Attending: You can either deal with your back pain with medication or you can deal with it with surgery and medication. Data suggests no difference in how your pain feels before or after surgery.
Patient: Really? Alright, just the medication then.
Attending: Ibuprofen is probably your best bet. I want to stay away from opioids like Vicodin or Norco.
Patient: But I don't get addicted to stuff
Attending: Great. You won't get addicted to ibuprofen then!
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