Ok but the opioid pain medication would be prescribed after the dust has settled from that ER scramble. Doctors don't have a way to measure pain, other then the

Ok but the opioid pain medication would be prescribed after the dust has settled from that ER scramble. Doctors don't have a way to measure pain, other then the patient's own reporting (often they are asked to describe it on the scale of 1-10). So belief is a central part of the process.