re: "The Pharmacist"... Netflix Documentary Premiered Today!

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dilaudid Yea, when people say prescribed heroin. This is the stuff. I had that after back surgery. Unbelievable

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In my dental school prescription class (not our main pharmacology course, but a smaller course about the stuff you’ll actually prescribe in common practice), they straight up told us not to prescribe dilaudid. Too addictive and stronger than needed for dental pain. I remember when Oxycontin first came on the scene. Had very few patients brave enough to ask for it, but no way in hell were we writing that.

Two patients that were known druggies died from Oxy overdoses, though they obviously didn’t get it from me. But both were obvious druggies - come in with a legit problem, get antibiotics and a few days of hydrocodone, then fail to show for their appointment and always call to try to get a refill. Or they are allergic to everything you try to prescribe - the only thing they can take is...uhh...can’t remember the name.....Oxy-something. They were always very easy to spot.