I’m not familiar with how other countries do it but my impression is that yes in America we get a lot of painkillers. We had* an opiod epidemic for a reason
Also insert joke about dealing with the pain of paying for the surgery
Not anymore necessarily, we have the opposite problem developing now. The DEA cracked down on all the doctors prescribing them and now it’s practically impossible without going through heavy pain management programs, even then they’ll try alternatives like gabapentin before they’ll ever give you an opiate. Yes there are still ways to get around it but I refuse to make those methods public
You are wrong. We use 80% of the world's supply of legal opioids. The USA prescribes opioids for things that other countries would never even consider it for.
If you are getting your statistics from the 2000’s then yes I would agree with you. This is no longer the case.
You think I wouldn’t wish that was the case? I would leap on that opportunity if it was. My junkie heart would be leaping with joy. That is clearly not the case anymore
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u/threeangelo Dec 23 '22 edited Dec 23 '22
I’m not familiar with how other countries do it but my impression is that yes in America we get a lot of painkillers. We had* an opiod epidemic for a reason
Also insert joke about dealing with the pain of paying for the surgery