Addicts Come In All Forms | Chicago Med | MD TV 

I don't think being racist in front of a black man and an asian man is going to help you dear

People would be shocked if they knew just how many picture perfect moms are actually full blown addicts. Many addicts do not look like the stereotypical version that is most commonly shown in films/tv.

I mean if she’s actually a lawyer then she would know that she just committed fraud 😅. By giving a false name to medical staff to obtain prescription drugs, her lawsuit would be thrown out at best (at worst she faces legal or career consequences)

Isn't it a crime to use a false name, in order to obtain prescription medicines?

"I'm a lawyer. I have great insurance"... while violating the False Claims Act.

Dr. Choi's -firm- stone-cold "No." is so underratedly badass.

For anyone curious, she proceeded to file a formal complaint about the 'Mexican' next door and he was arrested on hospital property. It was absolutely heart breaking. The 'fight' they had was because the brother was scared to donate stem cells to his sister and be identified by the feds and deported (his wife is also pregnant). Her husband obviously got mad and shoved him. He eventually came around to decide to donate and then his worst fear was realized because of this awful woman. They didn't say for sure, but I believe she also got the boss doctor to give her the meds, as when she was leaving she was very calm and seemed pleased with herself.

I love how the Psych Doc is always just around

It's always one of the hardest jobs of a medical proffesional to separate pain from drug seeking. Pain is a very personal and subjective experience and there's no real empirical way to measure pain. Severe pain can even be entirely psychosomatic. There's a semi famous tale of a man whom had shot himself in the foot with a nail gun on accident. The whole ride to the hospital in the ambulance he was screaming in pain. When they get to the hospital the boot is cut off, and the nail falls to the floor with a clink. It has gone between his toes, missing his foot entirely. The worker swears on his life that he felt immense pain that disappeared as soon as he realized there was no injury. It's possible this woman is in pain, but she's in pain because she expects to be in pain without her medication.

These shorts definitely making me addicted to the story .

Racist lawyer in an ER could make things interesting to some places. Like the Bar.

This is more common than people think. My ex husband injured his back. He got addicted to the pain killers. And when he got cut off the pain pills, he moved onto cocaine and Fentanyl (I think I spelled it wrong) he has been to the hospital over 5 times for drug overdose. It is truly sad to see how many people are on drugs.

Could tell she was faking when she tried to say her back "locked up" . . . she could still move multiple parts of her back just fine and lifted/rested her torso on the bed. Body language is always important.

"I'll sue you and this entire emergancy room!" Fine, I'm sure the court would love to hear how you gave a fake name while demanding a refill of meds. This would look great on your law firm's site's profile.

When in doubt, go to Dr. Charles

I went through two of the worst years of my life dealing with endometriosis, they never wanted to give me anything more than ibuprofen. I got to the point where I stopped going for help. Lucky for me I’m not an addict but people do have pain and it sucks when we’re not believed but some are and they simply have an addiction.

my mom was kind of addicted to pain meds as well. She'd use them for migraines and they were "the only thing that would work" She took some so strong she (thank god) developed an allergy to it and (thank god!!) it happened while she was having a procedure at the hospital. Now she can't take any anymore and since she wasn't too deeply addicted she didn't have to go through withdrawal. These things mess with your head, don't take them if you can avoid it and if you cannot, I hope you get better soon :(

She is kinda unbearable.. so rude and so fake (part of her role i guess)

It's always the ones who don't need the painkillers that get them but the ones who truly need them cannot

Wow 🤩 she’s a racist lawyer and she’s a suburban clean mom. Not some druggie off the streets, what a turn around world we live in right? Btw I love that Asian doctor he’s hot and professional

To anyone wondering how the episode ended, after Dr Choi calls his boss to see this lawyer, the lawyers reports the "mexicans" next door for the altercation, they look into it and they arrest the brother before he could donate more stem cells to his sister who has cancer, they arrest him to deport him and over his 'criminal record' that was for a theft of $8 back in 2010, the hospital is furious but cannot do anything about it, on top of it, Dr Choi's boss hands the lawyer her prescription meds and she walks out happy. Nice to know their boss/Dr Lanik has no backbone... She used a fake name to obtain a controlled drug, reported immigrants next door and she walks out with her drugs and what she wanted, nice.

"Oh Finally a real doctor" That killed me inside Lmao

Addicts can have actual pain too. I get the point but it's tiring as someone with chronic pain who's been dismissed for 10 freaking years. You know what happens when your pain isn't believed and you end up 90lbs? You do drugs.

10 on the pain scale? Trust me, lucidity is optional past 8

Anyone wondering why the police weren’t called on her? She technically committed fraud by falsifying her name to receive prescription drugs and then just walks free AFTER knowing everything?…

As a person who lives with severe chronic pain it can be very frustrating when docs immediately try to treat you like an addict without even really knowing your situation. I’m lucky that my team has worked really hard to make sure my situation is clearly explained in my chart. When I go in for breakthrough pain then it’s very bad because I hate being at the hospital. I do everything I can to manage my situation at home. I’m blessed to have a great pain doc that knows when narcotics are necessary. So many pain clinics are refusing to even give people narcotic pain relief, even after all other types of management have been exhausted. My pain is in my abdomen from intestinal failure and all the adhesions that I have from so many surgeries. I can’t be treated with steroid injections or other treatments for back or other joint pain. I can’t take NSAIDs because I get bad stomach bleeds. There are people who do need narcotic pain relief and shouldn’t be shamed because of it. And, there are times when addicts deal with real pain, there can’t be a blanket ban on pain medication because every case is unique. The thing that most people don’t understand in the war on opioids is that by refusing to give pain control to those who really need it is just punishing them, making them desperate. I’ve known people who have turned to trying to get drugs from the street because their pain docs suddenly quit prescribing the meds they had been on for long time. The fact is that if someone wants drugs they can find them in the street, most addicts don’t waste their time going to emergency rooms because they know they can’t score, they only go there when they don’t have the money for their dealer. It’s a tragic situation all around, I just hate when people with serious medical conditions are treated like drug seekers.

I see Freddie's mom is still just as crazy as ever

As someone with chronic pain and chronic illness, I can't tell you how many times I've asked if there was something stronger than Motrin that was non narcotic. I ended up with a hole in my stomach from taking too many nsaids. Tylenol does nothing, and even narco only helps for an hour or so. After years of pt, infusions in my spine, etc, I just deal with the pain and hope it ends now.

She must not have wanted those meds that badly, considering the when the MRI was brought up her chief complaint was the "low grade muscle relaxers" they were going to prescribe. I mean that elevated her from "drug seeking behavior" to just "drug seeking" full blown

"Huh." -- Dr. Charles before he blows yet another case wide open.

This sucks because as someone with real pain this belief really can create issues for real pain patients.

I honestly want to see the rest of this episode so bad.

She got her pills and got an innocent man, and 1st time expecting father, deported. 🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤬🤬🤬

Pain reliever addict here. I am a 22 years old and I fell on my wrist when I was 16. I developed a cyst. Had 1 operation to remove it, but it came back. The pain, I am in constant pain since 6 years. It took me 4 years to be taken seriously because they say that "It's a cyst, it doesn't hurt, it's not supposed to hurt". But it does. Some day I can't even write. I was a paint artist but I f*cking can't to this anymore. I've been crying all day everyday, went to all sort of emergencies and clinic just so they can help me with the pain. Before it was only my wrist but now my shoulder is giving me a piece of work too. And that's how I discovered the pain relievers. I take them everyday to manage the pain. I've been on the waiting list to get it surgically removed again and I haven't been called since.

Nobody who’s 10 out 10 is that coherent 😂

So that's when you send in Dr. Charles, she doesn't know who your boss is.

Ms. Blake looks like the young Mrs. Benson from iCarly. Sounds like her, too. XD

"I will sue you and your entire emergency room!" "Bet?"

Sometimes being out of pain is addictive

So the hospital doesn’t ask for ID when registering the patient?

Maybe it's just me, but I would not want a lawyer hooked on opioids and committing felonies to full her addiction to represent me in a court of law.

It might be a fake name, what do we do?? Dr. House would just have Casey from chicago fire to search her purse.....

If nothing else, this perfectly illustrates just how stressful life has become in recent years. We shouldn't have to be medicated just to get from day to day.

Im glad the former drift king of tokyo found his new calling as a doctor on America

I'm not an addict! I've tried everything! Pain management is a joke. I can barely get out of bed.

“…My patient, the entitled opioid addict would like a word.”

I had a mess with hysterectomy / abdominal surgery and all the Ob wants to do is prescribed meds instead of figuring out what he messed up on and how to fix it because the other surgeon said he messed up so now my life is changed forever because no one who can fix me.

They needlessly made her cartoonishly vile. There is an important point to be made here beyond "anyone can be an addict", specific to addiction to medical drugs. The surgery indicates that she had, and possibly/probably has, a genuine pain problem, that became a pain management problem, that became addiction. But the addictiveness of drugs aren't the only thing that got her to this point; her not be able to make time in her life for physio also contributed. In this character's life, it's because of a job, in another person's life it might be child or elder care. Or they could have the time but not the money for or access to physio. I'm only an expert on my own pain, but my understanding of a case like this is that, ideally, after her op, they would have still been giving pain meds, while getting her started on physio. While starting on physio or once it was well established, they could try weaning her off the narcotics. For a patient at this point, in pain and addicted to their medication, the legal problem might be her "frequent flyer status", but the medical one more complex.

So she lied about who she is. She won't get the pills and she can be kicked out for pill seeking.

And this is why I have never once been prescribed pain meds for my chronic pain :) Seriously though, I don't even like taking normal pain killers because I don't want to become reliant on them (not that they help). Besides just addiction, my sister developed an ulcer from too much ibuprofen. Never once have my doctor's suggested medication, and I'm glad of it.

I'm always amazed that people can get pain meds so easily, and so often. Even after surgeries, or being in so much pain I'm vomiting, I've never been prescribed anything other than prescription strength Motrin.

I wish I could see the rest of this episode

I'm sorry they made light of chronic pain and the difficulty of getting anyone to help or believe you.

I have sickle cell disease and I can say I've been labeled as others also have gotten labeled which is ridiculous. I only get my pain meds from my hematologist as far as my Roxy 15s & I've been with him since 2018. I don't get scripts from ERs or other physicians & I do my best to stick to 1 ER. I usually end up having to get admitted for a sickle cell crisis, IV meds & fluids plus a blood transfusion. In March 2017 I was found unresponsive and was in a coma for 5 days because a physician simply wouldn't listen. It sucks that the good have to suffer because of the bad. I've lost a ton of friends to this painful & unpredictable disease. Currently in school for medical billing and coding.

Had a herniated disc…worst pain of my life. L5 S1 discectomy. Wouldn’t wish that nerve pain on my worst enemy!

That Chinese doctor is just-😵‍💫😵‍💫❤️❤️

Saw this EVERY Friday afternoon right before the clinic was closing when I worked there as a medical assistant. We would have to pull patients name from the states database. 9 times out of 10, they were shopping a different clinic for pain killers

So, I know being a lawyer might have given her a little knowledge, but the fact she knew right away what the meds were and what kind she wanted made me raise a brow.

Sad person

Under-presctiption is what's makes people go from Vicodin to Heroin. Over-prescription can lead to some diversion. The U.S. is attempting to fight an "opioid epidemic" by not prescribing and it's causing more problems than it's fixing. The only thing I can get for my pain is Buprenorphine. It's safer, but it doesn't help as much as a full-agonist. Most people are forced to take copious amounts of Naproxen, causing gastrointestinal issues that last a lifetime. Those of us who are allergic to NSAIDS have 3 options: Steroids, Partial-agonists, or surgery, which can cause further issues and still require the use of opiates.

I feel like with pain and addiction, we have to weigh the pros and cons. Pain is debilitating and opioids are often the best at managing many kinds of pain. Perhaps what we should be doing is putting chronic pain patients with addiction specialist, alternative pain management therapies, and therapists instead of cutting them off cold turkey. All that does is make them turn to the streets where they'll get addicted to worse drugs. And research shows that addicts that go through 100% restriction are far more likely to relapse than use in moderation.

Final boss Karen 😂 "let me speak to your manager"

Wish I could see how this ends.

This isn't just ordinary pain meds she is seeking but opioids. I implore you all to research oxycontin, fentanyl etc....the US is going through a opioid crisis. Opioids affecting every level of society.

I know that this isn't the situation we are currently in now but let's say maybe 15 years ago, doctors would give you a prescription of pain killers for the craziest reasons. Example: one time I went to the ER due to abdominal pain but it was not severe, and mainly I went to the ED cuz I have a chronic medical condition and I wanted to make sure I didn't have some sort of infection. When I got discharged, I was given 2 prescriptions. 1 for antibiotics and the other one for pain meds and I told the doctor I didn't want the pain med prescription BUT he insisted so bad to the point that he just wouldn't let me go without it. I literally told him that I did not want it like 5 times but he just wouldn't take no for an answer so at the wnd I did leave with those 2 prescriptions.. there's another time that I saw my doctor for a minor thing and can't remember but it was something simple like a headache of for a UTI and once again got another prescription for norco and gave me 60 pills.. I didn't understand back then much about this but yea it was bad.

"Pain 10/10" an she's not doubled over and vomiting and crying in pain? lol Gotta love patients.

Poor doctor at the end 😂😂😂

Omg...least fav part of my job.... Are the ones who are pain med seekers. They make my job as a PT a lot harder, and frustrating. And though I have empathy, it is very frustrating, and when they know the special testing, diagnosis signs and symptoms, reactions to testing, and certain actions..yes with generalities to throw in the mix to make you feel like they are being truthful. And do not think for a moment that because of my skin color I am exempt either. It does not matter I have a Dr. In front of my name, but they shall think I may be seeking more then just Tylenol at times...

People who are opioid/ heroin addicts started off taking painkillers from a surgery that you would 100% need them for (like spinal). But some get addicted just like that and it all goes downhill from their.

So my elderly neighbour was diagnosed with cancer about 10 years ago, she went through chemotherapy and eventually beat it 💪 However she ended up addicted to morphine because she had to take it for so long, she slowly weined herself from it. I'll never forget her telling me she has more sympathy for people addicted to drugs because of that. She is an absolute warrior to me 💖💖

It's easier to obtain a Medical Cannabis recommendation, than to pine in an emergency room.😂 You also are in control of your own pain management ( with an MD advice) and leave the crazy circle of empirical medicine, and the nutty notion that everyone is a drug addict. ❤

10/10 Pain level, how the he is she still talking. The only time I’ve ever had a 10/10 pain experience I had to be put out being I couldn’t stop screaming.

Anyone whose in chronic pain honestly knows never use your 10 unless you think you're gonna die...also you can't boss around doctors like that...I have chronic pancreatitis and doctors view me as a drug seeker UNTIL they look at my file.. people like this are the reason people like me get overlooked .

If they worked as hard as they did to solve her medical problems instead of turning themselves into detectives, she might not need so much medication. I know in the scene that she is obviously drug seeking, but I hate to think of how many people are in actual pain and need it to stop, and come across doctors who immediately start up this behavior. I pinched a nerve one day and I went to the walk-in clinic. I had never felt pain like that before and I really wanted something to take the edge off. The doctor was immediately suspicious for no reason at all and gave me a dose so low that it did practically nothing. That is a very scary attitude to encounter when you need genuine help.

I want to see how this ended up honestly...

Calling BS on the writers 5mg of valium would touch her pain like a flipping butterfly.

Turns out her real name was Karen

My g the pychyatrist breaks things down in seconds

This episode is absolutely disgusting from the perspective of someone like me. Someone who had a major spinal injury at age 20 that wasn't treated properly due to medical gaslighting and sexism. I developed the most painful condition in all of known medicine called CRPS/RSD, degenerative disc disease, broken vertebrae that healed wrong, and major nerve damage. Couldn't walk for 3 years because it was so painful. The pain was so bad I couldn't keep any food down so I dropped to 80 pounds and the stomach acid from throwing up all the time crumbled my teeth. Since age 23 I've been on high doses of opioid painkillers. It's given me my life back. I would've ended my life if I hadn't found my amazing pain specialist. Just because you are physically dependent on a medication does not make you an addict.

2 Handsome doctors! 🥰

When you’re addicted to drugs, alcohol or anything it’s hard to quit. The only way is if you get help is if you help yourself.

“Ma’am unfortunately you have hereditary lumbago, is there anyone named uncle in your family tree?”

“THE IMPORTANT INFO” 💀

My mom takes lots of medicines, but she is NOT an addict. She was in a major car accident in her teens, got roadhouse-kicked by my father’s horses a little while after giving birth to me, and suffered an intestinal puncture because someone was an idiot while doing their job, IN THAT ORDER SINCE THE 1970s. And those are the three that immediately come to mind. There is also the small side note that all her children including myself were C-section kids. In her words, the pain she suffers would make me curl up on the ground and cry. And the new doctors who give her her prescriptions are trying the same BS they tried 20 years ago: injections in the spinal column, physical therapy, and THEN medicine. SHE IS ON THE RECORD AS DESPERATELY NEEDING THOSE PAINKILLERS TO STAY A FUNCTIONING WOMAN! I’ve seen her in legit pain when she has been without the meds, and it is heartbreaking.

For some yes it's an addition for others like myself getting out of bed to take a shower is so painful I can't describe it. And I had 4 kids naturally no pain meds. I'm on steroid therapy for my knee and I have no thyroid. I gained weight. Trust me if I have 700 calories in a day that is a big day. Doctors need to stop lumping everyone into one pit

They thought I was an addict because I came in and told them what will work and stopped them from doing what won't work. Not an addict it was nausea meds not pain meds. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

When I read the comments I am reminded of how stupid people can be.

They should have arrested Karen.

Addicts are intense

Dr Choi is da GUY!!

I want to see the rest of this I want to see her face when she's told no again

as soon as i heard lumbago mentioned. an old uncle came to mind. i remember him saying "I'm real sick, John. Lumbago. It's a slow and painful death, my brother." his death wasn't slow, but wasn't nice. he got shot on a porch by the military. rip uncle

How is a guy in a white coat not seen as a doctor? In my experience as a patient in the ER, they're all wearing scrubs but different colors. I never know who's a doctor, nurse, or technician so I just ask them.

Frequent flier... Same thing they called me after malpractice broke my jaw and 4 teeth, and again when i could have found the cancer early enough. Fkin get that right, except that the patient doesnt get respect or benefit of the doubt

Im not going to call her a Karen. Because everyone that i have ever met that was actually NAMED Karen were all lovely people.

5:15 if only he could say ‘I am the boss’

This hits close to home for me my mother was a addicted to prescription painkillers. She had spinal stenosis but the pills made it worser than it was

Notice at the beginning, she is on edge and takes it out on the POC to make herself feel superior, but also to break down his will, so that he can prescribe pain meds to get her to shut up and leave. As soon as she hears meds, she changes her tone toward him and is very grateful. The small transition that is hardly noticeable in those situations is what can be an indicator of manipulative behavior which indicates some type of underlying mental issue. In this case, the issue was reliance on pills to relieve ghost pain. To her the pain is real, but to her body, it is getting addicted so it creates the pain so the brain tricks her.

Why does this show like letting bad people get away and punish good people? I don't care if this is based on reality, this is a TV show meant to entertain.

my mom is similar to this women, including the racism. i went no contact last year. but, she would always goto the ER with back or shoulder pain and come back with a fresh bottle of pain pills. she would also take my anxiety meds when i was younger and trusted her. she would also give me her pain pills to help me sleep, which is obviously both illegal and dangerous.