Re: Question about pain relief

[Guest guest]

I don't know if the liver has anything to do with it, but people who have been

on high dose opioid pain medications will require more than the average person

if they are still taking the medications.  If she's been off high doses for some

time, it shouldn't take super high doses.  The question is, What are the doses

per day she is taking? 

A broken rib is painful, there's no doubt about it and her pain should be

treated but I doubt they can reduce the pain significantly and keep her alert

and functioning at the same time.  If she's been on opioids for a chronic pain

condition, they could try methadone.  That's a good choice for a lot of people.

Jennette

wrote:

>My friend just had surgery for non-small cell carcinoma in her lung, had >a

lobe removed, and they broke a rib in the process. She is in

>excruciating pain.

>

>I asked her if she had pain meds, and she replied:

>

>Oh yes. I have Percocet, Vicodin and Hydromorphone. They don't help.

>Doc says it is because I've been given so much in the way of pain

>killers that my liver just removes it from my system almost immediately.

>

>Have you ever heard that before?