This is a practice they are really attempting to change. I was constantly hearing from my fiance through residency how all of her attending's were very particular with who was getting prescribed narcotics. She has to turn them down constantly and stiff them with an ibuprofen or Tylenol. These are the constant drug seekers with no legitimate pain. This new ideology came about when pharmacuticals company's couldn't meet demand for the high rate of distribution. The primary drug would 'run out' was percocet, thus making them the highest priced street narcotic because of unavailability.
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