subject: Chronic Pain Sucks The Fun Out Of Life [print this page] One of the most progressive and innovative areas of medicine is the ongoing development of pain management. For generations the standard treatment for pain was pain medicines that can have the potential for negative side effects including: sexual dysfunction, kidney failure, heart disease, addictions, fatigue, depression, and even paranoia.
Men most likely wouldn't take as much pain medicine if they knew they could be shrinking their tentacles, lowering their ability to have sex, decreasing the ability to build muscle and enjoy life. "Opioid-induced androgen deficiency affects thousands of men. The symptoms are fatigue, night sweats, infertility, depression, erectile dysfunction, and osteoporosis. These problems can impede vitality of life as much as the pain and often more so. They simply are not worth the price.
After winning a 24-hour track run in record time, Stephanie Ehret should have been tired, yet euphoric, unfortunately she was in an emergency room in Phoenix vomiting up part of her digestive lining. She was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a potentially fatal precursor to kidney failure. Doctors informed Stephanie the problem was linked to over usage of acetaminophens. While painmeds can be beneficial, they can also be dangerous and deadly. Moderation has to be the key.
Some people take pain medication like mints. Too many too often can lead to heart disease. Those taking Motrin, Nuprin and Advil (ibuprofen) had a 29 percent increase risk of strokes. A drug sold in Europe called diclofenac or Voltaren had a 91 percent increased risk of heart-related deaths. Just because something is sold over-the- counter, it doesn't make it safe. Suggested doses have to be followed.
For those suffering from chronic pain, pain management clinics in Indiana can prove a god sent. New procedures block pain with inhibitors, epidural steroid injections, branch blocks, functional anesthetic discography, nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulations and a host of other procedures to keep patients off pain meds. Joint injections can work wonders for localized pain and can keep the pain at bay for months or even permanently.
Addiction is a terrible price to pain to manage pain, so is constant fatigue and in extreme cases paranoia and anxiety. Doctors with specialized training run pain management clinics in Indiana. Often these physicians are anesthesiologist who have years of practice in alleviating pain. Don't self diagnose, don't medicate your life away. Find competent professional help to diagnose the problem and work to alleviate the pain, and find the cause instead of masking the symptoms.
