What is your philosophy about pain?

[Dustdevil]

I had zero experience with Toradol before I got over here. In the last week I have had occasion to use it for muscular, orthopaedic, and migraine pain. I'm a believer! I've had great results in all cases. I honestly wasn't expecting that. We have morphine, fentanyl, versed, Vicodin and T3 here, but I have enough confidence in Toradol to significantly cut back my narcotic usage. Although, I certainly am not stingy with narcotics, and not hesitant to use them when needed. And, generally speaking, I take my patient's word for the quality of their pain, even if it doesn't look that painful to me. There is very little justification for doing otherwise.

[hammerpcp]

Hmmm............"my philosophy on pain" eh? Well, I don't like it.

If pain was any kind of teacher women would never have a second child, junkies would never use, alchys would never drink again, motor cross and skateboarding and mountain biking and roller blading etc, etc, would not exist. People have this wonderful quality that we can, and always do forget the actual quality and sensation of physical and to some extent emotional pain once it is gone. And good thing too.

As far as pain management goes I agree completely with the Duster. Give out the drugs. That's what they are there for. The pendulum has swung to far in the other direction we are all way too worried about drug seekers when in actuality they make up the vast minority of the population needing/requesting pain management.

[ncmedic309]

Manage it, you have the training, skills, and medications to do so, make your patients comfortable...