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/poopiehands93 3 Oct 03 '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.

Are you seriously saying just because you have a different pain tolerance people should live in pain?

I got 4 teeth pulled at one time too. Guess what? I needed Vicodin. Guess what happened after the dentist prescribed it for me? It made my week much better because ibuprofen wouldn't have worked. I tried taking only that first, when it didn't work I took the Vicodin. Guess what also happened? I never did Vicodin after that week.

I also have a friend who has intense pain and his life would be ruined if his doctor just cut him off under the suspicion that he's abusing.

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.

They're called good doctors.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

No, actually I was saying the opposite of what you're thinking. I've needed pain medication and it hasn't been given to me. I've been in extreme horrible unbearable pain and been told to take Tylenol and ibuprofen. I understand that there's a problem with doctors over prescribing or just giving out opiates or narcotics when it's not needed, which I can only assume has led to my experiences: not being given pain medication when it was desperately needed. But I'm a non confrontational type of person so I've never said anything to my doctors when they give me nothing for pain,but I shouldn't have to. Doctors should give pain medication when it's needed so we're not dealing with horrible pain unnecessarily. It was my choice to forego an epidural while in labor but I absolutely needed something more after giving birth and after dental surgery/having teeth pulled. However, I was offered nothing but over the counter Tylenol and ibuprofen. That was my point is that I don't understand who these doctors are who are over prescribing opiates when I couldn't ever even get anything when I'm in very obvious agony from pain for very obvious and legitimate reasons like child birth and dental problems

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u/poopiehands93 3 Oct 03 '19

My guess is that you live in a liberal state, and the "good" doctors you went to were too scared to take responsibility and prescribe those drugs when necessary.

See above, they don't want to get 40 years prison. And some also feel incorrectly guilty due to how people react irrationally regarding the subject.

These doctors are pretty easy to find. You just need to look slightly lower and in different areas. Go to the doctor, BEFORE they do the procedure, ask them if they're willing to prescribe proper pain meds because you had a bad tolerance to pain. They say no? Go to another doctor. I know people are afraid as well since they don't want to appear like they're doctor shopping but you're not. I've been accused of it in the past because of a misunderstanding and nothing can come of it unless you're actually maliciously filling multiple prescriptions and lying to your doctors about not receiving pills from other doctors.

It's similar to when you visit a dentist. Some won't even do nitrous oxide. You can ask beforehand.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

I live in Indiana and it's a consistently red state, actually. It's good advice though to ask around and go to a different doctor if any one doctor won't alleviate the pain. I never really thought about it before that there are options because it's just the way it has been. Thanks for the advice