well, yeah. There are doctors who, for example, treat your kidneys. They never need to prescribe opioids. There are doctors who perform surgeries, and prescri

well, yeah. There are doctors who, for example, treat your kidneys. They never need to prescribe opioids. There are doctors who perform surgeries, and prescribe a week of pain killers for recovery. There are doctors who manage chronic pain. (Often anesthesiologists by specialty, hence that list is all pain management specialists and anesthesiologists.) How is this surprising? Frankly, if the numbers are accurate (5% prescribe 60%), I'm tempted to think it's not concentrated enough-- sounds like docs of type 1 and 2 should knock it off. But, what is this number "opioid prescriptions?" Is a script for 1 week of meds a 1:1 unit with a script for a month or 3 months? If you're using medicaid/medicare/insurance payer data, then probably, meaning these numbers do not reliably proxy amount of drugs or number of people receiving them. By all means, we need to pay attention to the problems with opioids. But context-free clickbait numbers are a really bad place to start.