Tips for when pain med options are limited

amother

Seagreen

Mon, Mar 18 2019, 11:13 am

NovelConcept wrote:

OP, you mention that your child just has to get through the week. I'm assuming the pain is only very temporary in nature. In that case, if your child is suffering terribly, perhaps do consider the narcotics for short term. Obviously, you don't want to run in to an addiction issue, but if only for a very few days during the worst pain, I don't think you'll have that problem.

If you are in the hospital, request to speak to a pain management specialist and discuss both safe use of narcotics and non-narcotic options.

About CBD: It's a very controversial issue. Just some key facts:

1. Most users report that it takes between 2 and 3 weeks to begin working. If the pain is only for a week or so, it will be just a waste of money and putting a questionable substance inside the body.

2. CBD so far has very few studies done on it. We do know that it can relieve pain and help reduce symptoms of certain issues, but not every issue. Despite the THC (the chemically-addictive component of cannabis) being removed, no one knows if it is mechanically addictive and if there will be withdrawal symptoms when the CBD is discontinued. Likewise, there may be side effects that we don't about. We do know that CBD can lower blood pressure -- too much at times, leading to extreme weakness/feeling faint. There are also speculations that it may affect liver enzymes in some people.

3. A Cochrane review recommends holding off on CBD oil unless there is absolutely no other means of relief and the patient feels the benefit outweighs the risk.

So we did narcotics in hospital immediate post op, asked dr yesterday, said that with kids she likes to sway away from using narcotics so we should try to soothe with cold, which didn't work as child was extremely resistant.

Cbd interacts with med child is on.

Looking into Arnica to see if ok post this procedure.

Thank you everyone for great suggestions. Unfortunately for us most of these options are not viable for us in this situation but great to keep in mind for future use.

If anyone has any more ideas to bounce off I'd love to hear.

Thank you!