No real answers Donna,
I am working with an elderly man with post-herpetic
neuralgia. Similar situation to the woman you mention. I
would love to be kept "in the loop" on any responses.

The pressure to accept what the doctor offers is strong and
yet, you are so right ... the meds really have not helped.
This man was brave and took himself off all the Oxycontin,
etc. Although he is still in pain, it is tolearble for now
and generally he feels so much better.

Sherill


> I see this too often in elders - due to some physical
injury they are in
> extreme pain - and their doctors put them on heavy pain
meds which do not
> really help the pain, but create a situation
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