65-year-old retired teacher and grandmother who has been in ER twice in the past week, diagnosed with shingles and given 2 (TWO) Vicodin with an order to get a follow-up with my Medicare doctor – who can see  me in 3 weeks. Guess why? It's not necessary for every thing, as Jimmy O points out below, but for shingles (google it, if you don't know – I didn't), aspirin just isn't going to cut it. I'm being punished because of someone else's abuse.