When I went through the E.D. for a kidney stone, I was admittedly having a huge agonizing wave of abdominal pain and it was visibly uncomfortable, causing me to writhe about and moan. Nonetheless, I was nonplussed when an injection of some sort was administered. Then, the nurse who did it hissed at me: "this is like an NSAID on Crack!" and I was just appalled that a HCP in her professional capacity would just refer to a "dangerous illegal" drug in order to explain how a legal one worked.
The pain went away in short order, likely because the stone itself had passed, and again I was sort of pissed at whatever treatments were being given, because the pain was so transitory, all I really needed was some reassurance that the worst would be over soon.
This has always haunted my conscience in regards to pain-relieving drugs: how to know they worked? how to know it was the drug effect and not a remission of pain itself? how to know when to stop taking them?! YOU CAN'T!!!
Many people seem to be more sensitive to their belief in a drug's properties than in the drug itself. Others trust the doctor, and therefore whatever the doctor prescribes is accepted transitively. I mistrust everything uniformly, and so eventually any medication-based therapy needs to cease, because they all suck!
The pain went away in short order, likely because the stone itself had passed, and again I was sort of pissed at whatever treatments were being given, because the pain was so transitory, all I really needed was some reassurance that the worst would be over soon.
This has always haunted my conscience in regards to pain-relieving drugs: how to know they worked? how to know it was the drug effect and not a remission of pain itself? how to know when to stop taking them?! YOU CAN'T!!!
Many people seem to be more sensitive to their belief in a drug's properties than in the drug itself. Others trust the doctor, and therefore whatever the doctor prescribes is accepted transitively. I mistrust everything uniformly, and so eventually any medication-based therapy needs to cease, because they all suck!