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Pain medications

06/23/2008 04:51PM

Question:

When I had surgery on my knee for a torn cartlidge I was given to lots of moraphine in my IV and it never helped at all. Because it was day surgery I was sent hope with 292`s. Again never did any thing. I know have sever RA and was given Tylenol 3`s for it and never helped either. So when my doctor asked me to try Demoral I told her that the Tylenol 3`s didn`t work so I didn`t get it. What does this mean for me and pain releif? Could it be that no pain medications will work for me or that the right ones were not used at the right time. I might have to have more surgery so what can I do for the pain if the meds don`t work?

Answer:

Part of the population lack the enzyme in the liver to metabolize the drugs and makes it not effective.

I suggest that you ask your anesthesiologist about regional anesthesia and also consult a pain physician to put you on the medication that will work to control your pain.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati Hammam Akbik, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia
Director, Pain Management Services
University Pointe Pain Management Center
Department of Anesthesia
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Hammam Akbik, MD