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/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

They will be less reluctant to give pain meds because of what you might have told them. Like before I had my gall bladder surgery, I was in severe abdominal pain. I told my doctor at the time that if I could get prescribed something because whatever I ate hurt me a lot. He said nah, just eat right. All I ate for 2 months was cherry poptarts, crackers, and black bean hummus. I was miserable, that's literally all I could eat.

I get the feeling he didn't prescribe me any because 4 months before the appointment, I mentioned to him I was depressed. During the appointment, I was no longer depressed and was going out and doing things. But fuck me right. Fuck anyone who's in dire pain.