Perhaps the “ he is a manipulative liar” came into play.
Yes, they can be quite clever. Yes they manipulate. Yes they lie.
It is possible people just didn’t believe him.
I think Doctors are going to be in the hotseat on this. They better hope Nick doesn’t have a gene problem that has been proven to cause problems with the meds they were prescribing.
I get treated like a drug seeker even though it it is in my file that I have no functioning CYP2d6. If I even start asking the question of what can I take instead of OXY (like for a replacement knee surgery ) you can see a visceral reaction from a doctor so I now take medical evidence in with me in EVERY appointment that shows how my genetic problems cause problems with drugs in the form of a table from clinical pharmacology.
I have a medical rubber medical alert bracelet that has so many things on it that it is difficult to read but I alert them to the issue.
I think everyone should have this testing. Doctors for the most part are not very creative thinkers. They seem to think every body is the same and all have the same result to outside stimuli. It’s very frustrating.