[NobleFree]

over prescribing, a significant contributor to the widespread opioid addiction

Evidence?

[ransomnote]

Evidence?

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I’ve seen convictions for over prescribing on justice.gov.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've read that there are figures showing that in some areas there are "pain clinics" that have people lined up out the door and,on average,prescribe something like 500 oxys per patient visit.

OTOH,I've had both my hips replaced...at a world famous hospital.I was prescribed 90 oxys after each one. I took about 10 and flushed the rest...never asked for a refill.

[eyeamok]

In the 70’s My Doctors and Myself decided the only thing I could do was to get addicted to opiates, They gave me a prescription for All the Percodan I could take. Percodan is yesterdays Oxycontin without the time release. In the beginning normal doses(1 @ 4 hrs) was sufficient, by the time the 3 month wait to have surgery was over, I was taking 50 a DAY!!! My Doctors from the Beginning scheduled me to be in the Hospital 3 weeks, the First week was to go through Withdrawl’s to get the crap out of my system before the 12 hour surgery, which I did in a Hospital Bed. Then 2 weeks to recover from the Surgery

After the Surgery,the real pain was gone and I was clean.

Real Pain = When the Drug wears off you go into SHOCK and PASS OUT.

a whole lot of people get pain pills for minor discomfort and Doctors and Insurance companies don’t give a damn if you get addicted, they used to.