Common Pain Pill Mistakes Most people know that any medications can become a dangerous liability in the home if not treated with the proper care they demand. This potential danger from medications is especially true of those medications designed to help people cope with pain.
Benefits of Pain Pills Pain pills, both over the counter and prescription pills, have the ability to greatly aid those who use them correctly. There are those forms of pain pills that help to limit inflammation, which can lower pain while simultaneously creating a safer environment for the body, and there are those forms of pain pills that can help a person gain relief from intense pain like the pain following a surgical procedure. For example, it is not uncommon for knee replacement surgeons to prescribe to their recovering patients strong prescription pain killers that will help these patients during their recovery. Knee replacement surgeons and other certified medical doctors can prescribe more regulated prescription drugs to aid their patients and can even give instructions to the patient for the use of those prescription drugs, but ultimately it is up to the patient themselves to make sure that those heavier pain killers are used properly and safely. The best way for individuals to ensure that they are using their pain pills safely is by strictly following the instruction given to them by their doctor and the pharmacist who fills the prescription. It will also help keep people safe if they will listen and respond to the pharmacist when the pharmacists explains the proper safety procedures for use of a pain killer and asks if the person has any questions concerning the medication. If a person does have questions, then they should be sure to take that opportunity and ask their pharmacist for clarification on any unknown aspects to the prescription. A person can likewise maintain theirs and their family’s safety concerning prescription drugs if they will avoid some of the most common mistakes that people make with pain pills.
Dosage Mistakes One of the first mistakes and one of the most common mistakes people tend to make with pain pills is the flawed and dangerous theory of “if one is good, two is better.� This concept is utterly false and can be the source of great danger. Here again, one should use the prescribed procedure as given them by their doctor or pharmacist to ensure the correct dosage. Another common and dangerous mistake that people make with pain pills is accidently double dosing on a certain ingredient in pain pills.
Pain pills, especially over the counter pain pills, are typically a combination of multiple drugs that work together to ease pain in the human body. But because of this, it is a common and dangerous mistake to accidently double a dosage on a particular ingredient drug by taking two differing kinds of pain pills. While they may come in differing bottles and may even be advertised as two differing purposes, most pain pills will have similar ingredients to others and therefore should never be taken simultaneously without consulting with a doctor. By being safer with how they use pain pills and by avoiding the common mistakes of using pain pills, a person will be able to receive all of the benefits of pain pills without incurring any of the dangerous circumstances that surround them. Photo Credit: foxumon, zeathiel