There seems to be a serious problem in Florida with controlled substance..even for legitimate medical conditions. I had no idea but this isn't the state you want to have an operation in and expect pain management through medicine. Yikes.
My daughter just had her tonsils taken out and as everyone knows, as an adult, it is a very long and extremely painful recovery. Her pain level had reached an 8 out of 10 and she couldn't make it 6 hours in between. I knew the pain would be getting worse for a couple days so I asked that she receive an extra refill. The doctor was unwilling to do so saying, "It is a painful recovery."
I was told at the pharmacy that because the state of Florida doesn't have an internal data reporting system so doctors know what other doctors are prescribing to a patient, they have just cut back on all controlled substance. Even the pharmacy's have a hard time keeping large quantities. They won't fill until the day the prior prescription runs out because they don't want extra drugs in people's houses. When a person is in significant pain it only slows down the recovery time. Maybe I should start a thread on TOTV for "looking for pain killers"
Seriously, Florida needs to get their act together and deal with the problem with the bad guys not the good guys.