I didn’t want heavy painkillers after surgery — but my hospital pushed opioids on me anyway
jtnn2018-10-11T10:22:33-07:00Emma Passé Hospitals want to keep their patients happy, but too often doctors treat pain like a disease and push opioids even when people explicitly say no. This is a story about how the health care industry effectively forces patients into opioid use. I know, because this recently almost happened to me. And it could [...]