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I guess it depends. In other countries, like Germany, doctors have a very different stance on people in pain. “Pain is a part of life. We cannot eliminate it n
by baxtr 7y ago
I guess it depends. In other countries, like Germany, doctors have a very different stance on people in pain.
“Pain is a part of life. We cannot eliminate it nor do we want to. The pain will guide you. You will know when to rest more; you will know when you are healing. If I give you Vicodin, you will no longer feel the pain, yes, but you will no longer know what your body is telling you. You might overexert yourself because you are no longer feeling the pain signals. All you need is rest. And please be careful with ibuprofen. It’s not good for your kidneys. Only take it if you must. Your body will heal itself with rest.”
From: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-germany-vicodin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-ge...
- grabbalacious 7y agoYes. When stubbing a toe I've historically employed two strategies for dealing with it. In my youth I would shout and hop around the room, i.e. distract myself. Nowadays I pay as much attention to the pain as is possible and practical. Remarkably this approach does seem to alleviate the pain. So my guess is that the function of pain is to direct attention to injury. Not just for thinking about ways to avoid repeat injuries but purely and simply to promote the healing response. Which is not to say that I wouldn't welcome a painkiller if the pain was great enough. It's just that the suffering caused does seems to increase with the efforts one makes to distract oneself from it.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoThere is a level of pain where it becomes totally debilitating and all consuming. I can meditate over light headaches or other pain but from time to time I get migraines where I either want to die or take anything that will make it go away.
- grabbalacious 7y agoWith very severe pain I don't see why one couldn't adopt a dual strategy of alleviating it both with drugs and by focussing on it during its most intense moments.
- 904baf11 7y ago> Your body will heal itself with rest. Love too keep my arm permenantly lowered because ibuprofen is evil and rest is good
- adrianN 7y agoIbuprofen is an OTC medicine in Germany.
- Mo3 7y agoI'm German and that is highly exaggerated. While doctors here are in fact very careful and conversative with opiates, if you need them, you get them. Almost all of the people with chronic pain I know get opiates, or cannabis.
- p410n3 7y agoWhile that is exaggerated, it's close to what many people here think