Ultram is a safe painkiller
Ask a doctor how to deal with moderate pain and the usual answer is to prescribe a painkiller like Ultram. It’s true that the medical profession is under pressure. Not enough doctors are prepared to work in general practice. But prescribing pills is a lazy answer. It gets patients out of the door quickly, but it’s not treating them as human beings with a problem to solve. The key issue is that, rightly or wrongly, painkillers have a bad press. Open a newspaper and you’ll routinely see stories of people arrested for dealing in narcotic painkillers, or hooked on them and going into rehab. People need reassurance that a drug like Ultram is safe (which it is when used properly). More importantly, they need options if they prefer to avoid taking medication for their problems. The medical profession has the resources to deliver physical therapy. Sometimes, it’s at the light end with massage. Other times, it’s at the heavy end with manipulation. The aim is simple. Pain often arises because joints stiffen and people lose muscle tone through inactivity. So people need to be reintroduced to the idea of mobility. In this, the social interaction between the patient and the therapist is crucial. If trust is established, people work their way through the fear of movement to find they can move without feeling pain or with less pain than they expected. This doesn’t mean people should avoid Ultram. It simply means they should take Ultram only for a limited time and work more at getting better naturally.
