http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/chronic-pain-and-er.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/chronic-pain-and-er.html/comment-page-1#comment-65401 Anonymous Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/07/chronic-pain-and-the-er.html#comment-65401 Uddyback? Uddyback?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/07/chronic-pain-and-er.html/comment-page-1#comment-65362 Anonymous Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/07/chronic-pain-and-the-er.html#comment-65362 You would think I'm making this story up but sadly it's true. We have one patient who comes in to my ER twice weekly, one visit is for pain meds after "I tripped and fell" then the second visit she is always unresponsive after overdosing on Narcotics. We almost never give her the narcotics, but she gets it elsewhere. I always have to remind her as she's being forcibly removed by security, "But you were just here last week and needed to be intubated because you overdosed. She spit in my face once, then returned the next night looking for narcs. I thank the lawyers that we just can't refuse her visits. You would think I’m making this story up but sadly it’s true. We have one patient who comes in to my ER twice weekly, one visit is for pain meds after “I tripped and fell” then the second visit she is always unresponsive after overdosing on Narcotics. We almost never give her the narcotics, but she gets it elsewhere. I always have to remind her as she’s being forcibly removed by security, “But you were just here last week and needed to be intubated because you overdosed. She spit in my face once, then returned the next night looking for narcs. I thank the lawyers that we just can’t refuse her visits.

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