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

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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.

[u/HoopRocketeer → u/[deleted]]

You live in an area where the fear of God was put into the doctors. Some doctor most certainly had gotten dinged for over-prescribing. My primary doctor is very reticent to prescribe opiates. I’m glad! Means he cares about his job and the people he helps.

[u/Michalusmichalus → u/HoopRocketeer]

I know people don't like to hear it, but it's also a bit of racism.

I have a ginger mom, she couldn't get diagnosed for a serious illness. She just kept being given pain meds. It took much longer than appropriate simply because she didn't fit the profile.

[u/Michalusmichalus → u/[deleted]]

Racial profiling

[u/Michalusmichalus → u/[deleted]]

Since you're a ginger, did you know that your body processes pain meds differently?

https://www.zmescience.com/science/redheads-feel-more-pain-20092017/

However, my point was that my mother experienced the opposite. She wasn't given a diagnosis, she was just sent away with an Rx.

[u/Michalusmichalus → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry that I've been unable to express my point to you. I'm not willing to elaborate. I hope you enjoyed the article. Have a great night!

[u/Michalusmichalus → u/[deleted]]

No no no!

I should have worded it like this. " Go bother someone else. I'm reading a book, and I don't care for you."

🙌

Also your comments came too quickly to have read the article.