Big change to make it harder for patients to get pain killers like Vicodin

[jwirr]

31. Exactly. My grandson is addicted to pain meds and this should have been done years ago. It has been

way too easy to obtain them. However, I am not so sure that seeing a doctor is going to make much of a difference. That grandson broke his hip and while he was in the hospital being treated we convinced him to be honest with his doctor about the pills he was taking. They put his addiction in his file. When he got out and started with physical therapy one of the next set of doctors prescribed the exact drug he had been using for fun and kept giving it to him for at least a year. So unless these doctors start recognizing addictions and what they do to the patient this is not going to make any difference.


Edited to say what did make a difference was my grandson finally realizing how much trouble he was in. Has been to treatment and is "mostly" staying away from the stuff.