November 18, 2009 - 6:59pm
I'm sure everyone on this site knows how terribly the media portrays pain meds and certain prescription meds. The amount of mis-information that is spewed into the general public has created a nation full of uneducated, biased people when it comes to the meds discussed daily on this site.
I happened to watch this episode from "American Greed", where it shows a Pain Management Dr cheating the system. The show is after the Dr for over-billing insurance companies, overmedicating patients, murder and other various types of fraud. But what really caught my attention was they way narrator described pain meds. Making them seem horrible and how could anyone be prescribed thes medications. Like the way he says, "and even, Oxycontin", da da dumm...(scary music)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/80721/american-greed-6-million-art-heist?c=1517
- If you happen to have a few minutes (actually about 20) please take a look at this video. Afterwards maybe you can let me know what you think about the story. I was more interested in the pain management part, more so than the fraud aspect (As I'm sure medical fraud is more prevelant than most people expect)...Oh, also in reference to his pain contract, he has a sheet that basically says he is not responsible if you happen to overdose. Do any of you pain contracts contain that literature? This guy was obivously in it to win it, not in it for the long run..He was very barbaric
Anyways, any comments or insight you have I would like to hear them. Thank you
Some of you might have heard of this story, Dr. Jorge Matinez
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November 18, 2009 - 10:37pm
#2
Im liking this Hulu site even
Im liking this Hulu site even more than I did at first. Thanks for the link! It has episodes of many shows and the current season too. It loads super fast for streaming video On the official sites and other places you can only see last season that is out on DVD. For some reason my DVR didnt record the episode of a show I like to watch and Hulu has it, commercial free. Very cool.
November 18, 2009 - 11:10pm
#3
hulu is good
I have never been to Hulu before, very cool site.
The doctor was so driven by greed that he put his patients lives at risk, absolute insanity, but seems to be becoming the "American Way" so to speak. The USA thrives on selling the cheapest product at the highest price and that selfish strategy makes people millions like the Waltons. Then we have the media, where heart ache and misery sell so they respresent the very worst side of pain management they can. When do we ever see stories about people that have ragained their lives through pain management, and the people who can function because of OxyContin. People are so ignorant it is right down pathetic!
One day I hope to be part of a project that shows people what pain is all about and the people who use pain management properly. I want to part of a driving force that puts pain doctors at ease and shows the media, as well as the mass public just what people in pain have to endure & how people who use pain meds properly get a piece of their life back.