QuickSilver
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I always tell people that I know and are taking the popular pain killers not to go by the directions on the bottle, but to only use them when needed and then to stop as soon as they no longer need them
That's the opposite about what we tell patients in the hospital... Ask for pain meds BEFORE you actually need them. It's very difficult to get pain back down to tolerable once it has become intolerable... but much easier to keep pain controls at an even level. So we tell them.. do not be afraid to ask for your med...don't be stoic and wait until you cannot stand it any longer. But this is in the acute care setting for acute surgical pain.. Addiction usually happens after people get home and the doc keeps refilling their prescription.