When drug pumps are used to treat severe or chronic pain relief there can be some good points and bad about the use of this device. The use of a drug pump means immediate medication getting into the system when needed, this is important for people that have unbearable pain, like the cancer patient.
Then there can be some bad points about this type of pain relief, it can be a form of addiction, because these medications that are contained in the pump are usually in the form of opioids, which are highly addicting.
This is why the decision to use a drug pump takes much consideration and it also depends on what the medical prognosis is for the person with chronic or severe pain if it is a wise choice or not to use a drug pump. This is also not a device that is prescribed for every patient that has pain, in most cases oral pain medication can be used to treat the patient for pain relief. |