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> Any doctor who can be shown to have given addictive opioids to people that aren't terminally ill should be investigated. About ten years ago I had two teeth
by grondilu 9y ago
> Any doctor who can be shown to have given addictive opioids to people that aren't terminally ill should be investigated.
About ten years ago I had two teeth removed. The next day I received a phone call from the dentist office. They wanted to know how I felt. I felt fine and I was curious why they would call me about it. They told me that often after a tooth removal, patients were complaining about pain. Again I told her I was fine and that was it.
I can understand that sometimes people complain about pain, but that's the thing : they are supposed to complain about it, I mean they must be actively demanding treatment.
Never ever had I received a phone call from a doctor or her staff. I can't help thinking that they wanted me to complain about pain so that they could prescribe me pain relief medication.
Am I being paranoid?
- hmschreck 9y agoI think you're looking at it from the wrong end. Usually a dentist prescribes painkillers without finding out if you'll need them. Most people go "Oh, hey, vicodin", and take it because they have the prescription. This dentist was, by the sounds of it, actually taking an opt-in route - you have to say "Yes, I am in pain" to receive painkillers. Seems more responsible to me.
- grondilu 9y ago> Usually a dentist prescribes painkillers without finding out if you'll need them. That would be absolutely unacceptable, imho. And I thought being in pain was not enough to be prescribed opiods anyway? Isn't the pain supposed to be chronic or the patient incurable? Episodic pain should not be treated at all, imho.