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Brew,
could be a narcotic headache. A good number of patients will develop headaches while using opioids...yes, this seems crazy, but it's true. Tylenol, ibuprophen, etc will help but as the opioids increase in strength, so do the headaches. We see this every day on our service. I use the 'big guns' for pain relief and it is a common complaint.....sorry to give bad news.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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