I took a friend to the ER last night, and I'm beginning to believe she is faking her symptoms to either gain more meds or attention. I would like to know from someone who knows first hand, what is the protocol for a hospital when they believe a patient is coming in claiming to have pains and vomiting when they can never find the source of the pain or why the vomiting is occurring? This person has been to the ER soooo much that she knows the nurses names and shifts. SMH!!!
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If they can't prove you are faking your symptoms, then they have to keep giving the corresponding medication and treatments to you. My sister in law is a nurse and she is always ranting about that policy. She says she "just knows" that some of the people who come in regularly and always say they are at a 10/10 on the pain scale are only there because they are addicted to the pain meds.
She says if it's possible you can give them an alternate treatment -- maybe a different medication than the one that you'd normally give them, if that medication is also frequently prescribed for the same condition -- but you can't just withhold all medication if you can't prove they're faking it.
She says if it's possible you can give them an alternate treatment -- maybe a different medication than the one that you'd normally give them, if that medication is also frequently prescribed for the same condition -- but you can't just withhold all medication if you can't prove they're faking it.
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Working in a laboratory, I am mostly not involved with that. However, I know that in checking the computer for a patient's lab orders, some records will show a notation "drug seeking behavior".