10 very important points about pain and liver disease

March 14, 2012

It's been a while since I did my usual pain rant. Here are 10 very important

points about pain and liver disease.

#1. It is true that the liver does not have nerve endings which could cause

pain, but the sack around it is very very abundant in nerve endings, and can

cause you pain so bad that an epidural won't make you comfortable.

#2 Pain is now thought of as a disease all it's own , period. Some pain is

without any kind of trauma or underlying injury. Pain is a signal sent by

nociceptors to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. If pain is not treated, it

can damage the dorsal horn and you can end up with chronic pain with no end.

Chronic pain is very difficult to treat in the modern era. (WAR on DRUGS)

#3 The body has pain receptors called Mu opioid receptors. Also, the body

manufactures a substance which fits perfectly in to these receptors, called

" endogenous opioids " which block pain signals and sooth pain. This happens

without any outside intervention.

#4 Just by coincidence, there is a flower which has sap which can be made in to

medicine which also fits perfectly in to these receptors and blocks the pain

signals, thereby soothing the pain. No other known substance can fit in to these

receptors. It's as if the human body were designed in perfect harmony with

nature so that suffering could be averted.

#5 Some important things to concider about opioid pain medicine. First, it is

nearly non toxic to the liver. Only in very large amounts is it toxic. Crayons

and plastic forks are far more toxic to the liver than morphine and codein.

#6 These drugs are highly regulated, and an expert pain medicine doctor is the

only place one can go in America to get them. They are practically not available

in many other countries,- but the World Health Organization is trying to make it

a crime against humanity to let people suffer by refusing to treat them with

these readily available and dirt cheap medicines.

#7 Misuse, diversion(selling your pain medicine), and not following written

instructions are not only a bad idea, but can land a person in prison, or worse.

#8 NSAIDS like tylenol and advil are contraindicated (a no no) for liver disease

patients. pain medicine is not the same as pain management. Doctors who practice

pain medicine are called " Physiatrists. " I know that it looks like

" Psychiatrists " but let me break it down...

FIZZ---EYE----A----TRIST.

#9 Let's review- Pain medicine. Opioid therapy. Chronic pain (pain which has

lasted for more than 30 days) NSAIDS=toxic, Poppies= non toxic... (the seeds

are eaten on bagels around the world)

#10 dying and taxes are sure things, but suffering need not be. Bobby

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