US pressure group that pushed doctors to prescribe painkillers forced to close

[bitterross]

1. The NRA of Big Pharma. They've done lasting damage.

I have a co-worker who has a legitimate need for ongoing pain medication. Not due to some perceived need, due to actual, physical injury. A need that has been verified multiple times as he's had to change physicians when he changes jobs and medical plans (that's another whole crock of shit in this country).

Due to the over-prescribing and the opioid crisis it has become nearly impossible for him to have a proper supply of his meds. The doctors will only prescribe just enough, and sometimes not enough, to get him through the month. He has to keep making visits to confirm an established condition that isn't going away. Some days/months his pain varies and he runs out of his meds before the new allotment is allowed.

This is just wrong. I know this happens to more people than just him.

Fuck you greedy corporate bastards.