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HeavyMetalChick19 t1_j28vyy9 wrote

Go after the pain management doctors too while they're at it.

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EvangelionGonzalez t1_j29qm9g wrote

Go after the revolving door "rehabs" that encourage you to keep coming back, too.

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HeavyMetalChick19 t1_j29qpyx wrote

Yup! They get kickbacks from big pharma.

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jeffersonairmattress t1_j2cjnad wrote

“Kickbacks” is a nice, efficient way to reference “necessitated by, initially funded by, promoted by, rewarded by and reliably compensated by via settlement-based demand for services.

A neat little money washing machine.

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mudanjel t1_j2a8xuh wrote

Pain management clinics, in Oregon, at least are strictly regulated. I highly doubt legit pain management clinics are playing fast and lose with opioids. You know why ( besides losing their practice)? They get big bucks denying you meds and sticking the insurance companies for the cost of medical procedures and medical devices. It's quite lucrative.

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HeavyMetalChick19 t1_j2a9hox wrote

They get big bucks from big pharma to keep these people addicted to prescription drugs. Big pharma owns these doctors.

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mudanjel t1_j2adrk1 wrote

The government owns these doctors. Also, pain patients aren't addicted in the sense they get high and jones for the next fix and will rob, steal, or kill to get their supply (or whatever the lingo is these days.) Pain patients are dependent on their meds to scale the pain down a point or two in an attempt to function and have some sort of quality of life.

Anyway, there's a lot of misconceptions about opioid use for pain and the hilarious part is legit pain patients can hardly get them but hey, authority figures can come down on us, the low hanging fruit so easy to pick off

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[deleted] t1_j2bw4kr wrote

I’m sure every pain management doctor in the entire world is in their pocket, come on

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valmian t1_j2aalo1 wrote

My (old) nurse practitioner is in jail for 10 years for taking kick backs from drug companies.

She prescribed me 180 Vicodin and Percocet a month, as well as 60 adderall per month.

I’ve been clean for almost 10 years now, so she’s probably out, but they definitely went after some of them.

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