{"id":8426,"date":"2017-06-19T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsajc.com\/?p=8426"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:41:01","slug":"pain-medicine-side-effects-care-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/pain-medicine-side-effects-care-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Medicine Side Effects: Care Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you go to a medical facility in pain, you may get a strong medicine to give you relief. The medicine may be given in a vein (by IV) or as an injection (shot). Examples of this type of pain medicine include fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine. While these medicines help relieve pain, they also have side effects.<\/p>\n
For your safety, it’s important that you know how this strong pain medicine affects you. Common side effects can include:<\/p>\n
The doctor has checked you carefully, but problems can develop later. If you notice any problems or new symptoms, get medical treatment right away<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety.<\/b> Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It’s also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.<\/p>\n Call 911<\/b> anytime you think you may need emergency care. For example, call if:<\/p>\n Call your doctor now<\/b> or seek immediate medical care if:<\/p>\n Watch closely for changes in your health, and be sure to contact your doctor if:<\/p>\n Care instructions\u00a0adapted under license by Neuromuscular Spine & Joint Center. This care instruction is for use with your licensed healthcare professional. If you have questions about a medical condition or this instruction, always ask your healthcare professional. Kopp Medical LLC, DBA Neurmomuscular Spine & Joint Center disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you go to a medical facility in pain, you may get a strong medicine to give you relief. The medicine may be given in a vein (by IV) or as an injection (shot). Examples of this type of pain medicine include fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine. While these medicines help relieve pain, they also have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[29,22,53,54,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How can you care for yourself at home?<\/h3>\n
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