Re:With a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term ...
by stinos on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:11AM
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The hospital gave me morphine.
This seems to illustrate the US mentality towards opioids: I had a similar accident and the fracture itself didn't really hurt but the muscle tension was indeed very painful and all I got in a Belgian hospital was some Brufen (Advil in the US if I'm not mistaken) - and that did work. In Belgium opioids are generally looked at 'only if it's really necessary'. Belgium does have a severe problem with prescription antibiotics though.
This seems to illustrate the US mentality towards opioids: I had a similar accident and the fracture itself didn't really hurt but the muscle tension was indeed very painful and all I got in a Belgian hospital was some Brufen (Advil in the US if I'm not mistaken) - and that did work. In Belgium opioids are generally looked at 'only if it's really necessary'. Belgium does have a severe problem with prescription antibiotics though.