A chronic pain sufferer asks Scalpel for some honest advice:
The bottom line is that we are under no obligation to give anyone narcotics ever, so once an emergency medical condition has been ruled out, then all we really have to give anyone is our advice. Anything more than that is personal preference and medical judgment, which is quite variable (as you have undoubtedly discovered).
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