In a situation like this, pain management is so important so that the proper healing can take place and less stress/anxiety is felt by the patient which would in turn slow down the healing process.

As long as she is taking it as prescribed, there should not be an issue. If she gets to the point where she can go longer amounts of time in between doses, then maybe it's time to substitute every other dose of dilauted with a less potent pain killer.....that would be the way to extend her time on the dilauted and wean her off and still be keeping her comfortable.

I was caring for a good friend after major surgery back in January. She was given dilauted also and was very concerned about it. I explained that right now, she needed that kind of pain control in order to get through the day and sleep more comfortably through the night so that every time she moved, it would not wake her up in pain. Within 2 weeks, she was to the point of taking it only at bedtime and supplementing percocets during the day then to ibuprofen and then totally off everything within another 2 weeks.

I hope your daughter gets through all this as easily as possible. I wish you both luck!

Hugsssss
J