The following suggestions will help you work with your doctor to minimize any pain you may experience from cancer or cancer treatment. Cancer pain is an unpleasant sensation of varying degrees of discomfort or soreness. Either way, it should be treated. If pain is present, it could be caused by many factors. Second, it is important to tell your doctor or nurse about pain as soon as it occurs.
Early treatment is always more effective.
People do not 'get high' from pain medication, and it is not addictive. Pain medication will stop working if you use it for a long period of time. If tolerance develops, your doctor can safely increase your dose, prescribe a different drug, or use a combination of drugs. If the medication doesn't work right away, it won't work at all. Everyone responds differently to different drugs, and the right combination may take time to find.