Very similar except the Pharmaceutical company lied to the Drs to get them to prescribe Oxycontin. In gender medicine the Drs in gender clinics are prescribing knowing the risks and likely outcomes, they deem them acceptable. However the 27 year old detransitioner, that was put on testosterone at 16, is living with the consequences, may feel very differently. The question is, how many in Primary care that pick up prescribing in the long term for this group, are thinking about the long term risk to patients and potential for litigation against them? Two things we can be sure of, the pharmaceutical company will not be paying out this time, because the Drs are prescribing off licence, but the NHS will be!
Thank you for this writing! It’s so similar to the opioid epidemic it’s eerie!! It breaks my heart that so many of our children and parents are going through this!
Yes, similar scandals. I have been making this comparison for years. Our disorganized medical system can be easily manipulated by ideology, money and hubris.
Everyone is passing the buck on this one. I recently contacted Healthcare Improvement Scotland about concerns re Scotlands private clinic. I had evidence of sub standard assessments and care (as did someone else I know who also contacted them). Their cut off for investigating complaints is 6 months, so not interested! The care inspectorate also said nothing to do with them.
It wasn't just a lack of oversight by the FDA but capture of the individual whose say mattered such that the drug's labelling (i.e on-label use) said that it does not increase the risk of addiction. Thereby heaping more pressure on physicians to do the right thing and alleviate pain, which had also been successfully marketed as the "fifth vital sign"
Medical historians in the future will look back at "gender affirming care" the same way that we look back at bloodletting. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/looking-back-from-the-future
More like eugenics
Very similar except the Pharmaceutical company lied to the Drs to get them to prescribe Oxycontin. In gender medicine the Drs in gender clinics are prescribing knowing the risks and likely outcomes, they deem them acceptable. However the 27 year old detransitioner, that was put on testosterone at 16, is living with the consequences, may feel very differently. The question is, how many in Primary care that pick up prescribing in the long term for this group, are thinking about the long term risk to patients and potential for litigation against them? Two things we can be sure of, the pharmaceutical company will not be paying out this time, because the Drs are prescribing off licence, but the NHS will be!
Excellent blog that lays out the parallels so well - thank you. Hopefully this time bomb can be
defused as quickly as possible.
So similar but with one important difference: the cult-like ideology driving “gender affirming care” will make it harder to stop.
Thank you for this writing! It’s so similar to the opioid epidemic it’s eerie!! It breaks my heart that so many of our children and parents are going through this!
Yes, similar scandals. I have been making this comparison for years. Our disorganized medical system can be easily manipulated by ideology, money and hubris.
Everyone is passing the buck on this one. I recently contacted Healthcare Improvement Scotland about concerns re Scotlands private clinic. I had evidence of sub standard assessments and care (as did someone else I know who also contacted them). Their cut off for investigating complaints is 6 months, so not interested! The care inspectorate also said nothing to do with them.
It wasn't just a lack of oversight by the FDA but capture of the individual whose say mattered such that the drug's labelling (i.e on-label use) said that it does not increase the risk of addiction. Thereby heaping more pressure on physicians to do the right thing and alleviate pain, which had also been successfully marketed as the "fifth vital sign"
Evidence, what exactly are you looking for?