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Very true. The large urban Hospital ER I work at (and the whole hospital) has turned away from stocking demerol in large quantities. They are just apparently giving it in small doses (25mg's and lower) for "Rigors" due to ETOH DT's... Go Figure.

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So stupid! The paranoia on opiod pain relief is absurd! I tend to equate it with any other medication (say, antibiotic) it's a means to an end, a treatment. There being a risk posed for "abuse" should be inapplicable thus *shouldn't* be transferred onto anyone who may need/request/whatever this or that drug. Someone who may or may not need an antibiotic would not have red flags on their chart like someone who may or may not need a percocet (lets say) would have. That's just craziness. Ahhhhh, to live in a perfect world

While what that article said is not new information (some is, not saying I am the know all be all here) it's just (in my opinion) not a good reason to discontinue its use, which has proved very beneficial over the years. Sure, for some (myself included) it's not all that effective mg for mg but so? ARGH!
Just recently I had a migraine that wouldn't stop, I was puking every few minutes, so pills were out of the question, the Zofran ODT (orally disintegrating) wasn't working, so I went in for a shot. I didn't ask because I didn't care much at the time but they gave me a measly 50mg of demerol, [beep] sorry, all over my chart it reads 100mg or no effect. So I went home with a sore bum (those do hurt) and no migraine relief whatsoever. I called pissed and found our about the 50mg thing. They called in some Stadol nasal spray for me, which in turn made me sicker than hell (that stuff is disgusting) SO frustrating.
From now on I have a stronger Zofran and more of my own good old percocets and hydros, thankyouverymuch!
ARGH, doctors sometimes!

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