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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if that's the answer, but doctors really do need to limit their prescriptions.
I had minor surgery last week.  No significant pain at the hospital (I was asked about a million times)  They gave me prescription strength ibuprofin just in case, which made sense and for which I was grateful.  They sent me home with two prescriptions - one for 24 of the prescription ibuprofin and one for TEN pills of oxycodone.  Keep in mind that not only did I not request that, but that I specifically said I wasn't in pain and that the ibuprofin was doing a fine job of managing it.

I didn't end up taking any of the oxycodone and turned it in this weekend at the drug take back events (good timing).  But why in the world did I get it at all?  And why did I get 10 of them instead of just one or two?  My doc had told me before surgery that I'd probably be able to go back to work the next day, so it's not like I had some kind of miraculous recovery.

The whole thing was really startling to me.[/quote]

You had surgery. Frequently the medication you get at the hospital is stronger than you think and when it wears off at home you are caught off guard. 10 oxy (at I assume like 5 or 10 mg?) is enough for like...2 and a half days tops. It is what I was given after leaving the hospital after a c section and they wouldn't refill it when it was through. No one is getting hooked on oxy in 10 pills unless you already have a problem and surgery is (IMO) a legit reason to provide a patient a couple days worth of decent pain relief that they can use on their own time and not have to come back to the doctor to get.[/quote]

My DH was given a 6 week supply of oxy when he had Lyme disease. The pharmacist escourted me to my car because of the street value. DH didn’t get addicted either. Not sure how much one would need to take to get addicted.[/quote]

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