Evening Stiffness, Pain and Pills

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 My Aunt made a comment yesterday that has me concerned... I mentioned that I had to take more pain pills this past week than usual (I take Vicoprofen) and she said that after a awhile your brain gets hooked on the drug and sort of fakes you into thinking you are in pain. Have any of you heard about this happening?  I know my left foot hurts and my knuckles are sore... How do we tell the difference between what is real and what is not? The idea of pain is really very abstract in some ways, we all feel it differently and respond to it uniquely. Part of what has questioning my pain is the fact that my pain meds are running low, do I ask for another refill? Do I tough it out? If we "tough" it out to we get better at handling it? A Humira question: I have done three shots 2 weeks a part... should I be feeling the benefits by now or will it be a bit longer?Deborah...Thank you so much for the great suggestions... I am going to try the shower in the late afternoon along with dividing up my prednisone into two dosages. I have never heard the idea of warm drinks making drugs work faster, it does make sense when I think about it.Thank you all for your insight and patience with my questions :0)SamOn Aug 27, 2005, at 12:50 AM, dbargad@... wrote:Hi Sam-  I find that pain management works well.  If you find your pain and stiffness are more pronounced in the evening, perhaps taking pain meds, such as ibuprofen at dinnertime might help.  I take my meds BID which is twice a day.  That means am and pm.  PM can be with dinner or before sleep.  I found that taking a milligram of prednisone and ibuprofen in the pm, makes all the difference.  If I have overdone it, which is often the case,  I take an ibuprofen and it helps.  I also drink something hot, like tea with the pills, so they will start working alot faster.  I find that hot showers arent just for the am but for the pm too.   Nothing like    an ibuprofen, hot tea and dessert.  I only take it if my bones hurt badly in the evening.  With effective pain management, by listening to my body when it hurts, I get by well.  Yours, Deborah