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For a broken patella, how long would an elderly patient be expected to be on pain killers? patient has been on pain killers for a month now.
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Pain killers: This really depends on the healing - elderly folks take longer to heal - however the requirement for the medication should decrease as the healing proceeds,.
Answered 7/1/2015
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