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Clinical Dilemma Case Study Erin McLaughlin Pain Control or Drug Seeking Behavior? I. Scenario History of Present Problem: Angela Stevens is a 28-year-old woman who is post-operative day (POD) #2 after a small bowel resection and lysis of adhesions. She has chronic abdominal pain due to severe Crohn's Disease and has developed narcotic tolerance and dependence as a result. She has been clinically stable post-op, but has been c/o increasing incisional pain despite the Fentanyl/Ropivicaine...