Hmm... this is contrary to my experience (US). For every single thing that was a surgery (including tooth extractions) in the past decade, I got a shitload of o

Hmm... this is contrary to my experience (US). For every single thing that was a surgery (including tooth extractions) in the past decade, I got a shitload of opioid painkillers just by default. At least 30 pills for each intervention. I believe I was lucky because after the first surgery I had, the doctor gave me the prescription, but off the record told me that he's doing that only because of hospital protocol and I should not take the pills. He told me to my face to not fill the prescription. Because of that (which was my first run-in with pain management) I never touched opioids. In my experience, the worst offenders have been the dentists. Now I do believe there are legitimate uses for this type of medication but honestly prescribing me 20-30 vicodins for a tooth extraction is a bit overkill.