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The doctors and drug companies make easy scapegoats, but if a person came to you in genuine pain, living an absolutely miserable life, and you knew without a do

by donatj 6y ago

The doctors and drug companies make easy scapegoats, but if a person came to you in genuine pain, living an absolutely miserable life, and you knew without a doubt you could stop it, could you in good moral standing with yourself choose to keep this human being in pain? I certainly could not, I am not so heartless, and I certainly hope the same of my own doctors. I think we forgot that by and large near all these people were in genuine pain. It’s easy to disparage them from the sidelines, but walk a mile in their shoes.

rbranson 6y ago
The whole point of having the prescription drug system is so that patients can be provided with safe, monitored access to potentially dangerous drugs. The entire purpose of a doctor being involved in the system is to prevent the outcome we are experiencing, otherwise they'd just sell these things over the counter.
res0nat0r 6y ago
Pillmill docs and counties in the rust belt being prescribed so many pills that if split evenly would give each person in the county 10k pills a month is the issue. No one is denying that sensible opioid prescriptions are a good thing. The issue is Purdue Pharma lied about how addictive their pills were and encouraged over-prescription in pursuit of their #1 goal, not easing pain, but profits. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/opioids-inc/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/opioids-inc/
nitrogen 6y ago
The high school football players hooked on vicodin are definitely "in pain". Get your wisdom teeth out? Free opiates for you. Got injured during a game? Here you go, just one won't hurt.
obmelvin 6y ago
I didn't call for banning anything. I said the issue is with overprescription and negligent doctors. You are describing a desire for proper healthcare - that is also something I am interested in. What I am not interested in is my friend getting 100 Vicodin for a bit of pain after some dental visit (maybe wisdom teeth removed? can't remember), that he later realized was way more than he needed and had him temporarily addicted.

by donatj 6y ago

rbranson 6y ago

The whole point of having the prescription drug system is so that patients can be provided with safe, monitored access to potentially dangerous drugs. The entire purpose of a doctor being involved in the system is to prevent the outcome we are experiencing, otherwise they'd just sell these things over the counter.

res0nat0r 6y ago

Pillmill docs and counties in the rust belt being prescribed so many pills that if split evenly would give each person in the county 10k pills a month is the issue. No one is denying that sensible opioid prescriptions are a good thing. The issue is Purdue Pharma lied about how addictive their pills were and encouraged over-prescription in pursuit of their #1 goal, not easing pain, but profits. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/opioids-inc/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/opioids-inc/

nitrogen 6y ago

The high school football players hooked on vicodin are definitely "in pain". Get your wisdom teeth out? Free opiates for you. Got injured during a game? Here you go, just one won't hurt.

obmelvin 6y ago

I didn't call for banning anything. I said the issue is with overprescription and negligent doctors. You are describing a desire for proper healthcare - that is also something I am interested in. What I am not interested in is my friend getting 100 Vicodin for a bit of pain after some dental visit (maybe wisdom teeth removed? can't remember), that he later realized was way more than he needed and had him temporarily addicted.