Interesting articles on Chronic Pain Syndrome and Opiods

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone!

I ran across these two articles that I printed a few years back

when I first became sick and as I re-read them I thought of all of

you on this board. Although they don't specifically refer to our

problems they did contain some very interesting information. In

fact, the physician who wrote them sounds like the ideal doctor,

especially if you read the second one.

Some excerpts:

" Some physicians apparently have difficulty with that (listening to

and believing patients when they say they are in pain). Many of

my patients with chronic pain have been refused treatment by

previous caregivers who apparently believed that their pain was

not real. Even after undergoing painful procedures and

surgeries that failed to bring relief, some of these patients were

labeled as drug-seekers when they continued to ask for help.

They had to contend not only with with the pain but also with

feelings of frustration, isolation and abandonment by those on

whom the had most relied. "

" The ultimate goal in treating chronic pain is for patients to

reclaim control of their lives, and to do that, they must be relieved

of suffering as well as pain. "

" Medical training places such a strong emphasis on curing

disease that we sometimes do not pay as much attention as we

should to patients who cannot be cured. "

" When a patient is chronic pain seeks our help, the first question

we should ask ourselves is not whether we should provide an

analgesic but whether we can in good conscience leave that

person in pain. "

http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/09/brook.htm

Chronic Pain: 1. A New Disease?

and

http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/07/brook.htm

Chronic Pain: 2. The Case for Opiods.

These articles are so close to my personal situation and

philosophy that I am tempted to send these links to a new PCP

that I am going to see next week.

Laurie

(PS: Fliss I am working on those articles for you - I found them in

my collection, now I have to find the downloads on my 'puter!)

[Guest guest]

Laurie, those are some great articles. I have written the website and asked

if I could place the data on my website with a link back towards theirs...I

will know if about a week if they will allow that...I hope they

will...thanks again for sending it.

I hope this finds you and yours well

Mark

Interesting articles on Chronic Pain Syndrome and

Opiods

> Hi Everyone!

>

> I ran across these two articles that I printed a few years back

> when I first became sick and as I re-read them I thought of all of

> you on this board. Although they don't specifically refer to our

> problems they did contain some very interesting information. In

> fact, the physician who wrote them sounds like the ideal doctor,

> especially if you read the second one.

>

> Some excerpts:

> " Some physicians apparently have difficulty with that (listening to

> and believing patients when they say they are in pain). Many of

> my patients with chronic pain have been refused treatment by

> previous caregivers who apparently believed that their pain was

> not real. Even after undergoing painful procedures and

> surgeries that failed to bring relief, some of these patients were

> labeled as drug-seekers when they continued to ask for help.

> They had to contend not only with with the pain but also with

> feelings of frustration, isolation and abandonment by those on

> whom the had most relied. "

>

> " The ultimate goal in treating chronic pain is for patients to

> reclaim control of their lives, and to do that, they must be relieved

> of suffering as well as pain. "

>

> " Medical training places such a strong emphasis on curing

> disease that we sometimes do not pay as much attention as we

> should to patients who cannot be cured. "

>

> " When a patient is chronic pain seeks our help, the first question

> we should ask ourselves is not whether we should provide an

> analgesic but whether we can in good conscience leave that

> person in pain. "

>

> http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/09/brook.htm

> Chronic Pain: 1. A New Disease?

>

> and

> http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/07/brook.htm

> Chronic Pain: 2. The Case for Opiods.

>

> These articles are so close to my personal situation and

> philosophy that I am tempted to send these links to a new PCP

> that I am going to see next week.

>

> Laurie

>

> (PS: Fliss I am working on those articles for you - I found them in

> my collection, now I have to find the downloads on my 'puter!)

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