03-02-2018, 10:13 PM
A lot of doctors, rightly or wrongly, react negatively if you ask for stronger pain relief, particularly opioids. I suffered agony for 5 days in hospital with a severe post operative infection due to a resistance to up pain medication to the level I obtained any comfort. It was an ongoing battle for a prolonged period and I only got relief when I was eventually prescribed morphine, even then there was resistances any time I asked for more pain relief. Madness really, I know you have to be careful of abuse but if you have a patient clearly in distress and pain, why would you not do what you can to relieve that suffering?