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Pain pump, I have one, how about one for you?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 17 10:05am | Replies (335)
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@jthomas458

Are you referring to pain doctors who require patients to wean off their oral meds before getting the pain pump? I have heard of this practice and thought it is cruel, but assumed it must provide some therapeutic value to the procedure.

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carolynhughes75 | @carolynhughes75 | Mar 16 12:39pm

No. I saw a post where a pain doctor was going to lower a patient's pump by 50%, just to see if it was working. A decrease that drastic, would probably bring on withdrawal symptoms. I find that type of thing, as a bad practice. Weaning from any type of narcotic, should be more gradually.

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