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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 16 Feb 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Juan Gérvas

    Opioid deaths ≠ deaths by medical error. Sure, there's some overlap, but they are not the same thing. Nice conflating of two unrelated things.https://twitter.com/JuanGrvas/status/1096718668896055301 …

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    Juan Gérvas @JuanGrvas
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    "17,000 deaths involving this category of prescription opioids in 2017, equivalent to about 46 deaths per day. This number is likely an undercount of deaths related to prescription opioids, ..." https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html …
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      1. Grampy Ole Dave‏ @GrumpyOleDave 16 Feb 2019
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        I'm on your side Doc, but coming from a country with universal health care, we look at the "overlap" and see it as staggering.

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      1. Josh  🦁‏ @Jtwilson1203 16 Feb 2019
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        Also. If you make categories of people named “people who are close to death” and “people who arent”, those close to death will be on way more opioids because of their diagnosis. It’s the same as judging deaths in an ER vs a primary care doctor. Of course the ER is higher.

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      1. Stephen M. Thomas‏ @stmithomas 16 Feb 2019
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        Absolutely true. The causal link between opioid prescribing and deaths usually indirect, passing through undiagnosed addiction.

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