CRPS, this site regularly reports on what is happening in the field of pain relief and share ideas to deal with the problem. From time to time we gain access to books or articles that are worth the download and storage for later use.
Partners Against Pain release articles about all aspects of pain that are very useful. The two newest guides are now available for download:
There are very few places on the Internet that are good references for pain because so little medical work goes into it. None of the major medical research companies have released a major pain killer in some time. We are left with older medication that is based on opioid which are both addictive and require increasing dosages to keep up with the same level of pain. Fentanyl is quite powerful but it does not have a good safety margin for the amount of time it has been on the market. Many patients have over dosed on the drug because they did not understand how important it was to keep within the dosage given by their doctor. SCRN hopes that this resource guide gives you some help in the search for help on pain issues. Many doctors do not treat chronic pain because they either do not believe that this kind of pain exists or this is an excuse for a drug seeker to gain access to their drug of choice.
Before going to a doctor or the hospital for pain treatment you should bring a print out of your complete history including drugs and previous doctors. Get the phone numbers, fax numbers, and addresses for all your doctors so a hospital can quickly get hold of someone when you are in too much pain to remember. This document will also show the hospital that you are serious about getting help by showing everything that is happening with you. With this document you will no longer have to fill out their super long document that asks for every little thing including dates and customer numbers. Dealing with hospitals when you are in excruciating pain is bad enough without having to deal with their mountain of paperwork before they will even look at you. Anything that speeds up this process and gets your doctors up to speed is well worth the effort. Also, don’t forget to bring a dozen copies of your document to hand out to doctors and nurses as you work your way from triage to hospital bed.
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