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thats fucked up. they should just prescribe it to anyone.

• whatshisface 4y ago
  Medication doesn't work like potions in a role playing game, there are usually side effects.
  • scarmig 4y ago
    Fewer and less severe than obesity, in the case of semaglutide.
  • throwaway0a5e 4y ago
    Enough weed turns you into some version of a deadbeat. Alcohol has a hangover and a lot is bad for your liver. Most nicotine delivery mechanisms are expensive and really bad for you. Caffeine creates a dependency. If people are ok with the tradeoffs they should be able to go for it. It's not like this is back alley drug dealing. If people are getting these drugs from their GP or over the counter then they can be informed.
    • PeterStuer 4y ago
      "It's not like this is back alley drug dealing." Honestly, I feel the more you delve into the pharma business, the less it seems to differ from back alley drug dealing, apart from the marketing & lobbying budgets.
      • whatshisface 4y ago
        The three-party (patient, doctor, drug company) drug selling relationship is fraught with a lot of conflicts of interest that two-party relationships (buyer and seller) are not, unless you have a really good doctor. Too bad there is no way to find them!
        • Handytinge 4y ago
          There's heaps of ways. For a starter, don't live in a country where doctors can get kickbacks.
  • P_I_Staker 4y ago
    No, the way it works is they don't prescribe to people that need it. Meanwhile, the weekend party people can get whatever they want. Easy not to look like you're drug seeking when you don't actually need the meds.
    • nradov 4y ago
      Do you have actual evidence that doctors are refusing to prescribe? Usually they're only concerned with drug seeking in the case of controlled substances.
      • P_I_Staker 4y ago
        I was talking about controlled substances, but the principle is the same, except in the authors example, doctors hesitate to prescribe because of off-label interest.
        • nradov 4y ago
          The principle isn't even remotely the same. Most physicians won't hesitate to prescribe.
          • P_I_Staker 4y ago
            The principle is exactly the same. Physicians missprescribe med, and society follows up by under-prescribing meds. This is the principle I as talking about and it lines up just fine. The difference is that you're saying it's different "because controlled substances". Yes this is a difference, but as far as I'm concerned this is simply arbitrary, as it's a different authority making decrees (vs. doctors just deciding on their own) I'm talking about the policy as a whole. I'm not interested in asking the various stakeholders why, only to have them point fingers at each other.
            • nradov 4y ago
              You're just making up nonsense. There is no such policy.