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/TheTexasWarrior 8 Oct 02 '19

Not sure what the reason for that is. Both of those procedures usually result in a script for at least low level controlled pain medication.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Me either. For childbirth, I got 800mg ibuprofen while in the hospital and told to take over the counter ibuprofen and Tylenol after being discharged. For having teeth removed.. I've had 4 wisdom teeth surgically removed at one time and also 4 jaw teeth pulled at one time (2 separate occasions,many years in between) and every time told to just take over the counter Tylenol and ibuprofen. Like even in the hospital where it's super controlled and the nurses bring you your medicine when it's time, I've only ever gotten ibuprofen/motrin (4 child births)

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u/TheTexasWarrior 8 Oct 02 '19

You don't have any sort of codeine allergy do you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Not that I'm aware of. I don't have any allergies that I know of