DEFINITIONS OF SOME EXPRESSIONS YOUR DOCTOR MAY USE – POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF PAINKILLERS (DOSE)
If the dose you start with does not relieve your pain completely, you should gradually increase it either until it does or until you feel that the cost of the better pain relief outweighs the benefit. Possible side effects of painkillers include nausea, constipation, heavy sweating, drowsiness, lightheadedness, difficulty in concentrating, hallucinations, confusion and dizziness. Except for constipation, all of these are worst just after starting a new painkiller or increasing your dose. They tend to clear up by themselves, so it is usually worth persevering for a few days before deciding that a particular painkiller doesn’t suit you.
If, even then, you cannot find a dose that relieves your pain without unpleasant side effects, you should stop taking it altogether and change to a different painkiller. The alternative would be to add a second painkiller while continuing to take unsatisfactory doses of the first. If you do this, you are likely to finish up With much more troublesome side effects for the same degree of pain relief. It is better to find the single painkiller that suits you best and take effective doses of that.
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