Solving the Problems
of Cancer Pain
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The problem you have chosen is listed below. Choose from the list of possible options for solving this problem by clicking on the check boxes. Once you are done, click on “Rate My Options”. We will indicate whether these choices are great, good, or bad ways of solving this problem and further explore the topic with you.

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Problem #11:

“I am tired of taking so many pain pills each day.”

List of Possible Options for Solving This Problem

1) Ask your doctor or nurse if it is possible to change your pain medicine to a long acting one.
2) Ask your doctor or nurse about other approaches to managing pain.
3) Ask your doctor or nurse about other ways of taking your pain medicine.
4) Take fewer pain pills.

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