Dementia vs. pain killers. Any suggestions?

Mom has severe chronic pain; torn rotator cuff and disk/nerve damage in lower back. Her vascular dementia is made much worse with pain killers. Corticosteroid injections are no longer helping. Any suggestions? At wits end!

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You might try a pain management specialist

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This is so hard! Discuss with her dementia doctor what pain medications she might try now.

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