I hear this, but overall their has been a medical scare on the overuse of painkillers in general. So I think it’s more what type of doctor you have than “who you are”.
I (male) had shingles during COVID lockdown and was only allowed 2 strong painkiller capsules. I asked for more and was told essentially to just try and ignore it and take common over the counter painkillers. They did absolutely nothing and the doctor knew they did nothing.
I recall sitting in agony a lot not able to do anything else because the pain was so intense. Just sweating and wincing, trying to not think about it. Last time I used that doctor for anything.
Meanwhile my parents had a literal shoebox filled to the top with fentanyl patches left over after surgeries they both had because their doctor was just throwing them at them. They had serious pain, but their doctor just didn’t give a fuck and would throw things anytime they asked. Probably because he thought they were going to die soon anyway.
There have been multiple studies about how painkillers are underperscribed to women. There’s been a huge push to get doctors to recognize women’s pain, as well as surveys done on doctors with patients facing similar problems who will, in general, under report pain in women. It is a systemic problem.
I hear this, but overall their has been a medical scare on the overuse of painkillers in general. So I think it’s more what type of doctor you have than “who you are”.
I (male) had shingles during COVID lockdown and was only allowed 2 strong painkiller capsules. I asked for more and was told essentially to just try and ignore it and take common over the counter painkillers. They did absolutely nothing and the doctor knew they did nothing.
I recall sitting in agony a lot not able to do anything else because the pain was so intense. Just sweating and wincing, trying to not think about it. Last time I used that doctor for anything.
Meanwhile my parents had a literal shoebox filled to the top with fentanyl patches left over after surgeries they both had because their doctor was just throwing them at them. They had serious pain, but their doctor just didn’t give a fuck and would throw things anytime they asked. Probably because he thought they were going to die soon anyway.
There have been multiple studies about how painkillers are underperscribed to women. There’s been a huge push to get doctors to recognize women’s pain, as well as surveys done on doctors with patients facing similar problems who will, in general, under report pain in women. It is a systemic problem.
I knew a veteran with a terminal disease and the VA would just ship them quart jugs of oral morphine. It’s pearly green just like the stories