The War On Pain Relief sucks in so many ways. News orgs that parrot Gov/Leo anti-opioid narratives - w/o any analysis at all - aren't helping. In FL, Opioid Rx

The War On Pain Relief sucks in so many ways. News orgs that parrot Gov/Leo anti-opioid narratives - w/o any analysis at all - aren't helping. In FL, Opioid Rx are limited to 3 days and the politics behind that pushes Drs to not Rx opioids under any circumstances. Cases in point: I was recently Rx'd Tylenol after emergency abdominal surgery - had to convince the Dr just to Rx Tramadol. This is everywhere now. Under-medicating patients with OTC analgesics is the new normal for hospitals/ERs. I've a friend who responsibly took opioids for years to mitigate his (visibly) advanced rheumatoid arthritis. Within a year of the 3-day law passing, Drs in his network ended opioid Rxs. The (now fewer) pain management Drs are over capacity and not accepting new patients. What pain relief he can manage isn't thru Drs. So, yeah. Thanks Opioid Hysteria for forcing desperate people in pain toward less safe alternatives.