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My wife broke her leg in three places plus shredded ankle and knee ligaments - on Sunday during a emergency call to help downed hikers. (she's a paramedic).
The ER gave her three days of pain meds, "the law only allows us to do 3 days".
You can't get an ortho appointment til the 20th (2 weeks) and they only give pain meds to post op patients anyway!
The PCP says this morning, "we can't help you". WTF?!?
So she is in pain level 5-8, is not sleeping, all because the medical system has slammed the door shut on people who have a bonafide need for pain medicine! Thanks a lot, effing drug abusers.
She is already icing, elevating, resting, CBD, lidocaine patches, acetominophen (can't take nsaids). She needs hydrocodone!
I'm going to punch the next drug abuser I see in the nose!
Why does the medical system have to way over-react in this way? There is sometimes a bonafide need for certain medications and anyone can tell from the radiographs, 'yeah, that's gotta HURT'.
The ER gave her three days of pain meds, "the law only allows us to do 3 days".
You can't get an ortho appointment til the 20th (2 weeks) and they only give pain meds to post op patients anyway!
The PCP says this morning, "we can't help you". WTF?!?
So she is in pain level 5-8, is not sleeping, all because the medical system has slammed the door shut on people who have a bonafide need for pain medicine! Thanks a lot, effing drug abusers.
She is already icing, elevating, resting, CBD, lidocaine patches, acetominophen (can't take nsaids). She needs hydrocodone!
I'm going to punch the next drug abuser I see in the nose!
Why does the medical system have to way over-react in this way? There is sometimes a bonafide need for certain medications and anyone can tell from the radiographs, 'yeah, that's gotta HURT'.
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