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Feel free to browse doctors' opioid counts here. I was able to match them to their actual profiles. Take into account their field, but, even with that the num

• microcolonel 9y ago
  > If you are in "Family Practice" and prescribe opioids 9167 times per year you probably have a very sore hand. Though Bruce D. Mackey works at a Family practice, he specializes in Pediatric Occupational Therapy[0] (pediatrics broadly covering patients up to 21 years of age). It's fairly common for a Family Practice to have some specialty staff, and some such clinics have very large patient throughput. I used to be registered to one which specialized in sports medicine, others specialize in things like dietary/lifestyle intervention. [0]: https://www.opendoctor.io/bruce-d-mackey-otr-1146468 https://www.opendoctor.io/bruce-d-mackey-otr-1146468
• Clubber 9y ago
  Also, consider that doctors must re-subscribe them every month or so. I think federal law requires the patients to have an office visit every 3 months. It's probably shorter now. I dare say if someone went to the doctor's office and said they were hooked on pain killers and would like to be subscribed a step down prescription, they would be denied and told to tough it out, out of fear of DEA retribution. That's one of the problems with government in healthcare.