Doctors Tackle the Opioid Crisis | New Amsterdam | MD TV
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- As more and more patients are getting addicted and overdosing on prescribed opiates, Dr Goodwin rebels against a pharmaceutical giant in order to start tackling the crisis.
From New Amsterdam Season 2 Episode 15 'Double Blind' - When tasked with turning the opioid epidemic around, Max shuts down the ED and proposes a massive change; Sharpe goes to great lengths to prove a point.
New Amsterdam (2018) After becoming the medical director of one of the United States's oldest public hospitals, Dr Max Goodwin sets out to reform the institution's neglected and outdated facilities to treat the patients.
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This episode really humanised Karen, it gave her a dimension that not only appreciates Max's chaos but sees it for the wholesale good it can do if allowed.
🤮the two getting together
This series will end after a 13-episode fifth season.
The only good Karen I've ever seen.
@@judithryle2113 It's her and Kapoor, silly goose.
@@d.fiammata538 yea unfortunately Dr. Kapor off the left the show before that could turn into something although that would have been interesting.
New Amsterdam covers a lot of modern issues but it’s also so damn funny sometimes, especially all the craziness Max gets up to. Cracks me up every time.
I started watching the show after this clip and the context of knowing the characters makes the exchange of telling Lauren he’s going to end the opioid epidemic 1000x funnier.
@@Meanie74 There's nothing funny about the opioid epidemic.
@@jdub-uz3ql well that’s not what I said was funny so
It genuinely warms my heart seeing all the doctors in the comments standing up for chronic pain patients. I've had countless terrible experiences with doctors who assumed the worst and treated me like less than a person because of my chronic pain. My pain is completely debilitating and leaves me bedridden if it's not managed.
But I'm seeing so many doctors in these comments that understand that these are genuine medications that some patients just need to survive
So I just wanted to make this comment to thank all of you who understand that
You're incredible and our medical industry needs more of you 🙏❤️
I really thought new Amsterdam wouldn't sink so low!!! Absolutely disgusting and despicable. And I was just getting into it, too!
@@honorakelly5289 they do discuss it in a later episode. There's an online call with Max and a bunch of chronically ill people who tell him how much harder their lives are since the hospital stopped using opioids.
Same here!
@@criptastical that’s good
Opioids are needed, but the point of this episode was to show that even hospitals are at the mercy of big pharma if they step out of line. I mean most of us here in the states would rather die than call an ambulance as an example cause making money is more important than healthcare.
This is probably one of the most moving things that I have ever seen. As someone who has been effected by the opioid crisis and who works in healthcare, there is a constant tug-a-war going on.
I was addicted to Opioids at just 14, due to a severe trauma incident that left me near crippled. I gave up and gave in to my sorrows, and the pills were the only thing keeping me going. It was when a friend from my old high school reached out to me and started coming around again, that I decided to fight back and reclaim my life. From the pills and from my limitations. Eight years later, and that friend is now my partner, and I owe everything to her.
To those that are still in that dark place: Fight, fight with every fiber of your being. Live to see the next day, because it's worth doing. Don't write the last chapter to your story when the book has so many pages left. You only rob yourself of seeing how it's meant to end.
I’m gonna cry reading this
The ending had me sobbing. I had lost friends to addiction and I hope anyone going through it can fight can overcome this 😢😢😢 I’ve attended way too many funerals 😔
Opioids, while an awful thing, can also be a miracle for people going through intense pain. Pain beyond what most people can imagine. Like my Grandmother for example. She recently had her hip replaced after riding bone-on-bone for about a year. She will get better eventually, but for now, without her Oxycodone, she'd be writhing in pain, unable to stand, sit, or speak without bursting into tears. That exact thing would sometimes happen before the surgery, and before any kind of medication. I absolutely agree with the sentiment here.
Yeah, I get it but you don't figure in the afterward here. Afterward, they want more and more because they get overprescribed to these pain medications. When they can't get more they get into harder drugs. Then they end up junkies on the street, homeless. There have to be other ways to treat pain.
@@MsLovestory01 funny how in other countries, this doesnt seem to be as much an issue. Opiods are insanely important, as pain give insane complains and easily lead to death. (For example develope pneumonia from breathing swallow).
It just suprises me so much that appreantly, in the USA you get it for such a prolonged time people get depended on them.
Honestly, from experience with my mom and family friends, it’s not the duration. They get you pumped full of the opioid, a high dose, right off the bat. And they tell you to top yourself up every single time you feel even the slightest bit of pain, before you feel it, if it’s coming on. And it stays that way!! They never lower the dosage, or the times a day they should take it, it’s not limited. When it’s finally time to come off the drug… they don’t know whether they’re feeling the pain anymore, cause the meds had them so messed up, and they perceive any left over pains as well as withdrawal symptoms as the severe agony they were going through before and need the drugs back. They can get hooked after just a few weeks of the regiment
Your 👵 situation mirrors my own. Hip surgery revealed bones polished smooth from nearly 2 years of constant, grinding pain. 2 mo. after hip replacement, I was off all opiates, and maintained on Aleve. My surgeon was shocked and relieved with my progress.
@@rosiedavey2497 When I give opiods to any patient, we closely monitor their exact pain scores and build it down as fast as we can. For example, go for a mid strong NSAID. Maybe that is a diffrence.
Yeah, that cutting off of supplies doesn't seem legal.
Yeah, I agree with you there
They'll just get heroin. In reality, they need to be looking at real research for opioid dependence. There are some coming down the pipe, but there isn't any money in curing opioid dependence.
It's in the grey area
It is not but all they have to do is say that "Do to the high demand and we were unable to supply them with the needed equipment". They're basically saying that without the contract they can't make the amount that they originally made since they don't have it on some variant of file. They make just enough to fill all the contract orders so that they can control the market, and have the upper hand when making a new contract with a hospital.
An it's all perfectly legal. Just not moral.
Never seen this show. Seen a few clips. That whole sequence was emotional. I lost the mother of my child to opioids, and so many other friends and family.
The ending hit hard. It seems like that woman is usually the hard ass antagonist but is revealed here to have her own experience? Love it
Get the opioids off the street, quit attacking the doctors for trying to treat surgery and chronic pain patients.
@@OneGodApostolic210 Where in their comment did they attack the doctors? They never mentioned any doctors.
@@SamSparks95 I never said they attacked the doctors. Where do you think the patients are getting their opioids from in this show? In the real world people are dying from street drugs.
This is the best show I have seen in years!! I became disabled in the '90s after I broke my neck I left the doctor's office with a script of pain medicine. No refills as a retired nurse a rehab myself cuz I knew I could push myself more than any therapist could. About 2003 I suffered a severe back injury where the doctors actually had to straighten out my spine. For a year the best I could do was crawl to make it to the bathroom and I still tried to put on my medicine fix my hair. During this time I went to Vicodin finally I went to oxycodone then I want oxycodone 80 mg and when I started getting better I completely took myself off the oxycodone and the withdrawals were worse than you could ever imagine. But I was paying 1200 to $1,800 a month for pain medicine. I told my pain management doctor to go back to Vicodin and now since Congress changed the loss. It is now harder for me to get pain medication I'm talking two or three Vicodin in a day I live in bed 24/7 cuz I'm in so much pain but doctors don't want to give disabled senior citizens pain medications anymore. It would actually be easier and cheaper for me just to go on the street and buy fentanyl. The US has to look at the drug problem! The problem is the people abusing drugs not the disabled..
The ending really got to me 🥺😢
I know. I just had this inkling that something was pushing her to want to do this. I figured maybe she had fought an addiction but, I assume it’s her sister. Also the little kids note was so sad.
@@ThatHuskyStorm addiction is dark and doesn’t discriminate I was a heavy drug user and because of it I have all these health problems I’ve had many surgeries most recent emergency surgery for a lung collapsed since there was a hole in it put me in a coma almost killed me been sober 5 years and I wouldn’t wish addiction even to my worst enemy
Grassroots uprising
A doctor here and I want to say that there is too much fear, taboo and unnecessary hate for opioids now. For chronic patients they are literally a life saver.
Thank you for your comment, doctor. I'm terminally ill, and am in pain non-stop. My pain management doctor and I finally came up with a combination of two meds (smallest doses of each, taken together) that allows me to take an occasional shower - or maybe even sit up for a bit when I have company, on a good day. It's sad that my quality of life depends on medications, but I'm not alone in this; most of the people in my support group are in the same boat. And yet, all of us have horror stories about our medications being forcibly tapered or stopped altogether, without warning. Why?? None of us will live long enough to have to worry about addiction, that's for sure!
I agree. As someone whose suffered chronic pain for over 20 years after a spinal injury and surgery, it's a necessary treatment for many. But we're treated like pariah if we ask for a tiny increase after years of the exact same dose, taking it responsibly and never abusing it. I take a minimal pain med and just live with 60% of my pain due to the potential humiliation I may suffer for requesting something different or stronger. There has to be a better way.
If they are prescribed according to the instructions, they become addictive. If the company didn't pretend they could last 12 hours, they'd never have been approved. It is a broken system.
Thankyou, as someone with chronic nerve pain, while I was waiting on finding alternative treatments those paid meds were the only thing that stopped me from ending my life due to the severity of the pain. I didnt like the feeling of being on them but until my nerve pain finally got diagnosed and I finally got put on gabapentin (took 2 years) I couldnt manage the pain any other way, and as soon as i got put on the gabapentin and my pain was controlled I no longer took them. But because of my pain and the stigma attached to opiods I got faced with so much discrimination, and it took longer to find a diagnosis and treatment because doctors kept dismissing me as a teen drug addict and refusing to help me. Left me with significant ptsd after a particularly barbaric episode.
I've been taken off opiods suddenly after 8 years of prescriptions, I've been told I'm too young AND they won't help chronic pain. I am housebound now. definitely too young for that.
Ryan eggold is such a brilliant actor. The black list should have never let him go but I love him in this show too 😅😂
that one post sent chills then all the posts on the board was amazingly sad
My mom was on an opioid for a long time due to her chronic pain and disability, She was so afraid of becoming addicted to it that she kept such a tight and rigorous schedule , she kept to it. Now she has been forced off the meds due to her age and she is in constant pain. I get the fear and the dangers of Opioids I have seen first hand what it does but I don't want to see my mom in agony anymore.
Your mom could very well be in agony, either due to her condition or her body has now become dependent on opiods. TBH either way she should have some kind of managment system. Something like what recoverying heroin addicts get. They get methadone treatments because their litterally cannot live without some kind of heroin in their system.
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@@cflotronsong exactly what Dr Kolodny wanted all pain patients being treated like they are addicts and going to mehadone clinicss
This episode seems to have done a solid job showing why the profit motive is fundamentally detrimental to proper health care. Corporations are not allowed to pursue the public good if it negatively affects their shareholders. Medical care will never improve substantially until it is unchained from the pursuit of private wealth.
Just what I hate when people who really need pain pills cannot get them because they take it out on the wrong group of people when it comes to tightening the laws.
The best part they actually addressed this very point in a later episode and Max makes a better reform policy regarding opioids a little more monitoring from the doctors prescribing the pills and watermarking all the opioids coming out of the hospital to ensure there not being sold on the street
I lost my cousin last year to opioids, she was in her early 20's. 😪 She deserved the world, but was taken so young. I myself fought through an addiction after a major back surgery, I lost so much, but thankfully had a wonderful friend that helped and supported me through it all. The drug companies are all too happy to hand out the drugs as long as those profits keep rolling in. It is not fair, and it is a terrible disease, by terrible people. If someone you know is going through this problem, the last thing they need is your judgement or hate, help them, we are all only human, and may just be one good person away from recovery, or just one bad person away from death.
I am sorry people are addicted, but there is chronic pain patients who don't abuse opioids and need them for some quality of life.
I absolutely LOVE the passion that Max has!
We have had addiction for a very long time and some people no matter what you do will feed their addiction. As far as I’m concerned after 34 years as a registered nurse I accept that I can’t stop all this at the same time I recognize that there are people with chronic pain they simply cannot function without opioids!
exactly, there needs to be something better. Chronic pain is debilitating but the drugs are just as bad.
Even the people that need to take pain meds can’t even get them because of….so they suffer . It’s crazy though.
@@angelar.2088 You are 100% spot on! They’ve gotten ridiculous. I have a terminal patient that I was giving morphine to and they couldn’t ask for it but they were in pain and I got criticized for that. I sure hope things go good for you God bless.
Aren't there like, some very careful treatment plan that slowly reduces the amount of pain meds they'll need bit by bit until they have very minimal need of it or don't need it at all because having constant doses only numbs you to that dose and you'll need more and more or something?
shrooms has been shown to be very successful at treating addiction, unfortunately its not legal yet
My friend passed away from a drug OD. It has broken me because I am also a chronic pain patient and get treated like I am a drug seeker when I have multiple health problems
Like the Doc said it wasn't a problem in back in 96" but I think the companies putting cut on it to increase the profit and putting people at risk that actually need them.
This show never fails to make me cry
Fully stopping the use of opioids to manage even temporary severe pain is so stupid. Just because some people become addicted doesn’t mean that people should suffer in pain
I think the biggest thing to remembers is the people who are outright abusing these drugs are making the conscious choice to do so. People actually in pain have no reason to suffers for others poor choices
@@joshdeveaux6936 I’m a recovering drug addict and heroin was my DOC. I started with pain pills bc of my physical pain but it wasn’t that I was out of pain that drove me to stick a needle of poison in my veins it was the high that I got abusing it. That doesn’t mean I should have to suffer in massive agony just because I also enjoy hanging dope
@@Wodensdsy I completely all agree all drugs should be legal I’m just saying their logic doesn’t even work you ykwis
Yeah but Max wasn't stopping them from prescribing other pain meds he just wanted them to stop over prescribing Oxycodone there are a lot of situations that require pain meds but that doesn't mean it has to be Oxy
@@Wodensdsy Tbf they later tackled badly restricting opioids to much for chronicly pain
I guess different places are different. I live in SC in the US. Literally there are no doctors here who prescribe opioid anymore. Even in serious surgeries like heart surgery, you have to beg your doctor for anything at all. So I think in alot of places the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction and it's not good.
Exactly. Ive been in chronic pain for years upon years and none will prescribe opiates. Even something as weak. I’ve had to turn to kratom to help. Which is a miracle. But they’re trying to ban that too
I'm in NC and when I had my wisdom teeth removed they gave me something for the pain. It didn't work and ended up vomiting from being in so much pain. Thankfully I ended up have left of opioids from another surgery and used those. But from my experiance, and a friend's as well who where perscribed those med they nevered worked at all. She was litterally over dosing to get a little relief from the pain.
That was so deeply heart touching
This episode brought so many emotions to forefront boyfriend made me 1st and foremost want to say how sorry I am to those families who may be reading this comments section and are having to deal with addiction of any sort whether be obioids alcohol anything I sincerely apologize to you all and hope that you have the strength to hold on and that your family member or friend has the strength to overcome addiction
Just so everyone knows: The IRL counterpart of the Nylers are the Sackler family. So you know who to be angry at.
doctors got my grandma hooked on opioids for like 15 years then refused to give her anything for pain when she was on her death bed because of her previous use lol
that is plain cruel.
Whats more important money or loved ones?
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❤❤❤❤ amo essa série.
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This episode is huge. I have chronic pain from a car accident that almost killed me as a child. Too many people have chronic pain. Most people have never heard of suboxone. It is also impossible to get a doctor to prescribe suboxone long term for chronic pain. Which is so frustrating. I have serious pain every day and I don't want to take opioids because they are so bad for your body I know I was on them for years. Ugh.
Suboxone is addicting too, they are finding out maybe more so.
"I want to see how much damage you can get up to."
"Challenge accepted :) "
I lost a lot of friends and family to opioid addiction.. this hits like a frait-train.
This clip is SO telling. The fact that all those medical directors got up and walked out of the room at the end shows that they don't care about their patients as much as they do about profits.
It used to be that hospitals were there to treat patients, and the smaller amounts of money paid in were to order supplies and pay doctors. not keep a profit margin.
Why be surprise! 🙄
That surprises you?
I don't fully see the same thing: it's not that they don't care about the patients; it's that they have to care in a different way. Their job is to keep the hospital running, and that means money and budgets come first. They probably want to help, but a) they don't truly know how, and b) Max's idea was just more of a fart in the wind - a grand idea with little to go on, more of an end result.
If they only cared about profits, then having a "competing" hospital unable to perform duties, and eventually get hit to the ground might be good for business, thus would not be a wise decision to rip their contracts up.
Two weeks I was on opioids after my surgery, my grandma had to take it away. For about two weeks afterward I was more depressed than I ever felt in my life, I could not do anything. While I was taking it, I remember feeling good but not that it was that great, I was creeped out by the minor hallucinations I was having. But after two weeks I still wanted it. I lost my dad in spirit to opioids, he's still alive and not on them anymore but he isn't the same person. He struggles a lot.
Não perco essa série muito boa .
WOW, this clip had me in tears. I hate my empathetic side.
Had a friend who was an addict for over a decade. He doesn’t blame “The Nylers” for his addiction at all. He’s happy they pushed it so much so he never had to turn to actual dope. Pills have a much better quality control and it’s a lot harder to Od
I am crying it reminded me of my grandma dee
Opioids do work & they shouldn't be demonized BUT it is over prescribed which is the problem. Not everyone needs them & we should definitely explore alternative treatments, like cannabis for example.
We’re in New York unfortunately they prescribed me that after my pain from my Surgry for the pain and while I hear of this all the time of the addiction and stuff I couldn’t see myself getting addicted and retaking that after the first time. Made me feel awful beyond awful
I’m registered nurse and 34 years, don’t feel guilty take the medication as prescribed I want to make this real clear you need it do you understand what I’m telling you need it. When you’re paying from your surgery subsides then don’t take it anymore flush it down the damn toilet.
My father got a back surgery before I was born. He spiraled into addiction, becoming a different person before I ever got to know him. Got a DV charge because of his use and went to prison, lost everything. Before addiction he pioneered the tech industry, extremely smart, worked with large companies and celebrities. When he died his house was filled with pill bottles and signs he used inhalants. At the end he could barley walk without stumbling, and was nodding off during our once-a-week visitations. I regret not hugging him more and telling him how much i love him. Miss you dad :(
Omg I'm sorry but I have good hearing and this episode drove me crazy that none stop buzzing is painful
Medical personel need to care enough to be sure of what medication they give and to whom.medicines work,but only when properly prescribed to people who actually need them.this is why doctors have to care to help,or people suffer if they don't.
Her character as Karen on New Amsterdam is so different than her prior role on Grey’s Anatomy as George’s mom!
My favorite line of the day wonderful do u want a cookie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh man, I haven't watched this episode for so long, and it still is a slap, a punch, and a sledgehammer to the face.
9:27 Bro why am I crying I the club rn?
I remember her as George's mother on Grey's Anatomy also
Now let’s see this happen in real hospitals
While not recent, my daughter is addicted to morphine, as a result of her open heart surgery when she was an infant. I was there when they took her off of it the first time… and the withdrawal nearly killed her. We had to ween her off of it for a month. Dealing with the withdrawal. And then continuing with a replacement for another 2. She was on pain meds for another year and a half, slowly weening her off. Have to be careful with any pain medication. There will be a time soon where she will have to deal with the addiction again, as she’ll be due for a replacement valve, but so far, we’ve managed. The use of them is so needed, but follow up to prevent outright abuse is lacking in so many instances.
I pray for those that need them be able to not fall into abuse of them.
she was dependent on morphine, addiction and dependence is different. addiction is when you keep wanting to take more to get high.
I honestly don’t get it, why give opioids so freely? In Portugal we only give opioids to terminal patients, everything else, including surgeries are treated with paracetamol and anti-inflammatory.
Because pharmacies in the US heavily incentivized doctors to over-prescribe opioids to patients which led to addiction and death while assuring the public that opioids weren't addictive, this meant that the pharmaceutical companies made lots of money at the cost of people's health. If you're interested I recommend looking up more about the opioid crisis in the US and how it started.
@@megaman32345 also hospitals hand out patient survey's and punish doctors that have low scores from unhappy parents who can act petty when they don't go the desired treatment or prescription
When I saw the child’s letter I lost it😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Yeah, I would react the same way 😂 0:53
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Unlike some people, I don't have a condition with a cure. Ironically, it's also not fatal. I will likely live into my 80s if my family's genetics are any indication. I'm in pain every day, all day. Every. Day. My doctors can't prescribe opioids because the people who oversee them, who are likely NOT doctors, give them the hairy eyeball if they do. No exceptions based on the patient's condition. I can understand if you have an accident or surgery you're supposed to eventually wean off of the pain meds but that doesn't cover every situation.
An interesting thing to try is to locate the overseers and bring a malpractice lawsuit against them. They won't have malpractice insurance to pay off a claim either.
How many times were Sacklers and Purdue pharma mentioned in this episode?
Every time they mentioned Nyler. Obviously couldn't use the real companies names!
I had a catastrophic back injury in 2008. My doc prescribed opiods. Took me all of 4 days to become addicted and almost 2 weeks to detox. NEVER again.
Some people need them. But everyone’s body is different. Some people have addictive personalities and can’t help themselves from taking more than prescribed. I’m glad you realized they weren’t for you and got away from it. Stick with Tylenol for your pain.
@@allthingscandles4053 It was actually a government issued Medical Marijuana license that helped me the most. In 2008 in Canada an MMAR license was not easy to get. You had to go to a legitimate doctor, do multiple tests and wait. And wait. And wait some more. And that was only if you could find a doctor who agrees that marijuana is a legitimate medicine. Fortunately I'd had the same doctor for a decade before my accident. He saw what the pills had done and he also saw the extensive research I had done and presented to him showing that I knew what I was talking about and had proof that it worked. I was the first person he'd authorized a permit for but I'm thrilled to report that I was not the last. Now that pot is legal in Canada you don't need the card anymore but it definitely helped me for the decade before it became legal.
@@caseymacmacl7463 well I am glad that you found something that helps you! I have to do daily stretches and I take Tylenol when I have an occasional ache. (I don’t like taking any medication) I believe it’s harmful for your liver and kidneys. Also marijuana didn’t work for me as it gives me severe anxiety! But it helps some people :)
@@allthingscandles4053 My left Sciatic nerve is damaged beyond repair and I'm in what my doctor calls intractable pain every hour of every day. I also have CVS (cyclic vomiting syndrome) from the pain and the marijuana wipes it right out.
Gostaria de ver todos os dias .
I’m a lake person because I have an RN as a husband and he never let’s us take more than what is extremely necessary
1:00 those are the most regrettable words in history
I think we can all agree that oxy isn’t the villain, the pharmaceutical industry is.
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they could give the patients shrooms. shrooms have been shown to treat or even cure addictions and the lady did say to break any law he needs to
Maravilha
I wish they had Adele on more and a proper send off for her. She was such a good character.
Tbf they later tackled badly restricting opioids to much for chronicly ill
Anyone knows the song at the end?
there is a time and place to provide opioids to patients and i think the bigger problem is the fact that some doctors hand them out like they are candy while others refuse to hand them out at all. i have a friend with chronic pain and without opioids she wouldn’t be able to function in college. doctors should have special courses geared towards how many opioids someone receives after surgery, have anyone on opioids have regular visits to ensure addiction doesn’t occur, and learn to recognize the signs of someone who is addicted. people in chronic pain shouldn’t have to suffer because some doctors and people misuse opioids.
If the doctors give opioids after a surgery, and you abuse it, iis your fault not the doctors. Now people have to suffer because some people abused opioids.
As someone who was prescribed opiods for pain during treatment for cancer, I can tell you that they're a life saver for many; but for some, they can, and will kill you. My cousin died of a fentanyl overdose. The heroin he shot up was laced with it. He died seconds after shooting up in a McDonald's bathroom. He was schizophrenic, and was self medicating with heroin and alcohol.
A few years ago my city was called the drug overdose capital of the US. People I’ve known my whole life died. My mother was having a heart attack and went to the er. They thought she was drug seeking and let her suffer in pain. She had 99% blockage. She never took drugs in her life.
I know that this is just a TV show but imagine if all the doctors and nurses and everyone else in the NHS tore their contracts up and put them on the Health security's door. They might finally be listened to!
The best thing to do with big business is to stand up to them and let them know you will not be pushed around. Falter in that, and they will one hundred percent push you around the second you threaten profits, no matter your reason for doing so. Not against people using opioids for their pain, I am against companies like this profiting off essential medications and putting profits over patients.
This is why in Australia we never let pharmaceutical companies take our health care system over, we never let private companies take over public systems… because we are honest regardless of who is in power, for we chose to put the lives and freedom of our people over monetary gain.
Isn’t West Australia owned by an oil company? It’s great that your healthcare isn’t a mafia. But the economy sure is not immune to destructive companies
@@yucol5661 correct, we have private company issues with mining and industry… which is why the Labor party is trying to stop such, but… Liberal party got away with it from 2012-May, 2022.
I think a portion of the money pharamceutical companies make should be donated to drug treatment programs!!!
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Live in Europe. Here in my country opioids are hard to get. Mind you not imposible but hard to get. Mostly for end stage disease paitients in so much agony nothing else would take. My aunt was on fentanil when she passed away but God did her cancer get to her at the end. No one should suffer that kind of pain if we can manadge it.
Before you start selling drugs, you need to create a demand. There is a demand for opioids - WHY?
And why is there no demand for the drugs you are selling - why?
you fix the problem, start enforcing federal laws on major if not all pharmaceutical companies,
As someone who lives with daily pain, and has loved ones with chronic lifelong pain. Thank you so much for making every day harder because the pain killers that work are now outlawed.
I also work in the medical field and you can't just go with no opioid whatsoever, it's absurd and saved many lives. You can do a lot to help end the crisis but just ending the use in a hospital completely is stupid.
Opioids are needed, but the point of this episode was to show that even hospitals are at the mercy of big pharma if they step out of line. I mean most of us here in the states would rather die than call an ambulance as an example cause making money is more important than healthcare.
Some ppl do need opioids they really hurt! But Suboxone is frowned upon! But it has saved millions of ppl!!
That company has no damn right to put money over patient care. All for profit at the expense of peoples lives.
Some people can't have other choices of pain medication as well as antibiotics. Reason they have sulfur. Some peopke can't have Nsaids because nsaids can cause bleeding, a hole or ulcers in the lower intestines or their pouches Roux En Y gastric bypass. The only choice or option is an opiad.
5:35 Martha jones
So like, what is the cause of opioid addiction? I took hydrocodone after a surgery and didn't have issues. I'm not trying to be rude or insulting, I'm genuinely not sure.
people wanting to get high, same reason people drink.
opioids affects everyone
this is what you call group speak others do what they say others do.
For all of you defending opioids for chronic pain, heres the other side of that coin: ive repeatedly been prescribed inordinatly excessive amounts of opioids for minor procedures and even demanding that the doctor keep doses to a minimum or not prescribe them at all. I could easily have become one of the photos on that wall if it werent for my own skepticism of doctors in general and self-control. Ive surrendered months worth of this stuff. Thats how people get addicted. All medicine, even opioids have legitimate use, but it needs to be CONTROLLED.
I wish this was real
Fk did this episode ever hit Home….. been in recovery since 2018 from opioids ❤ 🖕🏻 pharmaceuticals
I’m an er freek I watched so much er on tv I could of be a doctor and give saboxone to save a life and do cpr
I don't understand why we can't keep them from being sold in the country illegally.
Is there no other type of medication available that deals with pain effectively.
So, you call the Devil, ask him for his next move and now you scream?
Not everyone abuses their pain medication. Drug addicts mixes their medication with street drugs,& alcohol. They always want a high. Pain patient only want pain control do they can participate in family life or be able to go to work.
Suboxone does save lives! LIVES!