[unixfox]

I think doctors and pharmacies alike should be held somewhat responsible. They know exactly what is happening and seem to turn a blind eye.

Almost makes me wonder if they aren't all conspiring. Frekkin bastards !!

[TigersEye]

It was disgusting. At one point she was on about nine psycotropics from her shrink plus coumadin and pain killers and diabetics meds from her regular doc. Neither one bothered to check with the other.

This was through an HMO from her work. She was such a mental mess she wouldn't or couldn't listen to anything her husband said. The doctors had her scared to get off of anything until one night she took too much of something (no one ever figured out what since she had 17 Rx's) and she collapsed.

The hospital took her back to about three essentials like the coumadin and diabetes stuff and within 24 hours she was lucid and feisty for the first time in three years. Trust and fear of these mindless pill pushers is all it took to push her beyond anyone's reach. Bastards is right!