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Dear Doctor: What can I do to ease chronic pain when my body gets used to current dose of opiates?
Dear Doctor: What can I do to ease chronic pain when my body gets used to current dose of opiates?
Dear Doctor: What can I do to ease chronic pain when my body gets used to current dose of opiates?

Published on: 05/18/2026

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Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, public health and sports medicine.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have horrible neck, shoulder, back and hip pain, which are all from different traumas. I’ve been seeing a pain doctor for the past 14 years. I started out taking 5 mg of Vicodin and 4 mg of trazodone. Over the years, my prescriptions have been raised to 7.5 mg of oxycodone four times a day and 800 mg of ibuprofen three times a day. I see my doctor every two weeks, and during these visits, I normally get shots (different ones in different places).

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