SocratesJohnson

SocratesJohnson has 32 years experience and specializes in PACU.

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1. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I haven't contradicted myself.....That's patent nonsense. You lose all credibility by posting patent nonsense.

2. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I'm plenty well educated. What makes you think that pointing out the fact that the patient's pain isn't always what they say is makes me uneducated? What makes you think that me pointing out the obvious fact that overprescription is an epidemic in ...

3. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I'm not convinced of that at all. The fact that the current crop of "experts" have dominated pain control policies gives me little hope of sanity in pain control any time soon. It's not the best we have. It's caused an epidemic of overprescriptio...

4. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   It's perfectly acceptable to refer to those who go in for extreme idiocy that way. Pretending that idiocy isn't idiocy is a crime against truth. You do realize that devising a new pain system would be a major effort?.......You seem to have a problem ...

5. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   You're saying that coming up with a new system for pain control wouldn't take awhile?.......Why are you being insulting here? A new system for pain control would, in fact, take a long time to devise..........When presented with obvious facts you reso...

6. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   ????? I'm not going to spend weeks, (months? a year?) devising a system that isn't going to be used. That would be a colossal waste of time. It would be like coming up with a budget plan for our nation knowing that it will never used.

7. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I need to get out of direct patient care for other reasons.....That's for another thread. The reason I need to get out isn't because of pain control......Pain control is something that I really like doing overall. I need to get out of direct patient ...

8. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I haven't devised a new system for pain control.......It would almost certainly be a complete waste of time as it would never be implemented. If someone said to me: "We need your input on a new pain control model" I'd be very happy to propose specifi...

9. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

   SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

   I don't want to do that at all.....Not even a little bit. My concerns about our current pain policy have to do with two things: 1. Harm to patients. There are far too many people who have huge opioid habits due to overprescription.....It's a na...

10. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    It isn't ALWAYS what the patient says it is. We know that with certainty. It's absurd to pretend that it's ALWAYS what the patient says it is.........If we assume that then we have to treat people who have had 10 mg of Dilaudid and are in a Dilaudi...

11. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    The fact is that there are patients who go in for extensive lying in order to receive pain medications and this includes lying about their pain level. There are, in fact, patients who never report pain less than a 10 as a strategy to receive more p...

12. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    If you're assuming that the patient's pain is ALWAYS what they say it is you are missing a whole lot in some cases......Reality is what you're missing. Patients are being greatly harmed by overprescription of opioids....People are dying from it. ...

13. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    Just to be clear.....That's not what I'm talking about. I agree with you that I'd rather be a drug dealer than not treat post-op pain. What I'm talking about are the patients who under no circumstances admit to a pain less than 10 because their goal...

14. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    Anyone who "thinks" that: "the patient's pain is ALWAYS what they say it is" is, by definition, ignorant. It's extremely obvious that the patient's pain isn't always what they say it is. That's not at all true. I've said many times here that pain...

15. Two Big Questions For Pain Experts

    SocratesJohnson replied to SocratesJohnson's topic in Pain

    I have seen that too.......I once ran down to a patient's room at top speed (in my younger days) due to a perfect V-Tach waveform, saw the patient brushing their teeth, and said "good morning". Back to the tool metaphor for a second. I have a Bass th...