American doctor sends brutal warning to the public: Money, marketing and legislation are fueling the opioid epidemic
by: L.J. Devon
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Practicing physician Ronald Hirsch is fed up with all the incessant marketing and over-prescription of opioid painkillers going on in the field of medicine. He knows that big money is influencing the incessant marketing of opioids. Hospital staff members are often trained to try and please patients by offering them pain relief at every opportunity. Vague patient-reported pain rating scales are highly inaccurate, not evidence-based, and do not seek to find the causes. This leads to over-prescription, abuse and complete ignorance of safe pain management strategies.
This incessant opioid marketing is driving patients to dependence on the pills, even in the riskiest circumstances, such as exposing fetal development to opioids during pregnancy (potentially leading to birth defects). As public ignorance grows, and doctors become more like drug pushers, something different has to be done. There must be some form of accountability, especially as drug companies like Purdue Pharmaceuticals continue to rake in billions selling their opioids, at the expense of their patients’ long-term failing health and opioid dependence.
As the prescription opioid epidemic intensifies, calls for accountability mount
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