The Thin Line between Pain Management and Drug Addiction

Education is of key importance when helping patients cope with chronic pain

. Patients must understand the impact of opiates on the nervous system and the consequences of combining different medications. Doctors need to understand how to monitor pain and their patients' compliance with complementary therapies, as well as understand the early warning signs of addiction. The more knowledge each party has the less likely the patient with truly debilitating pain will suffer pain needlessly and the less likely the doctor will be fueling a dangerous addiction.

The Thin Line between Pain Management and Drug Addiction

By: Vera Appleyard

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