How do Pain Management Doctors treat generally treat patients?

Answer 1

Pain clinicians are usally MD's with a specialty in anesthesia.
They also are advanced in other area's such as spinal and neurological sciences. They know alot about pain control.
The pain specialist usually reviews the history of the pt very thourougly and they discuss their health history, review there records. Examine x rays, CT scans, MRI's.
They discuss the pain issue, and with the pt determine the best way to treat it.
Pain is a medical emergency and it is treated promptly
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Answer 2

How a pain patient is treated would depend upon the individual condition, and the physical and psychological factors bearing on the condition.

I personally feel that every patient deserves to be given an individual treatment plan. However, there are certain constants in medicine.

I try to use the least medication possible, but at the same time, I don't feel that in a patient who has a chronic pain problem the addictiveness of the medication is the prime concern. I like to use non-pharmaceutical methods in addition to medications, including physical therapy, electrical stimulation, accupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic, nutritional or homeopathic supplements or any other method available which may help. My clinic has a full aquatic therapy center with pool, and hydrotherapy, and a physical therapy center. I also am affiliated with psychologist and psychiatrist to provide support as there are significant mental stresses when a patient has chronic pain. I also make sure that there are support groups and systems available to the patients.

In managing pain, the whole patient has to be considered.

Also, it is important to have case managers who can obtain home health aides and supplies, and arrange for referrals and for financing, either through insurance or from social systems.

Answer 3

oxycodone is highly addictive. they settled a lawsuit recently and the manufacturer pleaded no contest to withholding research info that the knew the dangers of this drug. this does not mean it is not effective but the risk must outweigh the benefit of a medicine. i believe the hydromorphone is also addictive but hasn't had a lawsuit ?? I do not understand how a doctor could not prescribe something to help you manage the pain that you are in. Are they thinking it is more of a tension / stress headache vs. migraine ? Regardless of the type of headache if it is that bad you need something to make you comfortable. I went to neurologist and they told me to modify my diet , to exclude blue cheese, wine. I stopped both of those things and it's really helped a lot. I would keep pushing the doctors and your parents to find the cause , you are 15 and will need to drive soon. You can't possible handle the car with these meds. Once they start giving you all those meds, they will quit looking for the real reason and you will have to live on them for your life unless you are lucky to run across a new doctor that can figure it out which isn't likely.

Answer 4

ok - is the pain management dr a psychologist or an anesthesiologist? It also depends on what is going on with your back.
Muscle relaxers might help, heating pads, trigger point injections, if it's muscles.
But, here's my other suggestion - go see a counselor - not about your pain - but about dealing w/your husband. That is probably contributing to your back pain. If you have some herniated discs the whole thing would be treated differently.
But, I think it's really really important that you get some emotional support by a professional, and please please stay safe, even if it means you getting out w/nothing - at least for the time being. take care. email me if you want.

Answer 5

Different dr.s have different ways. i went ot one that gave me epidurals in my back , i had a pain block. then when i would not elect to have back surgery they let me go. After 2 very costly visits & having to get pre-approval frm my insuance, & my dr. would not give me any more pain meds, since i went agains the pain drs advice.

though not all are like that, some will give you therapy & show yu excersizes (if you're able ) to do to alleviate some of the pain. It just depends on who you go to & where your pain is.

before you go to one, get some recommendations frm someone who has been there to the specific dr. it'll save you a lot of worry .

Answer 6

Pain Doctors are there to prevent you from having to have surgery. They try other things such as injections (corisone..ect.) and nerve blocks. Personally I think they are okay in the beginning, but if you continue to go to them and nothing they do is working, it is time for something different. I was going through this and had severl different types of procedures and nothing helped. But he still wanted me to come back. Of course he does, that is how he makes his money. That is just my two cents.

Answer 7

They talk you out of it. And tell you to get accupuncture and do exercises and eat right. They think you are a crack head or a heroin adict , so they are very soft spoken and listen to you without hearing a thing.
Every pain comes from the same playbook.
Junkie.