text: Maybe if doctors quit writing prescriptions for major narcotics for every little ache and pain things wouldn't be so bad. We've got the same bodies as our grandparents but they didn't run to get narcotic prescriptions for the dull ache of arthritis. If you broke your arm, no one took months of pain meds. A few weeks was the norm, and at much lower doses. Since healthcare providers are writing these strong prescriptions for simple pain, perhaps they should be better doctors and say no to patient demands. After all, aren't the docs supposed to know better? Or does the income from having patients coming back week after week, year after year, for refills bring in too much money to stand firm and say no!? The buck starts in the doctors offices. What disease requires a patch that's 100 times stronger than morphine? If the disease is that painful shouldn't patients be in the hospital? Instead, major pain Rx's are written for people working or looking for work while driving cars! Smells fishy!