Re: Re: elavil for pain / Connie

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In a message dated 10/08/2002 4:25:38 US Eastern Standard Time,

Foo3Fighter9@... writes:

> When I used to work hospice, it was found that narcotic pain meds could be

> reduced, thereby reducing bad side effects of those, by pairing the

> narcotics with

> non-steroidal antiinflammatory pain killers, like ibuprofen or

> acetomenophen.

Connie,

Thanks for your input. I had forgotten that you have hospice experience. I

should say you understand that aspect of pain management.

Karyn , RN

Founder / Exec. Director

http://www.pancassociation.org

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