Originally Posted by
sojourner 
It used to be that when you had an operation, you stayed in the hospital for two weeks - the main reason being that you needed strong pain killers during that first part of your recovery - AND THOSE PAIN MEDS COULD ONLY BE GIVEN IN A HOSPITAL - once you were discharged, those pain meds were not available to you.
I saw my eye doctor yesterday and told him about my son's retina surgery. We're the same age and he told me he was already practicing, when they used to keep patients like my son for a week, instead of outpatient. What a coincidence that my son stopped taking painkillers right at one week, huh?
Anyway, there are other prescription painkillers available besides the ones they want to axe. And if they lower the maximum dosage of OTC's, that's per pill. People can still pour more out of the bottle.