It's more that the capitalist system goes though cycles of over prescription of opioids, followed by under prescription, depending on various factors. Never settling on a working baseline. There was a good article about that, I'll try find it soon.
I’ve been thinking about this topic lately and am specially focused on the role of doctors in both the over-prescription and how the overly conservative in Rx.
To me it seems like doctors are typically treated like they are these irrelevant, mere cogs in the system who had little or no agency.
I had accepted that was how it was and didn’t really think about it.
But these are the guys making hundreds of thousands of dollars, who supposedly are some of the most dedicated and brightest individuals out there, and who go through extensive training.
As far as I’m aware there wasn’t a massive academic fraud scheme showing that OxyContin was the best opiate, wasn’t addictive, etc
All the scholarly/clinical research suggested it was pretty much like any other ol opiate
Which basically means doctors didn't and still don’t actually keep up with accurate knowledge. Instead they are swayed by some ‘attractive’ former college athlete who says they are not only the smartest person they’ve ever seen but the most attractive as well - now sell oxy. (This is how it was explained to me by an academic psychiatrist)
We are suppose to excuse doctors for being easily swayed by sandwiches and ass?
:spray-bottle:
(Of course Purdue or whoever is also horribly evil and makes a great example of what pure capitalist drive leads to)
Which basically means doctors didn’t and still don’t actually keep up with accurate knowledge.
This is self-evident to anyone who's ever had any sort of complex medical problem. They are usually jerks about it as well. Shout-out to the one doc who actually went on UpToDate in front of me to confirm what I was saying about updated standard of care instead of telling me to "stop googling" like the rest of them.
It's more that the capitalist system goes though cycles of over prescription of opioids, followed by under prescription, depending on various factors. Never settling on a working baseline. There was a good article about that, I'll try find it soon.
I’ve been thinking about this topic lately and am specially focused on the role of doctors in both the over-prescription and how the overly conservative in Rx.
To me it seems like doctors are typically treated like they are these irrelevant, mere cogs in the system who had little or no agency. I had accepted that was how it was and didn’t really think about it.
But these are the guys making hundreds of thousands of dollars, who supposedly are some of the most dedicated and brightest individuals out there, and who go through extensive training.
As far as I’m aware there wasn’t a massive academic fraud scheme showing that OxyContin was the best opiate, wasn’t addictive, etc All the scholarly/clinical research suggested it was pretty much like any other ol opiate
Which basically means doctors didn't and still don’t actually keep up with accurate knowledge. Instead they are swayed by some ‘attractive’ former college athlete who says they are not only the smartest person they’ve ever seen but the most attractive as well - now sell oxy. (This is how it was explained to me by an academic psychiatrist)
We are suppose to excuse doctors for being easily swayed by sandwiches and ass? :spray-bottle:
(Of course Purdue or whoever is also horribly evil and makes a great example of what pure capitalist drive leads to)
This is self-evident to anyone who's ever had any sort of complex medical problem. They are usually jerks about it as well. Shout-out to the one doc who actually went on UpToDate in front of me to confirm what I was saying about updated standard of care instead of telling me to "stop googling" like the rest of them.
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Ooh please do