A little song for all of our ER patients

[MillCreek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-W4DvP0qQg&feature=youtu.be

If you work in the business, you will think this is hilarious and so true.

[AJ Dual]

My favorite ER game when I come in with a kidney stone or a really torqued back is to tell the attending "I don't like Percocet, it makes me nauseous and it doesn't even work well."

Then I watch the doc and nurse get all  drug-seeker at me for a split second.

Then I say, "I like Ketorolac or one of those other mega NSAID's, I feel like they work a lot better than anything narcotic."

Then they're all  with me.

 

[BobR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-W4DvP0qQg&feature=youtu.be

If you work in the business, you will think this is hilarious and so true.

Sharing far and wide!!!!!


bob

[BobR]

My favorite ER game when I come in with a kidney stone or a really torqued back is to tell the attending "I don't like Percocet, it makes me nauseous and it doesn't even work well."

Then I watch the doc and nurse get all  drug-seeker at me for a split second.

Then I say, "I like Ketorolac or one of those other mega NSAID's, I feel like they work a lot better than anything narcotic."

Then they're all   with me.

 

For kidney stones, Toradol is THE drug of choice. It works so much better than narcotics for the pain. Same with migraines, we don't give narcotics, we use a combo of IV fluids and non-narcotic meds to break the cycle. If you give narcs, you just get a rebound headache when the drugs wear off.

Our policy is we will not give out any narcotics for chronic pain issues, no matter what excuse you can come up with.

bob

[MillCreek]

Sharing far and wide!!!!!


bob

I knew you would like this, Bob.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

I live in fear of pain meds. So much so it generates almost as much scrutiny as coming in begging for oxy. I have overdone it a time or 2. For the record do NOT do a triple root canal sans anything fir pain.


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[Neemi]

:D awesome

[Scout26]

I was amazed at how they push narcotic pain meds when I was doing chemo.  I passed on all of them.  (Although, I probably could have made a small fortune on the "resale" market.) 

Same with when Robert goes in to the ER after a Football/Baseball injury.   Aspirin, Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen seems to work just fine on him, thanks for offering.

 

[AJ Dual]

I wish I could pop Toradol like one can Ibuprofen. Unfortunately, like all drugs that work really well, there's always some horrid side-effect, immediate, or eventual. In the case of Toradol, it'll rot your liver among other things.

It's one kick-ass NSAID, it's like the opposite kind of high than the euphoria of narcotics. It won't blunt the pain of a broken arm, burns or a huge gash, but you don't really realize how many little aches and pains you've got in your muscles and joints, (assuming over 30, or a hard physical life) until they're all gone for a while.

[MillCreek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&v=ay5_HgZLDoE&x-yt-ts=1421914688

Another song on the same theme.

[French G.]

Well, I have determined I need to be screwed up bad enough for the morphine pump. Percocet makes me homicidal. Never took the Vicodin they gave me when my leg was broke, so who knows. Same with dad, he went to no drugs 12 hours after open heart surgery because he couldn't deal with the Fentanyl.

[HeroHog]

For the 17 kidney stones I have passed, Dilaudid works the best for me. I have a high tolerance for pain meds due to me being on pain management drugs for several years now. 

hard to believe that something so small can cause SO much pain! 

[Sergeant Bob]

For kidney stones, Toradol is THE drug of choice. It works so much better than narcotics for the pain. Same with migraines, we don't give narcotics, we use a combo of IV fluids and non-narcotic meds to break the cycle. If you give narcs, you just get a rebound headache when the drugs wear off.

Our policy is we will not give out any narcotics for chronic pain issues, no matter what excuse you can come up with.

bob

I'm going with Dilaudid myself. Instant relief from kidney stones