Dax Shepard
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Would it be fair for me to say, like, I don't prescribe, but I observe and I see patients with pain all day.
It makes me angry that this is what we're doing to people who have a history of addiction.
So my question for you is, do you feel like it's inappropriate for me to say, like, maybe we can recommend different pain medications for people with a history of addiction than opioids?
Do I have a leg to stand on?
It's tricky because I'll give you an example.
Like what screamed bullshit to me about the James Fry book, which I loved, was he did not have all that dental work without anesthetic.
That doesn't happen.
No one does that.
No one should be expected to do that.
Addicts shouldn't be expected to do that.
love putting the responsibility on the doctors, if I'm being honest.
But I'm in an addict community.
The responsibility is mine to say to the doctor, hey, I'm an addict.
The pills should go to my wife.
This happens in the program all the time.
People are responsible for other people's pills.
As long as you take it as prescribed and as you're supposed to, you're fine.
So that's on me going in to go like, I should never be holding the pills.