Doctors In Trouble In WV and VA
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I can't find the article now, but I read one a week or so ago where these pharmacies (from the OPs story) were moving moving enough Oxy in their towns to supply EVERY resident with 5,000 pills per year.
The law is going to go after everyone from the docs, pharmacists, drug company sales reps, distributors and manufacturers.
I say go for it. A sales rep filling orders for that much product had to know something was up and either was in the know or willfully ignorant.
The law is going to go after everyone from the docs, pharmacists, drug company sales reps, distributors and manufacturers.
I say go for it. A sales rep filling orders for that much product had to know something was up and either was in the know or willfully ignorant.
the "charity docs" were providing unbilled healthcare for those who would not have otherwise been able to afford it.
the CD's "made up the difference" with their "pill mill". waaay back in the day, my wife's grandfather doctor did the same thing.
hundreds of Depression-Era pregnancies and births were "paid for" by laudanum and paregoric prescriptions given to the High-Society Ladies of that day.
yes, there was some chickens and potatoes bartering, but the Opioids Paid for most of the charity work (he refused to bill some). i am not saying that
ALL of the pill-mills did this. i am saying that sometimes things are not black and white. there's some gray in there somewhere.
the CD's "made up the difference" with their "pill mill". waaay back in the day, my wife's grandfather doctor did the same thing.
hundreds of Depression-Era pregnancies and births were "paid for" by laudanum and paregoric prescriptions given to the High-Society Ladies of that day.
yes, there was some chickens and potatoes bartering, but the Opioids Paid for most of the charity work (he refused to bill some). i am not saying that
ALL of the pill-mills did this. i am saying that sometimes things are not black and white. there's some gray in there somewhere.
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Interesting perspective turkeydance.
When I was in catering with a local eatery, many of our customers were pharmaceutical reps. Some of the medical offices, nice modern ones, were fairly regular recipients. But, this one tiny little run down hole in the wall office, on a side street, received more meals from more reps than any other office, by far.
When I was in catering with a local eatery, many of our customers were pharmaceutical reps. Some of the medical offices, nice modern ones, were fairly regular recipients. But, this one tiny little run down hole in the wall office, on a side street, received more meals from more reps than any other office, by far.
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I still find myself having a hard time getting past the part where “government” has no business telling people what they can and can’t ingest. Unless the quacks, who I’m no fan of in general for other reasons, were knowingly and intentionally harming others I would seriously contemplate a refusal to convict. Now, depending on the circumstances, I could see them knowingly harming others for profit. What @turkeydance desctibed does not fit that bill.
What is "knowingly and intentionally harming others"?
My BIL is a pain pill addict whose addiction started after a knee replacement. Physical therapy was "uncomfortable" so he skipped it after surgery and his doctor gave him pain pills because the knee hurt. His knee predictably failed to heal and function properly, so his doctor gave him more pain pills on a continuing basis for his knee pain. Stumping around on his near-useless knee for a few years damaged his hip (which can't be fixed for other reasons) and his doctor gave him even more pills for his hip pain.
Is the old country doctor intentionally trying to harm my BIL? I seriously doubt it; they are pals and my BIL has been his patient for about 60 years. Does the doctor have a profit motive? That is highly doubtful considering the pittance he charges my BIL for office visits and he sometimes writes scripts for my BIL after they run into each other at a store or restaurant. But instead of really dealing with my BIL's medical problems, the doctor takes the easy or lazy path of shutting my BIL up by giving him happy pills.
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