Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/02/you-sometimes-need-lie-detectors-in-er.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: jerryhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/02/you-sometimes-need-lie-detectors-in-er.html#comment-59517 jerry Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/02/20068.html#comment-59517 How funny is it that people can remember that they are allergic to toradol, codeine, all NSAIDS, tramadol, inapsine, phenergan, imitrex? But when it comes to the one that "works" they say "Doc there is some medication that starts with a D, di? or dem? or something like that, do you know what medication that could be? Doc, do you what I am taling about??<br/><br/>Or how they can be asleep when you walk into the room and then suddenly moan in pain when you wake them up?<br/><br/>Or how they can turn instantly from being sickenly sweet and flattering to "YOU SON OF A BITCH, I'M GONNA CALL MY LAWYER" How funny is it that people can remember that they are allergic to toradol, codeine, all NSAIDS, tramadol, inapsine, phenergan, imitrex? But when it comes to the one that “works” they say “Doc there is some medication that starts with a D, di? or dem? or something like that, do you know what medication that could be? Doc, do you what I am taling about??

Or how they can be asleep when you walk into the room and then suddenly moan in pain when you wake them up?

Or how they can turn instantly from being sickenly sweet and flattering to “YOU SON OF A BITCH, I’M GONNA CALL MY LAWYER”

]]> By: shrinkettehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/02/you-sometimes-need-lie-detectors-in-er.html#comment-59485 shrinkette Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/02/20068.html#comment-59485 I had an addicted patient who would hit himself with a baseball bat, then go to ER with real injuries, to get narcotics. His job involved travel, so he could go to different ER's constantly. It unraveled during a pause in his travelling when he had to go to the same ER a few times.<br/><br/>I also had an addicted patient who admitted that she and her girlfriend would intentionally "beat each other up," get bruised and bloody, and then both go to an ER to get narcotics. I had an addicted patient who would hit himself with a baseball bat, then go to ER with real injuries, to get narcotics. His job involved travel, so he could go to different ER’s constantly. It unraveled during a pause in his travelling when he had to go to the same ER a few times.

I also had an addicted patient who admitted that she and her girlfriend would intentionally “beat each other up,” get bruised and bloody, and then both go to an ER to get narcotics.

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