'An osteopathic doctor, a motorcycle gang and $5 million in prescription pills'

[W19]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...cle-gang-and-5-million-in-prescription-pills/



Here is what someone says about the article:

'Percentage wise, it is the DOs and Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who are primarily involved in these pill mills and drug diversion. The country has set the bar too low for getting into DO school, based on the perceived lack of physicians in the country. It would be much better to increase the number of nurse practitioner and PA programs, and cut off the supply of these immoral quacks.'


Lol...

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[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Generally it would seem that most people are learning more about what DOs are and do, so that's good. But there's still a big issue in media communications of DOs including the honestly odd phrasing of Osteopathic Doctor or Osteopathic X profession.

 

[Camaxtli]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...cle-gang-and-5-million-in-prescription-pills/



Here is what someone says about the article:

'Percentage wise, it is the DOs and Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who are primarily involved in these pill mills and drug diversion. The country has set the bar too low for getting into DO school, based on the perceived lack of physicians in the country. It would be much better to increase the number of nurse practitioner and PA programs, and cut off the supply of these immoral quacks.'


Lol...

This writer sucks at his job. A "journalist" quack. Also that dr sucks as well.

 

[Mad Jack]

224 MDs and 34 DOs were prosecuted over the last 16 years, as well as 1 DPM and 1 OD.

Given that there are currently 908,508 practicing physicians and 96,954 active osteopathic physicians, DOs make up roughly 10.7% of the physician workforce and 13.1% of DEA diversion cases. That's a touch overrepresented, but hardly enough to say that DOs are a plague upon society, as the margin of error with a number as small as thirty-****ing-four is enough that if we've got two or three extra bad apples in the bunch it throws the stats way off in one direction or the other.

 

[Camaxtli]

224 MDs and 34 DOs were prosecuted over the last 16 years, as well as 1 DPM and 1 OD.

Given that there are currently 908,508 practicing physicians and 96,954 active osteopathic physicians, DOs make up roughly 10.7% of the physician workforce and 13.1% of DEA diversion cases. That's a touch overrepresented, but hardly enough to say that DOs are a plague upon society, as the margin of error with a number as small as thirty-****ing-four is enough that if we've got two or three extra bad apples in the bunch it throws the stats way off in one direction or the other.

 

[OMS398563]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...cle-gang-and-5-million-in-prescription-pills/



Here is what someone says about the article:

'Percentage wise, it is the DOs and Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) who are primarily involved in these pill mills and drug diversion. The country has set the bar too low for getting into DO school, based on the perceived lack of physicians in the country. It would be much better to increase the number of nurse practitioner and PA programs, and cut off the supply of these immoral quacks.'


Lol...

Instead of focusing on the two trolls I found it uplifting to see how many MDs jumped to our defense.

 

[BluegrassBuckeye]

224 MDs and 34 DOs were prosecuted over the last 16 years, as well as 1 DPM and 1 OD.

Given that there are currently 908,508 practicing physicians and 96,954 active osteopathic physicians, DOs make up roughly 10.7% of the physician workforce and 13.1% of DEA diversion cases. That's a touch overrepresented, but hardly enough to say that DOs are a plague upon society, as the margin of error with a number as small as thirty-****ing-four is enough that if we've got two or three extra bad apples in the bunch it throws the stats way off in one direction or the other.

Not to mention the obvious confounding variable that a greater percentage of DO's practice in rural areas where unfortunately drugs are a much more pervasive part of the culture. This is not a defense of those guilty DO's rather a likely explanation for the slight overrepresentation.

 

[NurWollen]

This thread is going to be part of osteopathic lore, unfortunately. Just watch. Five years from now, some premed will start listing how DOs are more likely to be prosecuted for overprescribing narcotics as one of his concerns about applying to Do schools.

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[Peach Newport]

I would bet DOs are slightly overrepresented in drug diversion cases because so many work in physiatry.

The DEA starts licking its chops and salivating every time it sees "pain management and rehabilitation."

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I would bet DOs are slightly overrepresented in drug diversion cases because so many work in physiatry.

The DEA starts licking its chops and salivating every time it sees "pain management and rehabilitation."

I don't think the percent of DOs in any specialty save for FM is overrepresented as compared to MDs. But specifically FM is where a lot of people get pain management especially in rural and suburban communities. So that may skew some of the data mildly.

P.S it's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Not Pain Management. Though that is an existent specialty and subfield that you can specialize after a residency in Gas or etc.

 

[acapnial]

I don't think the percent of DOs in any specialty save for FM is overrepresented as compared to MDs. But specifically FM is where a lot of people get pain management especially in rural and suburban communities. So that may skew some of the data mildly.

P.S it's Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Not Pain Management. Though that is an existent specialty and subfield that you can specialize after a residency in Gas or etc.

Family med, PM&R, EM, Pain management, preventive medicine.

https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/Physician Specialty Databook 2014.pdf

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Family med, PM&R, EM, Pain management, preventive medicine.

https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/Physician Specialty Databook 2014.pdf

Interesting.

 

[Peach Newport]

Wow celty way to shut me down there

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Wow celty way to shut me down there

Nah, just discussing.

 

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