That whole story was inspired by a conversation with sarcasticsra and one of her friends on how badly House (er, the show, not the character) handles the idea of addiction vs. dependence. Since I write so much continuity-fixing type fic for TCR, I figured I would try to do something reconciling the way painkillers are treated on House with, y'know, the real world.
...and then I realized I was in over my head, and decided to reconcile it with the TCRverse instead. Because there's a side effect in the Vaxafamily to explain anything.
I did actually do some research, though, after which any further ignorance I had about medical stuff was covered by writing in Stephen's POV, so that I can make vague allusions to things through the character's amusing misunderstandings and people will assume I actually know what I'm talking about =P
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...and then I realized I was in over my head, and decided to reconcile it with the TCRverse instead. Because there's a side effect in the Vaxafamily to explain anything.
I did actually do some research, though, after which any further ignorance I had about medical stuff was covered by writing in Stephen's POV, so that I can make vague allusions to things through the character's amusing misunderstandings and people will assume I actually know what I'm talking about =P