MATTHEW PERRY DEAD AT 54

[BeginnerSleuther]

Will the doctors lose their medical licenses?
These people, except Matthew Perry, sound so greedy and despicable. IMO they shouldn't be given plea deals. They would have known the risks to health and his life.

It depends on what can be proven in court and what they did. If they're found guilty of this, they will not only lose their medical licenses, but they'll go to prison. MOO. Can't be a doctor with a felony drug-related conviction.

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

Legitimate pain specialists know the difference, and also try to use non-opiates whenever possible.

You'd be surprised. I work with pain specialists and other specialists every day. It's not a fairy tale that legitimate pain is UNDERtreated by most respectable doctors because of the fear of the DEA. This is not a good thing.

This is why this case is so important. If the doctors are guilty, then send them to prison for life because they are the reason that chronic pain patients are suffering. If they are not guilty or their involvement has been overstated, then they are a living example of why doctors are so scared. I'll be very interested in this trial.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/17/health/opioid-chronic-pain-cdc-guidelines-khn-partner/index.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-07-12/study-40-of-doctors-refuse-new-chronic-pain-patients-using-opioids

Opinion | They Live in Constant Pain, but Their Doctors Won’t Help Them

Pain patients have become the unintended victims of a national crackdown on opioid prescribing.

www.nytimes.com

 

[mickey2942]

I really wonder about holding physicians responsible for an admitted addict that dies from an overdose of prescribed medication. That opens a Pandora's Box of potential arrest and litigation, for all providers who prescribe controlled medications.