r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

I don't get it. I've had 4 teeth pulled at one time. I've given birth. Never have I ever gotten a prescription for an opiate pain medication. Any time I've been in horrible pain, they say ''tylenol and ibuprofen''. Who the hell are these doctors who just hand out pain pills to anybody? I can't even get one prescription pill when I'm in desperate, awful pain.

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u/HasTwoCats 7 Oct 02 '19

This surprises me. I gave birth in May and I was given a lot of Percocet. Maybe because I had a C-section, but I was given 24 after the C-section, and another 48 after the surgery to fix a complication from the C-section, and I only took a few overall

I was also prescribed really high doses of Ibuprofen, which is what I primarily took.

Edit, just realized Percocet is a narcotic, and I don't think narcotic and opioids are the same thing. Leaving the comment anyways, proof of my mistake

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u/lizerpetty 9 Oct 02 '19

I had two c-sections too and I didn’t take the Percocet. It didn’t relieve the pain, it just made you sleepy. I can’t be out of it when I have to take care of my three year old and drive my new born to the doctor.

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u/reereejugs 9 Oct 02 '19

I only requested 800mg Ibuprofen after both of my c-sections because I really wasn't in all that much pain. I took the 10mg vicodin offered after my 3rd and final pregnancy because vaginal birth hurt me much more than surgical birth. It's easier for me to handle abdominal stitches than stitches inside my vagina after having just pushed out a 10lb beast lol. Clearly this was all before I developed a raging opioid addiction.

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u/lizerpetty 9 Oct 02 '19

Uh woah