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Southern Discomfort Case Study

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DOI: 10/3/2013. Patient is a 51-year-old male bottling machine operator who sustained injury to his left knee when he hit it on an L-bracket after he stepped over a conveyor belt, missed a stool, and fell over. The patient underwent a left knee arthroscopy on 3/31/14.
Urine drug screen obtained on 04/07/16 showed positive for tramadol and desmethyltramadol.
Based on the progress report dated 08/23/16, the patient complains left knee pain upon walking. Discomfort was described as aching, tingling, intense, severe, continuous, pain, discomfort, increasing with movement and varying with activity. Pain is rated as 5/10 without medications and 4/10 with medications.
Symptoms are aggravated by almost any movement, changing positions, lifting,

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