Modern medicines that provide pain relief are considered to be wonderful little things, often providing a much needed respite from pain. However, it is a known fact that the more pain you feel, the more pain relief medications you’re going to need.
Certainly, you do have the option of using more potent medication, such as upgrading from Tramadol to morphine, but for most cases, this is not an option. The standard is that when the pain gets worse, the patient has to pop a few more pills. The problem with this approach, and with using a more potent pain killer, is that the body eventually starts to feel a general sense of numbness because of the medication. In high enough doses, the body may even fall asleep or become unconscious due to the sheer amount of pain killer in the bloodstream. Of course, there may be another way to go about this situation. The fact is, most people find the numbness and the possibility of becoming unconscious to be a bit more than unsettling. It can be a severe annoyance in some cases, with the potential to become threatening if the person needs to engage in activities that require alertness. Science has recognized this flaw in the design...