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Can you tell me how i can get my doctor to prescribe pain killers without sounding like a drug seeker?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Tell your doctor: About your specific symptoms. Your physician can then provide appropriate treatment recommendations.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/6/2014

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