Do doctors over prescribe pain medicine?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/05/28 13:58:25

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Mz Understood 2012/05/29 16:45:32

Yes

When my back got screwed up, I had the hardest time trying to find someone to help me figure out what was wrong but they were all willing to give me drugs.

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beach bum 2012/05/29 05:59:14

Yes

yes

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CAROLYN NTARWNJBS 2012/05/29 00:22:18

Yes

Not all but it does happen in many practices.

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Brian 2012/05/29 00:08:29

Yes

Hey, gotta make that Mercedes payment somehow!

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Mrs. Kathy Arch 2012/05/28 23:24:25

Yes

I think so.

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Denny 2012/05/28 23:15:52

No

Describe over prescribe. I'm setting here with no knees and back from arthur and I'll take anything I can get just to be 25 again without pain. Living without pain kind of changes perspective doesn't it???

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Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2012/05/28 23:11:18

Yes

Some do. But it's my hope that they are not the majority.

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Jack's Pearl 2012/05/28 23:10:00

Yes

I'm sure some do. Whether it's the most or not, I do not know.

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BigFig#9 2012/05/28 18:09:27

No

What some DON'T do however is challenge patients to use as little as possible and adequately warn them of dependency and other dangers...

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Sister Jean 2012/05/28 18:04:17

Yes

some do

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HarleyCharley 2012/05/28 15:18:36

Yes

+1
some do.....

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Chaya2010 2012/05/28 14:31:09

No

+1
I had an accident and got pretty "addicted" to painkillers. I thought the doctor didn't prescribe enough of them. Its a slippery slop, one doesn't have to be a 'junkie' on the street to be prescription drug dependent.

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DoxieDad 2012/05/28 14:28:53

Yes

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I say this from first hand knowledge. I am a family caregiver and my spouse has become so accustomed to pain meds prescribe by her doctor they don't work that well and when she complains instead of finding the source of the problem the dosage is increased.
Prescribing a medication is easier then spending time with a patient to determine the root cause of a problem. When national health care is instituted this will become more of a problem.

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sockpuppet 2012/05/28 14:18:40

No

+2
If you're in enough pain that you go to the doc, he/she should give you something for it. They DO over-prescribe antibiotics, though.

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Syl 2012/05/28 14:13:30

No

+1
Not here anyway.

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kyle 2012/05/28 13:59:47

No

+1
not for me they havent but they do for the rich people

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sockpuppet to kyle 2012/05/28 14:16:29

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What does being rich have to do with it? If you go to a doc who hands out prescriptions, you'll get pretty much whatever you want.

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