After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea

Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea by palimpsests on Sunday January 28, 2018 @02:25PM (#16252927)

I have noticed how the vast majority of my American friends do not express any reactive need to unnecessarily take pharmaceuticals (especially painkillers, in the case of pain) when they have a medical problem. Does my single anecdotal datapoint negate your single anecdotal datapoint?

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Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea by maxxxxx on Sunday January 28, 2018 @05:38PM (#16254011)

I guess we need a third anecdote to make a final determination.

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Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea by dkersten on Sunday January 28, 2018 @08:12PM (#16254664)

I’ll throw another spanner in to mess things up: I am European and know other Europeans who feel compelled to take painkillers for any little thing (I personally will take them only if the pain is really severe or interferes with work or such, which is quite rare typically).

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