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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone here knows someone who is affected by heroin or one of its first cousins, known by pharmaceutical names like Tramadol, Xanax, OxyContin, Hydrocodone... It's everywhere.[/quote]

It was amazing to me how quickly a doctor prescribed Tramadol for a back problem for me. I had been on non-prescription NSAIDs, and asked if there was something stronger I could be taking (I was talking about in the NSAID family), and he prescribed Tramadol without telling me what it was. I got the prescription filled and then looked it up before taking it. I was shocked. Dealing with really bad back pain has got to be better than a lifetime addiction to pain pills and eventually worse.

I can't believe how casually doctors prescribe this stuff, and this was in 2015, so people knew what was going on by then. [/quote]

Oh, and I never went back to that doctor again. [/quote]

IMHO doctors like these should face stricter consequences.  Over prescribing narcotic painkillers is a violation of the Oath.[/quote]
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When doctors don't prescribe narcotics, then patients are distraught because their pain is being controlled adequately. Doctors can't win in this situation. 
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In an NP. Roll your eyes if you want to but it's the truth. I went to the dentist with an infected tooth. He prescribed tramadol, an antibiotic and sent me for a root canal. The endodontist, asked me what I was taking (not what I'd been prescribed already) I said Advil, and he handed me prescription for hydrocodone.  Then a week later, when I was still infected and had to see an Ent for a salivary gland infection and as I left he said, here's some tramadol. I could have had 100 pills in a week if o wanted them. It is freaking ridiculous. [/quote]

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