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Keeping your pain under control is important to your well-being and your recovery.
It helps you eat better, sleep better and move around more easily. Visits with family and friends will be more enjoyable, too.
To help speed your recovery, we ask that you pay attention to your level of pain and use the pain scale to describe your pain.
Report your pain to your caretakers. Although we may not be able to relieve all pain, severe pain is more difficult to control than moderate pain.
Staff will be asking you about your pain on a routine basis. The nurses will give you pain medication as soon as possible after your request.
If your pain is not relieved by medication or if you are experiencing side effects, please tell your nurse or doctor. Often there are additional therapies that can help your pain or side effects.
Facts about pain and medication
Pain medications, when given with supervision, are safe and effective. Strong pain medications are rarely addictive when given in this manner.
Your doctor may order medications that help relieve any adverse side effects of pain medication, such as constipation, itching and nausea.
Pain and discomfort may increase after surgery or some diagnostic procedures.
Taking medication before walking or exercising, or during physical therapy, can make activity more tolerable and help speed your recovery.
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