Agree,agree, agree… This has become a huge problem . Many people are needlessly suffering .

I have been on Fentanyl for over 20 years for chronic pain due to a spinal injury, and the government wants to prevent me from using it. It has given me a life.

More docs need to come forward and exclaim this .. patients remain in pain unnecessarily and are at risk of dying left untreated or undertreated, unless that is/was the goal

Agreed. My husband had a LEG AMPUTATED recently and was told by a Dr to take Ibuprofen when he was discharged. HE WAS IN A HELL OF A LOT OF PAIN and has had no history of any sort of addiction. It takes a long time to heal a stump when you're diabetic. So Effed up. This was in Lexington Kentucky, St Joseph Hosp.

Some may see this as overkill, but I believe it’s past time for actual laws to be enacted. Doctors have to be held accountable for the pain they’re allowing their patients to experience . It truly is a crime to have the ability to alleviate suffering , but do nothing. It’s true , some people will abuse the medications. But, the vast majority will not. I wish that it could be made a criminal offense, to not give these needed medications.

We get treated like drug seekers, no matter what! I woke up from double glute repair (severly torn minimus & medius) & Bursectomy. Severely painful. They handed me 1 tablet. I asked what it was and was told 5mg. Percocet. I responded, "Are you kidding me?" After a half hour they gave me another. I was in a hip brace and they wanted me up and off that table & out the door. When I tried to sit up and my entire right hip & upper leg started cramping and jerking. So painful! When the F bomb started flying out of my mouth, they gave me an injection of Demerol. It was traumatic. I've had other surgeries (shoulder, knee injuries, other reconstruction) and have never been allowed to wake up in that much pain. Then he was super stingy about the take home pain meds. I get nauseated even thinking about surgery now.

Absolutely true! Dr. Kaveh! They treat me like a drug addict! I understand that my OXY is not going to take away the pain! It brings it to a level I can manage! I’ve been on 10mg for probably almost 8 years. It will never take it away, it just makes it manageable!!

I finally got lucky and found doctors who will control my pain. Life is pretty good now, even tho I have cancer.

Finally. Truth has be stated.❤❤😊

I am a nurse and I had a patient that was doing to die of cancer. Doctor would not give the patient enough medication to stop the pain...he said she would get hooked. She was dying!!! A few weeks later she died.

Absolutely Correct Dr. Kaveh...from a Ewing's Sarcoma Survivor with chronic life long pain.

Why won't somebody help us to get the pain relief we need ?? How can we just keep living in so much pain every day of our lives ? 😭😭

Same here in Canada. Watched an addict get pain meds in the ER while I was ignored for hours when I'd just had my gallbladder out and developed a hernia. It was less than 48 hours post surgery and the surgeon had gone on vacation right after my procedure so I was instructed to go to the ER if any issues. 4.5 hours I sat there in the secondary waiting area. No water, nothing with fresh surgery wounds and and obvious hernia. But the tests they did do which I had to crawl to as they just told me where to go and I could barely walk showed nothing. Sat more then finally just got up to leave. They came over and I demanded a refill on my pain meds as I was given 36 hours of pain medication and booked in with family doctor who ordered THE SAME tests which then showed the hernia. I have not once in my life ever had an addiction issue of any kind. Ever. I don't do weird drugs- no thank you. But I will never ever forget how awful I was treated and how much agony i was in. But they filled a scabby weaker pain script no problem. In and out of ER in 30 minutes while they told an elderly woman that her issue was all in her head and I had to listen to her cry in pain and frustration.

Very true. I’m in pain management for a chronic condition. You are closely evaluated and monitored and appropriately medicated. I’m fortunate to be living in an area that is one of the best areas in medicine. My doctor is at the Stanford Spinal clinic. Amazingly talented doctors and team.

When I had my hysterectomy I was given Tylenol, tramadol and OxyContin for pain. The OxyContin was just in case neither of the others worked for me. My nephew’s girlfriend also had a hysterectomy along with an endometriosis clean out, appendectomy and a unilateral oophorectomy. She was only given tramadol. Hysterectomies are painful. I myself had no surgery pain but that either because I have an insanely high pain tolerance or I was just so relieved to have the beast gone that I didn’t notice any pain. My surgery was nowhere near as extensive as hers was. And she had to have more organs removed than I did. Including one that’s kind of key to your digestive system. Make it make sense.

Its not just pain medication either. Its everything. Men get treated a lot differently, medically, than women.

as an eds + co chronic pain patient, who is also on disability and palliative care at the age of 25... thank you dr kaveh. thank you. day in and day out. you are one of a very small group of medical professionals that i respect and trust entirely. thank you for being you. thank you for all that you do. and thank you for giving me (and other patients like me) a glimmer of hope that the entire medical system is not damaged beyond repair, because there are people like you in it. sending love always. -danielle ❤️

If you're a doctor, stop prescribing them to the ones that don't need them, and prescribe them to those that do. Problem solved!

You do not know how much I cherish your ability to see that. Thank you.

When i got my gallbladder out i had some complications. I also was in 3 years into revovery at that point. The day i was let home was ok but the pain started to get worse and worse. The doc gave me like 2 days worth of percocet cause i was still in pain when i left the hospital and like wtf am i going to do with 10 5mg percs. Its not like im going to od cause i was on methadone at the time or divert them cause i needed them. I ended up calling an ambulance like 11pm. I could barely move at this point. Thankfully my doc saw how much pain i was in cause there was no way you could fake that. Anyways they gave my a lot of dilauded and it wasnt doing much and they ended up transferring me to a bigger hospital where i was put on a pump. They tried not dosing me with methadone to see if thar would help but by the time i got to the bigger hospital i was in withdrawals and i didnt even notice. My sweet sweet nurse noticed and dosed me so i can drink the contrast shake for my ct scan. I will never forget her. Cause there was no way in hell anything was going to go down my already fkd up gut with out it coming back up. That nurse saved my ass that night.

I live in chronic pain from an accident. Medications available to help me but in order to get my medication I have to go to six appointments a week from my pain management place. I’m constantly worried about the next month. I can do so much with medication but without it my life is completely miserable.

Truth. I was offered antidepressants at age 71 for pain.

The urologist gave my husband more Percocet after a vasectomy than I was ever given after a C-section. With my first pregnancy C-section, the doctor only prescribed Tylenol #3 (codeine) and that didn't touch the pain at all. I suffered. No one told me that I had to ask for the wimpy medication every 4 hours. Second C-section they gave me Percocet for pain. Then husband had vasectomy (which failed) and they gave him more Percocet than I ever had with my surgery. Third C-section I got the Percocet and then hydrocodone after the prescription ran out. Yes, I needed more pain medicine, so they could only prescribe hydrocodone over the phone to the pharmacy. My husband hardly took any of the Percocet after his vasectomy. We could not believe how generous the urologist was with the Percocet for a simple vasectomy (he had two to see what happened the first time). The damn vas deferens grew back together. I had my tubes tied during the 3rd C-section for double insurance.

I am amazed to see someone actually talking about this that's in the medical field I am a 20-year chronic pain patient and m needlessly suffering

Chronic pain patients are treated inhumanely. I have chronic pain. I have anklossing spondylitis and fibromyalgia. I was on pain medication for 25 yrs. It helped me live life as painless as possible. The past few yrs I've paid attn to the direction opioids were heading. I had a feeling i needed to get off them before opioids are no longer allowed to be prescribed. Thanks to 3 letter agencies wanting CONTROL, drs are afraid to prescribe pain medications and pharmacies give you a hard time when you go for your refill, even if you have a pain contract. So last year i quit cold turkey using a herb to control withdrawal. Yes i feel like shit every day. But on the semi bright side i dont have medical anxiety anymore. 3 letter agencies need to stay out of the medical field. They're not doctors, and they're doing more harm than good.

Yup. I have felt this way for years. 😢

Doctors need to start standing up for us man

I underwent back surgery in 1998 and immediately after the surgery, I needed pain relief. They would not give me anything. I called every doctor in my address book begging for pain relief. Finally, the nurse and anesthesiologist stood by my bed and explained to me that the medicine they were going to give me could kill me. I replied, then kill me. But before they gave it to me, they had to play head games with me. They had this conversation between the two of them. How much is a cc? How much should we give her? Should we kill her? I was in so much pain after the surgery that I really didn't care what they gave me. Back surgery is painful. And I will always remember that hospital for what they put me through.

I love your videos, Dr. And as a chronic pain patient, I'm lucky to live in Canada, even though I thought our regulations were weird. Thank you.

There’s definitely a bias towards men who need pain meds too! I know as a woman, I wasn’t offered any pain meds when I had a uterine biopsy twice and a cervical one once. They actually cut a piece of your uterus or cervix out without anything for pain control. Meanwhile, men have vasectomies and get pain meds! Even some women who have c sections, which is a MAJOR surgery, aren’t offered pain medication for recovery! It’s INSANE to me!

FACTS! While on vacation in Vegas,my husband got very ill, almost sepsis from tonsillitis. While in hospital for 3 days he only got Tylenol. As he left, the pharmacy gave him antibiotics and percocet. He told the pharacist he didn't need the percocet, but they said the doctor ordered it, so take it. We were blown away.

I've suffered from chronic pain since March of 2000 after falling on my back on a concrete floor. I've had 21 surgeries in my life. I've been on 10 mg oxycodone for many years. I had a total reverse shoulder replacement on June 14th and my surgeon cut my pain meds in half. The DEA has doctors scared of losing their license. It's very screwed up.

As an RN, I’ve been so incredibly angry at the way our government has handled the opioid epidemic. The severe restrictions place on physicians only served to make it far more difficult for patients with legitimate pain control needs to obtain adequate pain control. All of these restrictions had little impact on the opioid epidemic. I still see the results of this today and many physicians reluctant to prescribe adequate pain control. It’s very very sad. .

It is obscene. Perverse sickening actually. I want to leave this country because of it. It is truly and absolutely hideous.

I had a complete hysterectomy and the nurse in the recovery room decided that the doctor had overprescribed so she didn’t administer the medication. I am a chronic pain patient who isn’t going to react to some Tylenol. My daughter had to go up the chain to get what was prescribed for me. I was crying from the pain and she recovery room staff acted like they couldn’t help me when it was the fact that they wouldn’t help. I had just had major abdominal surgery with organs removed and they were worried about addiction? For heaven’s sake, this wasn’t the moment to worry about future possibilities, this was the time to deal with the major surgery in front of them.

Pain control aids healing.

I learned that I can take a Tylenol (500mg) and 3 ibuprofen (200 mg) for pain after I had a tooth pulled that went terribly awful. Fused root.. It did help much better than relying on one or the other however an actual pain medication would've been appreciated and appropriate. They wouldn't give me a prescription. No drug abuse in my history and still couldn't get a script. Didn't even fill pain meds after giving birth yet I couldn't get one for this.

It's true. I am traumatized after having my impacted wisdom tooth taken out awake ,no type of sedation( I wanted to go under because of anxiety from past experience, but it needed taken out asap-not 8 months away- so I had to compromise). It's why I don't want to go back to the dentist,even though it was a baby doctor in an oral surgery office that took it out. The shots numbed it, but it really messed me up mentally. At one point he was like 'is that bone or a nerve?' to the nurse ,and that alone was scary ... I dissociated to get through that. It was extremely painful for about a week. They just gave me naproxen. I don't see the issue with prescribing a small amount of stronger pain meds ,as needed,for such things. I had an ER doctor prescribe just enough for a few days with antibiotics when I had to go there, before it was taken out, because I had a nasty infection. She's actually the one who chewed them out for not responding to me(they hung up on her at first) and made them get me in to get it removed ASAP. I was not about to go to the ER again,so I just suffered. I didn't want to go through the insurance person coming up to me when I'm praying, eyes closed, for the wait to go by fast. The ER is not a place for issues with teeth, but I had no choice. It really was an emergency. I could not leave until my blood pressure went down, and that was a bit after I got pain relief.

Had a hardware removal for my l4/l5 and was told in the hospital after surgery all I could have for pain was my pain medication from my regular pain dr for my regular daily chronic pain... The pain that was still there when taking the meds...um... hello... definitely hurt even more after surgery.... safe to say... my daily meds did not touch this pain at all. It was horrendous. Not to mention when they woke me from anesthesia after surgery... I was in so much pain that I couldn't even open my eyes or talk. I cried and felt the tears roll down my face, then heard whoever was trying to wake me call the anesthesiologist back.... then, next thing I know, I could at least function enough not to cry, and I could open my eyes and talk. I don't think I've ever been in that much pain and I've had a normal birth where baby came before meds could be given and I've had an emergency c section due to extreme hellp syndrome (severe pre eclampsia) and both of those hurt pretty darn bad.... but being woke up from the hardware removal, that first time was the most pain I've ever had. I've been in chronic pain now for about 30 years, and I'm almost 46 now smh.... America needs to do better. I've now learned from experience....glp 1 meds actually help my pain and inflammation caused by my autoimmune diseases but I can no longer get them because I'm not type 2 diabetic and I'm not wealthy.... insurance won't cover it, and it makes it very difficult to decide to wake up every single day and continue to live this miserable, painful life I live.... knowing....I don't have to hurt this much or feel this bad.... if I were wealthy.

Truth. And yet a friend of mine was able to play doctors - even a psychiatrist- to refill pain meds until she was so addicted she spent two years in rehab.

Another problem is many of us who deal with chronic pain know exactly which pain meds that work and which do not. Me, Morphine is like taking a tic tac, the first few minutes after dosing it is completely gone. For some reason my body metabolizes it very fast. Now, Dilaudid works for a few hours. When I tell a new doctor in the ER this they look at me like a cow looking at a new gate. When you've dealt with chronic pain for decades....you learn, very quickly.

I had two cataract surgeries. On the first one I had an anesthesiologist who told me I would be totally awake but feel nothing. I would only see two orange square lights in my field of vision. Yep pretty much true. On my second surgery I had a different anesthesiologist who said they didn't like over medicating and would give just enough for the surgery. Well I could see all sorts of instruments being shoved in my eye. I felt every cut, suction, needle, everything done to my eye, especially when the doctor shoved the artificial lens under my cornea. Weird thing was I couldn't respond to tell them of the pain.

Something tells me to look at the insurance companies who insure the DOCTORS. It's a liability issue, and that is messed up.

The ERS will treat patients so bad even if they are in legit pain. It’s awful.

My husband had open heart surgery last week. He is home now with 12 oxycodone. He has also had a spinal tumor in the past and neuropathy now in ribs, legs, and feet. 4 days of pain meds. For open heart surgery. In the hospital he had so much pain, he put himself in AFib. Not everyone is drug seeking!!!!

So freaking true as a chronic pain sufferer I get so frustrated with this

Wow, that is terrible. I worked in vet med for almost 20 years and it was not acceptable to leave our patients in pain. We were trained to watch out for drug seeking behavior from the owners, but thankfully, I never ran into that (i was in Internal Medicine, so we rarely had to use high powered pain meds anyway).

So true. As an amputee, I deal with chronic pain & have to jump through so many hoops (pain doctor, monthly urinalysis, etc.) to get the meds that I need but hate taking!!

He is exactly right ✅️

We are seeing horrific trend of USA Post Spinal Fusion patients refused proper painkillers after fusion operation for Spondylolisthesis which is a major operation. Patients are also being kicked out of hospitals too soon. Pain that is not managed is dangerous. What is the health system doing to change for the better?

If I'm dying please don't be concerned over the possibility of an addiction in the future. There's no addiction in heaven.

I totally agree. I was in extreme pain coming out of surgery. My head throat and ear hurt bad. The anesthesiologist took the pain meds away from me when i was coming out of the anesthesia and by the time i got in my friends car i was in lots of pain. It was awful. I did have the pain meds on me before i left the hospital and i took them when i got home. They really helped. I don't like taking any meds but i do take them when needed.

Facts. People EXPECT them.

Exactly I only SEE a DR aid in Major Pain!! Don’t even take Advil ! Broke some ribs And acted like I was there for drugs!! 🤬🤬

So true. I was in a bad car crash which shattered my left and right wing along w/ neck damage and for a few months doctors acted like they cared, then it became “why arent you healed completely; how can you have chronic pain. Im cutting you off because you’re a drug seeker!”. Id then be like “i seek drugs because i cant wish off pain, id like my pain to just be a 3-4 at times so i can enjoy life as a 30yr old; i can tolerate those numbers but i cant do anything when im at an 8.”. I found that pain management’s goal is to make sure you are always in pain, there is no management of it from any i saw. “I didnt ask to have pain for life, but thanks CNP and doctors i saw.”

I'm in my mid-60s with widespread arthritis in my back, knees, and hands. I have have had sciatica since 2020 after a back injury. First trip to doc I was prescribed a steroid, which helped the swelling a bit but hardly touched the pain. Subsequent visit I was told go to PT and if that doesn't work, surgery. I've never had a drug problem or even prescribed pain meds except after wrist surgery and cancer surgery. Even old people are left to suffer in pain.

This was one of my biggest fears I had when I needed prescription narcotics. I developed numerous problems that kept me in constant pain. Acute Compartment Syndrome. Neuropathy. compressed vertebrae, numerous other problem and then a high broken humerus . I take zero anticholinergics. I was so afraid of looking like a seeker. Then I developed Tricuspid Value problem,so my meds became more limited etc. I know that one day pain meds will stop helping. So I do relaxation methods, music, cold and heat therapy. I see a pain specialist so I can stay on top of the pain. I do feel abusers have affected the type of care I received because of physicians having to watch out for people that abuse and that physicians have to protect chronic pain patients safe from ourselves as well.

You nailed it! Tell me about it! There’s a little black book: Psychiatric gaslighting! This is something I never ever expected. I have had diagnosed adult ADHD for over thirty years and now I can’t get my low-dosage Adderall for over a year. I’m going back to college and I need it; the performance difference is abysmal. I failed 9th grade twice but correctly medicated I made the Dean’s list in college, I cried.

Ya! I've had 4 spinal taps (one went real bad, legs dancing and all that) ragged dolled 4 years of memory out my brain in a motorcycle crash, 5 concussion, viral meningitis permanent issue, and they say IBUPROFEN!? IM 31! what about quality of life? I already do physical therapy, chiropractic, eat healthy, use peptides and do every possible thing. I just would like to sleep more than 2-3 hours a night. O also went to many pain clinics.

The doctors wouldn't maintain my 80 year old grandma's pain medication prescription because of the opioid epidemic. She had scoliosis, kyphosis, and osteoporosis. Her ribs were touching her hips in x-rays. In the last 3 years of her life, she broke her femur, the opposite hip, and a toe that had to be amputated. She also had COPD and congestive heart failure from 60 years of smoking. My mom is 66. She has spinal stenosis in her neck and lumbar vertebrae. She isn't allowed to have opioid pain meds either. When I was 30, I had major lung surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my right main stem bronchial tube. They went in through my back, under my shoulder blade, and removed 3 inches of my 5th rib, cutting through all that muscle, nerve, and bone. They gave me opioids for the first 2 weeks of recovery, then refused to give me more during my 3 month long recovery. The scar from the incision is over a foot long, running between my spine and shoulder blade, wrapping around my shoulder blade to the side of my ribs.

I've had to suffer for years before my doctor finally started prescribing them for me. I had to be in so much pain I couldn't walk after work. That's when a doctor finally started prescribing pain for me. Now I'm having surgery because of a not healed workman's comp injury that happened several years ago.

I remember when I got 6 teeth pulled and they didn't even bother to prescribe me pain meds at all. As soon as I left the office, I could immediately feel the intense pain. Tylenol didn't touch that shit

I literally being left in pain so bad I was hallucinationing damaging my liver with Tylenol because I am allergic to nsaids as a diabetic with currently no hepatitis protection. Who on 20 meds to function. And they still refuse to give me anything for the pain. Knowing I need sedation for these teeth to be removed knowing it will be months. Knowing I am also doing stuff like almost falling downstairs hurting myself in fun and creative ways. Knowing I could die from the fact I am exhausted and accident prone. Like we gone so far in the other direction. I will die of shock before they medicate it.

I always follow the advice of my surgeon and tell them Everything!!!! It’s very important….,

So my mother was 78 years old. She used to be very tall fit woman near death. She had shrunk from 5'9 to 5' 1 from 170 lb to 99 lb or something less. She had Parkinson's disease and blood cancer and all she wanted was some pain meds at the end and the doctor said no I can't give them to her. She might get addicted. ARE YOU FN kidding me. I have a friend who had a tummy tuck and she had all kinds of painkillers. You're absolutely right doctor. It's insane

They tried to give me pain meds after my gallbladder removal and wouldn't let me leave the facility afterwards without taking one. I told them they make me v*mit violently but they said if I wasn't straight up allergic I had to take one. And of course it performed as expected. They were annoyed with me, as if I did it on purpose. I was allowed to leave without taking more, but they still wanted me to have the drugs so I got a perscription for more to take with me. They were rude to me about asking not to have any. If I had gone in there asking to go home with pain meds they'd have flagged my chart as drug seeking. It feels like you aren't allowed to know your own body with some of the doctors.

It’s not completely the doctors’ fault (now). Look to policies within the DA and stigma in the medical board that threatens their licenses. No one dare’s specialize in pain management these days… (Now doctors mishandling policy/giving up their expertise and letting it happen when the opiate crisis blew up, that’s another discussion)

Then they wonder why people turn to alcohol or street meds, putting them at risk of further problems.

I’m in so much pain. Loss of hobbies, don’t connect with friends, not doing much around the house, can’t work full time. What’s the point of a living like this? Quality of life? No I have nothing to offer.

People stuck with emotional pain are really S.O.L.

You are spot on! Biggest problem in USA!

SPEAK ON IT DOC!!! 💔❗️❤️

Absolutely. it's ridiculous. It's cruel, sick, unprofessional...😏

I’m 68 yo female, retired trauma nurse of 41 years. I need bilateral TKR’s. First one in three weeks, second one afterwards. My surgeon doesn’t give pain medication until after surgery, even though he can literally visualize how much pain I’m in!! I’m so tempted to cancel this surgery and find a surgeon who will treat my pain while I’m awaiting surgery…

I have an L3 burst fracture, and I had tremendous pain for several months. They wanted to put me on a contract because they felt like I was asking for too much ultram. Honestly, ultram doesn't really do that much for pain, but I couldn't work full time and use narcotics.

I get about 3-4 hours of sleep due to chronic pain. If I could just sleep for at least 6-7 hours uninterrupted, I would be able to function.😢 This is so disheartening.

True 💯 my mom had cancer and was only given 4 to 6 Norco at a time. And her oncologist only filled those prescriptions 3 times. She told my mom cancer hurts and you need to find another way to cope 🙄

I got zero pain medication for a broken foot (5th metatarsal). I wasn't even offered a Tylenol. That tech is very lucky I'm a nonviolent person when she had me *stand* in the splint so she could fasten it. 😒

Very true, I’m one of those poor people that can’t get anything. I’m having to fight the insurance company to get surgery. And I’m having to fight to find a surgeon.

I got oxicotin when my wrist fracture was operated. But it made me dizzy and the pain did not go away. Ibuprophen helped me more without becoming dizzy.

Exactly I live in chronic pain, with spine problems and a non union left arm fracture that I've had 4 surgeries on. It's inhumane and barbaric.

I knew a woman who had severe pain but Drs in her County insurance at thw time, and hospitals couldn't find a reason for it so they labled her a deug seeker. She eventually couldn't take it anymore and shot her keg point blank with her father's gun. She is lucky they were able to put metal rods to fix her leg, but now ahe had chronic pain there just so she would be prescribed meds. Turns out that she had Lupus the entire time which is what caused the mystery pain no one could figure out. She left the hospital with two chronic pain conditions, one completely unnecessary. Its bullshit!!!

You are speaking the truth, doctor!!

Which is the real reason for drug dependence and addiction. People that need pain meds don't get them, so they resort to extreme measures because they are in so much pain it just doesn't matter how the relief comes so long as it does. I've considered this avenue myself, but as yet haven't done so.

Can you list the music as you’re in anesthesia and what what what happens if you get flashbacks while you’re in there

GOD Almighty please help us we must change our government so Americans are free again

Don't worry doc, this is not only in US, in Sweden we have the same problem🤷‍♀️

You are not kidding patients that need them when I've had third degree burns, broken legs and other injuries. I have refuse pain medication. However, this year from August 2023 to now my mother shot and killed. My father tried to kill me and then my wife died in March after 20 years of marriage. It's been rough. And yeah I've drank a little bit but because I was honest about that in the ER because I've never had a problem. They refused to give me pain medication. We have broken four ribs, shattered my eye socket. Aunt cracked, her had a hairline fracture in my jaw and they refused to give me pain medication for 5 days. Tell me how that is okay Aunt. All that happened because of my blood pressure it showed up and I had a seizure at work. Still didn't go to the hospital until 3 weeks later when I couldn't breathe because I got hit in the lungs when I got robbed or hitting the ribs when I got robbed and I had four broken ribs and they refused to give me pain medication. How is that okay saying I'm some alcoholic because after 3 months I've been drinking because I just lost my wife and my family fell apart but I've always refused to pay medication anytime I've been in the hospital or in an emergency situation. I was in law enforcement for 15 years. I'm not a drug addict and also my talk screen came back not alcohol in my system. Not any drugs whatsoever at all. The nurses went off on the doctors. I could hear them screaming down the hall so tell me how it's right. America is just screwed up and just wants to keep the druggies on drugs and they're just cover their asses as far as they don't want to lose their license but they don't want to do their job either. They should lose their license for not doing their jobs

I had 24 kidney stones and had a $6000 MRI and they gave me no pain medicine 😢

So agree!! I hate taking pain medication, and cannot take things like oxycodone or hydrocodone without bad reactions, including hives. My last incisional & umbilical hernia surgery with mesh, i stated this over and over and was ignored and sent home with one anyways and when i voiced my pain and issues with meds they told me to take Tylenol and alternate with motion every 4 hours... That first week at home was so much pain and agony and i ended up taking the oxycodone and going to the DR with a medication rash. They then gave me 2 pills of Dilaudid to help me get some sleep.. a week later, and then gaslit me for any pain after that. I really hate what this has become. I know addicts and have seen them and I've had the same primary and other surgeries, never had an issue until this time because they know me. So frustrating.

You are right . We can't get pain meds when we need them. Not even if you have cancer thank God for medical marijuana. Actually medical mj is pretty solid you can keep your opiates.

We also have the most lawyers. People sue if they’re in pain.

What's REALLY perverse is that if you choose to work for a living, you can't afford the pain pills. If you choose to be an addict, the government gives you free healthcare.

Not just after surgery; try having cancer and fighting for pain meds.

Ain’t That The TRUTH!!

1 month prior to back surgery, was extremely difficult for me to get them. I asked during a preop check. Needed a cain to walk, and had been laid up for 2 weeks in my bed. Got one week scripts up to my surgery and was told to make them last longer than that. My neighbor walls around just fine and gets month scripts like nothing. I actually got surgery in part due to this. The meds worked good for me. But, you cant get them when you need them

I broke my hip. It was in pieces. I couldn't get surgery for 7 weeks. I asked for pain meds and I got hollered at by the Dr. ☹️

It’s perverse and cruel.

I am in pain every day and have a pain management dr. I need a strong med to help me function. I don’t know what I am going to do when I run out of these medications. I have 2 bulging disks and arthritis.

TRUTH!! I fractured my shoulder and was told to take ibuprofen and Tylenol.😡😡😡😡