Message from @CallMeBlondie
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And thank you for answering my question. A large part of the reason I signed up here was because Tim seems like a decent guy who actually cares
I’m not violent at all
I’m not the protest type either
Oh, the opioid debate
Tim really does seem to be doing his best to understand issues, and he gets a lot of respect from me for that, even when I think he's wrong.
As a medical provider I think we've swung too far the other way now
I also am 10th Amendment Cat for a reason. Regulation of professions is not enumerated in the Constitution and therefore authority to regulate it resides with the states and not the federal gov't.
Thank you! I cannot tell you how many patients are considering or have taken their own lives because of this
I understand the FDA and regulation of medications that are part of commerce
Which is a shame.
Solid statistics would be nice.
But regulating what I can prescribe is supposed to be a state decision
I know, I have them in my notes. I’ll get them for you as soon as I can
It really is a shame how many constitutional clauses get ignored/reinterpreted for convenience these days.
Rick Scott is such a butt head
Yes, there are a lot of frightened people out there. That said we got really stupid as a nation with opioids.
He actually thinks he’s a doctor
Yes, two of my cousins are drug addicts
But, two other are vets who now cannot get the meds they need
Opioids need to be used responsibly and we forgot that from about 1995 through about 2015
And now the health insurance companies aren’t covering the drugs, the chain pharmacies refuse to fill them and the mom and pop shoppers get all the pain scripts, which looks suspicious to the DEA. I don’t know what the answer is?
Sorry to be a downer. I had to ask. Return to your normal conversations now 👍🏻
No, this is an important conversation to have.
Absolutely. Very timely.
And Cat, the sad thing about the 10th Amendment is, the ones who uphold it will always be at a disadvantage to those who ignore it.
Yeah
Look at Goldwater. Amazing man. Totally comitted to the rights and freedoms of individuals.
Got blown out by that crook Johnson.
You should speak with Rye.
He's so absolutely in favor of federalism you have to suspect he might be a separatist at times.
But he's got lots of arguments and history in his head about the 10th.
As far as opioids, I see much of the problem that we don't want providers to actually spend time with patients anymore. If we have to see 6 patients an hour then the way to do it is give people in pain opioids and people with colds antibiotics. We get what we pay for - an opioid epidemic and superbugs.
Very true, cat.
You are a cool cat
Patients come in demanding those meds and will literally scream at us about bad care when we don't. Since with many insurances we're paid based on quality measures which include satisfaction, there's a perverse incentive to just prescribe whatever as long as it's relatively cheap. Give everyone opioids and antibiotics and you get paid more and the insurance company is happy with you and your patients say good things.
Actually dig into what patients *really* need and they hate you, the insurance fires you, and you can't pay off your $200,000 in student loans
Yeah. Used to be a doctor told patients what they need.
Now patients think they can tell doctors what they want.
Well, that's what the pharma companies tell them during every single &*(#% commercial break.
Sigh