One of the unfortunate side effects of this crisis is that physicians are now hesitant to prescribe opioid based medications to patients who need it for legitimate reasons. After a recent surgery, I was in a lot of pain, but the strongest medication the surgeon would prescribe was Tylenol 3. I definitely needed something stronger, but all the doctors are running scared, thinking that if they prescribed Fentanyl or Oxycodone, it might fall into the wrong hands. As a result, a lot of people are not getting the medication they need to properly recover from their procedures.

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