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[quote=Anonymous]Your big mistake was naming a specific brand of painkiller. Doctors pick up a whole list of red flags to help them pinpoint who is trying to play them for drugs and that one is right near the top of the chart. Yes, YOU know that you are not a druggie but keep in mind that this doctor probably already had 10+ patients this week who had "terrible back pain and the only thing that works is Demerol" or "spilled their Vicodin into the toilet and can you just write me another Rx" or are "allergic to everything except Dilaudid" or "just need some fentanyl patches to get through it." He doesn't know what you are, but he knows a bunch of people have already tried to play him and is on the lookout for the next one. So are the nurses, because they see it all the time.

It's not heroin junkies doing this kind of stuff. They know where to get their drugs, and it isn't the ER. It's the prescription drug addicts. The reason the doctors treat everyone like a drug seeker is because they get them all the time and can't let their guard down. Your irritation should be reserved for the druggies, IMO, not the doctors who have become jaded by them.[/quote]

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