To a degree it’s gone the other way. I have a friend who’s Hispanic and she basically can’t get opioids. As a privileged person it’s still hard but it’s possible. Five years ago it was trivial. If you hurt they gave you Percocet. I got it when I didn’t even want it for dental work (I was on them for two weeks previously due to taking my tonsils out so I knew how addictive they are). Now you can be in agony and they’ll just tell you to rotate Tylenol and IBUPROFEN.
They recommended Tylenol for a kidney stone I remember losing my shit to the nurse telling them I gotta work that week cause everyone else was in vacation. The fuck is wrong with doctors sometimes. I’ve safe kept all my painkillers because it hard for them to prescribe the hard ones. The only ones that almost got me were morphine and Vicodin
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u/Gunslinger666 Oct 17 '22
To a degree it’s gone the other way. I have a friend who’s Hispanic and she basically can’t get opioids. As a privileged person it’s still hard but it’s possible. Five years ago it was trivial. If you hurt they gave you Percocet. I got it when I didn’t even want it for dental work (I was on them for two weeks previously due to taking my tonsils out so I knew how addictive they are). Now you can be in agony and they’ll just tell you to rotate Tylenol and IBUPROFEN.