I appreciate your comments-- but at the same time, speaking as a recovering opiate addict, I have the responsibility to avoid taking narcotics from doctors! Your husband drove to the doctor, he held out his hand and grabbed the script, he went to the pharmacy, he opened the vial, and he put a pill in his mouth and swallowed. My addiction is as bad as anyone's, and I know that it is MY responsibility to keep myself healthy and clean.
I agree that docs often are fast to medicate-- but if you read comments from others you will hear the opposite complaint as well. As a pain clinic doc (I have lots of hats) I can tell you that sometimes there is no 'winning'; it can be difficult to tell the patient who is asking for pain pills for one reason from the patient who is asking for the other reason.
But again, staying clean is all about our own personal responsibility. I cannot change the world of pain docs, and expect every one of them to keep me safe and always do just the right thing. I am the person who has the power-- not them. Does your husband tell every doc he sees, before opening his mouth about anything else, that he is an opiate addict and therefor he cannot have any opiates? Does he refuse to see docs who don't honor that request? Does he refuse to accept scripts for narcotics?
My question for him, before blaming anyone else, is, Why not?
I recently posted something regarding this...........all I can say is .......I agree. It's a vicious circle.............my doctors did the same thing to me. I was on them for months before "I" had to ask for a MRI .....then the ball rolled when they found the problem. But, I agree. I don't understand why they just put me on the meds to shut me up without a diagnosis..........he may have other options, but "no" just pass out the vicodin and keep refilling and then you get addicted/dependent and have to suffer the repercussions getting off them..........grrrrrrr
nauty