Pain relief pumps are called analgesic pumps and usually do not affect kidney function.
Reducing patient pain is the primary purpose for which analgesic pumps are used. Analgesic pump as a liquid pumping device is mainly to accurately maintain a certain blood concentration, so that less drugs can be used to achieve the analgesic effect needed by the patient. From this point of view, effective analgesia can reduce the metabolic burden on the liver and kidneys at the same time.
Analgesic drugs such as morphine, fentanyl, etc. for their own patients suffering from renal insufficiency, need to reduce the use of analgesic pumps can be more effective in controlling the use of drug dosage, in the necessity of analgesic treatment, the existence of analgesic pumps is a kind of protection of renal function.
However, analgesic pumps may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting, hypotension and other adverse reactions. If patients need to apply analgesic pumps, it is recommended to use the drug under the guidance of a doctor, not blindly self-medication to avoid adverse effects.