Here are some phrases that you might not expect to hear sweet, friendly Dr. G use very often:

“No, there is no way in hell I am going to renew that prescription as written.”

“Read my lips.  No more oxycodone.  We gotta get you into a rehab, sweetie.”

“Sure, you can see another doctor.  I don’t know how long it will take to get an appointment.  If I am your doctor, you go on a tapering schedule.  Today.”

“If I did what you want, I could kiss my license goodbye.  I am not prescribing outside my specialty and certainly not this crap.  Yes it is crap.  I am sorry you don’t like how I talk, but it is crap.  I can start getting you off it.”

These are all things I have actually said.  Usually loud, yelling over the patient. Read more on Pill Mills Are Death Traps — Marginally Legal…