Orthopedic practices in my area will no longer prescribe narcotic pain medication to non-surgical patients as a matter of policy. So they don't offer a full continuum of care. Or they believe non-surgical patients don't ever need narcotic pain meds. Which is it?

When I saw my pcp in the beginning, he told me to go to the ER for pain medication. Again, healthcare not offering the full continuum of care or only patients with a particular treatment plan are experiencing pain severe enough for narcotic pain medication?

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