{"id":8690,"date":"2017-11-21T08:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2017-11-21T08:36:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:36:38","slug":"doctors-rx-for-a-stiff-knee-a-prescription-for-90-percocet-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8690","title":{"rendered":"Doctor\u2019s Rx For A Stiff Knee: A Prescription For 90 Percocet Pills"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

I recently hobbled to the drugstore to pick up painkillers after minor outpatient knee surgery, only to discover that the pharmacist hadn\u2019t yet filled the prescription. My doctor\u2019s order of 90 generic Percocet exceeded the number my insurer would approve, he said. I left a short time later with a bottle containing a smaller number.<\/p>\n

When I got home and opened the package to take a pill, I discovered that there were 42 inside. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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