If ignorance about the nature of pain is widespread, ignorance about the way pain-killing drugs is even more so. What is not generally understood is that many of the vaunted pain-killing drugs conceal the pain without correcting the underlying condition. They deaden the mechanism in the body that alerts the brain to the fact that something may be wrong. The body can pay a high price for suppression of pain without regard to its basic cause. . Norman Cousins
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We often hear that pain killers can be addictive, but here is some truth that many of us don’t know about pain killers. When people take them for a long time, they can get addicted to the pain killers so they use them again and again. They don’t realize that the body can get used to them so it becomes less effective. That is why it is so important to get an accurate diagnosis of what the underlying condition is.

Source: Anatomy Of An Illness: As Perceived By The Patient

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