I take it you’ve never had a broken bone that had to be re-set without surgery.
I certainly wouldn’t want to show up that hospital with a broken bone. Someone should give Dr. Rosenberg a badly fractured wrist, and then discuss pain management for acute pain with him.
Indeed, they seem to have it backwards. They should be limiting opioids to acute cases, and banning them for chronic conditions. A week or so of painkillers won’t cause addiction. It’s the long term use for chronic pain management that’s causing the problem.
I certainly wouldn’t want to show up that hospital with a broken bone. Someone should give Dr. Rosenberg a badly fractured wrist, and then discuss pain management for acute pain with him.
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I suspect this new policy is actually being adopted for the convenience of the doctors and hospital, not the benefit of the patients.
I had morphine after major surgery. No pain whatsoever, and was on Oxycodone short term. No addiction either.