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Originally Posted by Angelina55
The problem I have is my doctor is my foot doctor who did the surgery on my ankle. He is giving me my pain meds because no one else will help me. He kinda understands but he thinks that if we lower the dose then I will get "use" to the pain then we can lower it again and eventually get off of them. But the pain is just getting worst. I can't do anything.
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Yeah, um......that's not how pain medication/effective pain management works. Ask him how many terminally ill cancer patients he knows of who still have pain, but have their docs decrease their pain meds.
One of the reasons that doesn't happen is because it would be CRUEL and unethical. It's the same for him to treat you that way. Another reason is because when the pain seems worse, as yours does now, you can't tell if the condition is getting worse or if it's just that the pain med was decreased. Doh !
If you have post op pain which is managed with meds, it is reasonable to decrease the dosing awhile after the surgery BECAUSE THE PAIN SHOULD BE LESS. Decreasing the dose when it is KNOWN the pain is ongoing at the same SEVERE level is not okay.
Please tell your doc someone needs a pain management refresher course......and it's NOT me.
I'm sorry that he's all you have to work with right now, Angelina
