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> The other story is of a doctor that the Medical Establishment destroyed for helping those with Chronic Pain. Was this the result of the industry crack down
by koheripbal 6y ago
> The other story is of a doctor that the Medical Establishment destroyed for helping those with Chronic Pain.
Was this the result of the industry crack down on the over-prescription of opioids and various opioid manufacturers being forced to cut opioid production and marketing?
Society went from one extreme of "we need to treat pain like a disease and medicate it", to the other extreme of "Holy moly we created an opioid epidemic, we need to cut production and sue manufacturers."
Obviously there were a lot of bad actors at play, and I imagine some legitimate practices and patients were collateral damage during these over-reactions.
- arbitrage 6y agoI don't know about this specific movie, but my real life experience is that a doctor who dares to be compassionate in terms of long-term pain or opioid-substitution treatment often gets shunned by other medical professionals in the local community, up to and including blacklisting and professional/organisational harassment. like ... if the community turns against one of their own, they manufacture a sort-of constructive dismissal sort of arrangement, and the doctor who stepped out of line behaves and never does that again, quits, or goes out of business. It can be remarkably brutal and ruthless, and i have no doubt that it is purposeful and cruel by desgin.