[AimeeJo RN]

I was just thinking how much different it was giving birth to my 3rd child 2 months ago compared to my first child ten years ago. With my first two children I was given Ibuprofen in the hospital and as a prescription for home recovery. This last delivery I was given percocet along with the ibuprofen for the recovery. Part of that may be related to the more intense cramping experienced by multiple deliveries.

[stupidclass]

So, does anyone work in pain mgt? If you how do you handle patients that are drug seekers and obtaining medications from lots of different doctors? Does your MD stop seeing them and DC them from the pratice? I ask because it seems like we a firing at least one patient a day! My job is no longer Intakes, Physicals and assisting the Doctor, its now listening to patient excusses about why they got Percocet form 12 different doctors! Help I am so fusterated!

[grace90]

I just sent them an email about the last paragraph, too, about pain being a natural part of aging. They expect comments to be 100 characters or less, so I had to edit down about 5 times first.
I hope they get plenty of health care providers, and lay people too, sending them negative comments on what they said. I know many people think that incontinence is a natural part of aging, too, and that isn't either.
Sheesh! Some people's ignorance!!!!!:madface:

[teeituptom]

All my poor wife got after deliveries <7 of them> was tylenol. Now Drs are writing for norco 10s, 2 every 4 to 6 hours.

[teeituptom]

Yes Drug usage is up amazingly. Why not they advertise it on TV continuously. They revere these drug users in Jollywood and on TV. How many of you like House MD. Just another druggie in my book. Pro sport people speak for their usage of meds. One advertised for an antidepressant commercial and turned right around and advertised for aa Viagra commercial. He was 27. What would a 27 yo need with viagra. The big drug companies are ecstatically happy. They are getting fithy richer over it all.

[HM2Viking]

[jlsRN]

You can't win for losing. First we get critisized for under treating pain, so all the regulators start scrutinizing our usage of the 10/10 scale, and mandating all sorts of solutions. Then there's an outcry that we are giving too much pain medicine and creating addicts.

Some days I'm so sick of being in healthcare, I can't tell you.

[teeituptom]

Originally Posted by HM2Viking

Isthis supposed to be Rush Limbaugh

[oooooooooo]

Our nation is growing older and people are better educated on pain alternatives because of the (reckless?) advertising of drug companies. It doesn't surprise me.

I also think a certain sense of stoicism has disappeared from people. We have gotten used to instant gratification. We all want a magic pill to make it better.

I'd like to see more alternatives in pain management available to people to possibly reduce pain meds.

My gripe is MDs that keep writing the scripts. My mother's MD does that; he doesn't really assess her ADLs and doesn't see that his crappy version of pain management (percocet and neurontin) just isn't working and is helping to age her horribly. I can't convince her to go back to pain management though after the Fentanyl patches.

[rnmomtobe2010]

We were just discussing this today in psychology.