Posted by alan on June 11, 1999, at 3:48:09
In reply to Re: Is this the road Elvis started on?Medication Help!, posted by jwill on June 4, 1999, at 12:58:16
Had Elvis been properly medicated by a responsible and competent physician, one who would have prescribed dexedrine--among other things--if it had been appropriate, thus helping Elvis to feel and function better and therefore be more likely to remain compliant, and had this physician monitored him for that compliance, then Elvis might not have died as quickly as he did.
OTOH, it must be admitted that there are people who cannot be stopped from engaging in dangerous patterns of behavior, such as drug abuse; it is the responsibility of the physician to differentiate patients accordingly, and treat them appropriately.
I believe physicans take an oath that would obligate them to rank patient care over fear of the DEA, etc.
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