Try spending some time in an emergency room and have the same patients come back day after day, break pain control contracts, and get up and leave when all you offer them is some norco 10s and not the dilaudid they were looking for.
I feel about as bad for drug seeking patients as I do the extremely obese patients that come in that refuse to take care of themselves. I can't stand either and every time I take care of either of these patient populations, it becomes harder.
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