If you reread my post, I was talking clearly about patients in the hospital with a clear cause of pain. For example, a patient with pancreatitis from gallstones or a patient with a hip fracture or a patient with painful osteomyelitis. I was making a point about inpatient pain control.
I appreciate the difficulties related to pain control in outpatients. I did not mean to have my comments have any impact on any situations other than the specific one that I outline.
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So, when you discharge a patient with osteomyelitis, do you write for any pain medication ? If so, what do you use ?