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What are the problems with just increasing the dosage over time. This sounds to me like a very reasonable approach to someone with intractable pain.
by verylongname 8y ago
What are the problems with just increasing the dosage over time. This sounds to me like a very reasonable approach to someone with intractable pain.
- toufiqbarhamov 8y agoToxicity. As your opioid dose increases so does your risk of side effects such as respiratory depression and arrest.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y agoOpioids relieve pain. They also suppress your breathing. The pain system in your body gets used to the opioids faster than the breathing system. Over time, the difference between the amount of opioids you need to help the pain and the amount of opioids that make you stop breathing gets smaller and smaller. This has a very predictable bad end result.