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Dpontiff6671 t1_j29k3ym wrote

Reply to comment by Boozeled in DOJ sues pharma giant AmerisourceBergen Corp. for allegedly helping to fuel the opioid epidemic by alwaysrm4hope

Got in an awful awful car crash a few month ago it left me bedridden and unable to walk for 6 weeks got literally 2 days of pain killers lol. Mind you I was trying to avoid them since I’m a recovering addict that been clean for 6 years so I’m definitely glad I didn’t get more but still if I hadn’t been I would of been pretty fucking pissed lol

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Rawrist t1_j29pj0j wrote

I had a 4 inch tumor with spreading necrotizing flesh that even shocked the surgeon. They gave me Tylenol. Surprise! I ended up in the ER when the pain was so bad I couldn't manage it. ER doctor even tried to accuse me of trying to score drugs until she went through my history and confirmed the now 7 INCH SPACE that my body was trying to adjust for through a scan. Thanks Big Pharma!

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Dpontiff6671 t1_j29pom0 wrote

Jesus Christ that’s awful. At least at the hospital they didn’t hesitate to give me pain killers when I asked, they just sent me home with barely any

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FiendishHawk t1_j2aa45s wrote

I had minor surgery 7 years ago and they sent me home with a ridiculous amount of opioids that I did not want to take (about enough to be high as a kite for a week) When I complained that the wound was not healing right they ignored me, saying it was only hurting because I wouldn’t take the opioids. This led to 5 more surgeries to correct the first one.

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Dpontiff6671 t1_j2aap8y wrote

Yikes dude that sucks, I had a surgery for a really bad leg break when I was a teen and was on opiate for around 6 weeks started a really bad point in my life that led to a 10 year opiate addiction been clean 6 years though minus two days on pain killers after the accident So I’m glad things didn’t go down that path for you.

But from what went on then it’s totally understandable why I was glad I didn’t get that many painkiller when i got in that car accident a few months ago

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FiendishHawk t1_j2abfsk wrote

I can see why you’d get opioids for a bad leg break but my surgery would have been no more than uncomfortable had it gone well. Giving me as many painkillers as someone in a car accident was just crazy.

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