A few years ago, I was at the scene of a heroin overdose. The coroner came by after an extended period.
It was ten oclock in the morning. The one we were working on was her fourth since four oclock.
the joint commission which is the impetus in changing the focus of health care, since they inspect and critique hospitals, many years ago instructed hospitals that they MUST treat pain and they must document pain control and pain relief.
you could not doubt anybody claiming they had pain...
drug seekers ALWAYS will state they still have pain...
just inject them with their favorite trio...dilaudid...Phenergan..and Benadryl, and inject it fast please...
they created a huge drug culture...
and now, now that drs and hospitals are pulling back a bit on prescribing these drugs, they seek illegal stuff...