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And you can just imagine as a patient, you say, well, now what the hell?

Now, how do I even start navigating everything that I need going forward, given the immediacy of the situation?

And I think from a public health perspective, that puts a lot of people over the edge.

really over the edge and as much guidance and as much tool, as many tools as there might be out there, I'm not sure it matters because I think people at that point get scared.

You know, I, there's another,

pharmacy-related issue that patients deal with.

So, for instance, you know, I've mentioned on this show before that, you know, I see patients right after they've come out of knee surgery and, you know, I give them some guidance based on somebody who's gone through it myself.

And they're taking medications now for pain management.

Now, these are not going to be long-term medications.

types of medications.

They're gonna take it for maybe a couple of weeks or so.

On the other hand,

There are medications that people take that they have to take for the rest of their lives, okay?

So like, for instance, if I were a knee replacement patient today, yes, I would be on Dilaudid or Oxy or whatever to manage pain.

On the other hand, I'm also taking my thyroid medication that I have to take every single day, frankly, for the rest of my life.

So we get into these medication management things

on a daily basis versus things that come up in people's lives health-wise that, frankly, they have to take medications for that can put things out of whack a little bit drug-wise.

So just insights into that.

So, all right, I think we'd be remiss to not ask this one question, although this is a loaded question, which would probably be a totally new show altogether.

But the political environment right now and how it's affecting people's knowledge and anxiety