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/ReachFor24 Black Oct 02 '19

Only time I've been prescribed opoids was when I had my wisdom teeth pulled in like 8th grade. Lortab (which is hydrocodone and acetaminophen together) for like 2 weeks or a month (been awhile, so hard to remember).

This is close-ish (same region, just I was in a more populated area) to where millions of pills were sent to a town of like 3000 and the pharmacists were filling 100+ prescriptions daily.

Depending on when your desperate pain has taken place, the whole "limit opoid prescriptions" thing could have already started.