You are preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male patient who has received treat

You are preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male patient who has received treatment for a fracture of the right tibia. You provide the patient with a prescription for a narcotic analgesic to be used as needed for pain, along with information about the medication. The patient states, “I don’t need the prescription. My cousin just had surgery and didn’t take all of his pain medicine. I can just use his. That will be cheaper for me, anyway, since I don’t have insurance.” (Learning Objectives 3, 4, and 5)
1. a. Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the patient taking narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person.
b. With these implications in mind, how should you respond to the patient?
2. How should you respond to the patient’s concern about the cost of his medication?
Instructions:
Your discussion post should be at least 200 words and include at least one 100-word response to a classmate. Follow APA guidelines for references. At least one reference is required to support your response. I am only allowed to see my classmate responses after I submit my respone. I need to respond to 1 classmates (100 words) I will send you the response after completing the first part. It will be a total of 300 words.