What you can do >you need to report your pain accurately.
to rate your pain severity on a scale of 0-10.
to take your medication, according to dose & schedule,
as prescribed by doctor.to tell doctor if the medicine
or treatment works
or if you have developed any side effects to the treatments
What your Health care provider will do>Ask you about your pain on a regular basis. explain & provide the treatment option for pain control.ask you if you received the relief you expected from the medicine.
suggest other ways to help you be more comfortable.
Thing to remember>if you have pain,ask for the medicine
don't save pain medicine until the pain get worse.
medicine can help control your pain.the staff will not think you are complaining if you ask for medicine for
your pain.don't worry about becoming addicted
to pain medicine.
