context: At the same time, exaggerating the extent of one's pain to obtain narcotic pain medication and seeking it from multiple sources can also be evidence of a strong desire for the narcotics themselves and even addiction. In addition, less than honest efforts to obtain such medications certainly bear on the credibility of the claimant.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 569 F.3d 1167, 1172
citation_a.parenthetical: "Contrary to Ms. Poppa's assertion that the only evidence of drug-seeking behavior is a 'single, isolated remark in the record,' ... there is sufficient evidence in the record to support the ALJ's determination that Ms. Poppa's credibility about her pain and limitations was compromised by her drug-seeking behavior."
citation_a.sentence: See Poppa v. Astrue, 569 F.3d 1167, 1172 (10th Cir.2009) (“Contrary to Ms. Poppa’s assertion that the only evidence of drug-seeking behavior is a ‘single, isolated remark in the record,’ ... there is sufficient evidence in the record to support the ALJ’s determination that Ms. Poppa’s credibility about her pain and limitations was compromised by her drug-seeking behavior.”); see also Anderson v. Shalala, 51 F.3d 777, 780 (8th Cir.1995) (observing that claimant’s “drug-seeking behavior further discredits her allegations of disabling pain”); Simila v. Astrue, 573 F.3d 503, 520 (7th Cir.2009).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 51 F.3d 777, 780
citation_b.parenthetical: observing that claimant's "drug-seeking behavior further discredits her allegations of disabling pain"
citation_b.sentence: See Poppa v. Astrue, 569 F.3d 1167, 1172 (10th Cir.2009) (“Contrary to Ms. Poppa’s assertion that the only evidence of drug-seeking behavior is a ‘single, isolated remark in the record,’ ... there is sufficient evidence in the record to support the ALJ’s determination that Ms. Poppa’s credibility about her pain and limitations was compromised by her drug-seeking behavior.”); see also Anderson v. Shalala, 51 F.3d 777, 780 (8th Cir.1995) (observing that claimant’s “drug-seeking behavior further discredits her allegations of disabling pain”); Simila v. Astrue, 573 F.3d 503, 520 (7th Cir.2009).