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BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SAY. SOME GREAT TIPS. DRUG COMPANIES
SUPPLIED AND PUSHED OUT HIGHLY
ADDICTIVE PAINKILLERS IN
THE HEIGHT OF THE OPIOID
CRISIS. TAKING A LOOK AT DATA
BY THE DEA 76 BILLION PILLS
WERE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN TWO
THOUSAND SIX AND 2012. AND
ACCORDING TO THE CDC THERE WERE
NEARLY 100000 OVERDOSE DEATHS.
PURDUE PHARMA THE MAKER OF
OXYCONTIN AND ONE OF
THE LARGEST OPIOID
MANUFACTURERS DURING THAT
PERIOD IS NOW FACING LAWSUITS
FROM NEARLY EVERY STATE. THIS
MORNING A LOCAL ADDICTION
ALLERGIST DR. ROB KELLEY GIVES
HIS TAKE ON WHO SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. DR. KELLY LET'S
FIRST TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM AND HOW THESE DRUGS
GET IN THE HANDS OF PATIENTS.
SO FROM THE TOP DOWN
THE PATIENT. WHO DO YOU THINK
SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S NOT
THE PERSON GOING FOR
THE PAYMENTS. IT'S ACCOUNTABLE.
LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR FROM
THE START WHAT IT IS? IT'S
THE COMPANY THAT MAKING THESE
VERY VERY STRONG PAINKILLERS
THAT ARE THEN PUSHING THEM OUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERDUE
HAVING HUNDREDS OF SALES REPS
TO PUSH THESE EXTORTION LIGHTLY
ADDICTIVE PAIN MEDS OUT TO
THEIR PATIENTS. EVERYBODY
BLAMES THE HEROIN. LET'S TAKE
THEIR HEROIN OUT. LET'S GO BACK
TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM WHERE IT
ALL STARTED BECAUSE THEIR
HEALTH SYSTEM IN AMERICA IS SO
MESSED UP THAT THEY CAN PUSH
THESE DRUGS AND MAKE IT LEGAL
AND THAT'S OUR QUICK TEARS OF I
MENTIONED THIS 10 YEARS WHEN I
FIRST COME TO AMERICA THAT WE
HAVE AN OPIOID CRISIS IN
AMERICA. AND NOBODY LISTENED.
AND LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
DOCTORS HAVE INCENTIVES TO BE
ABLE TO WRITE CERTAIN
PRESCRIPTION PILLS A CERTAIN
AMOUNT TO PATIENTS AND THEN
THEY GET A NICE VACATION A NICE
TRIP WITH THEIR FAMILY. DO YOU
THINK THEY'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE
THIS IS FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND
MY PATIENTS EXPERIENCE
THE DOCTORS AND
THE PSYCHIATRIST ARE A HUNDRED
PERCENT RESPONSIVE FOR WRITING
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THOSE DRUGS.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEM DRUGS DO. I
WENT TO A PSYCHIATRIST ON A
FIRST COME OVER HERE AND WE DID
TESTS TO MAKE SURE WHO WE COULD
TRUST AS A DOCTOR AND WHO WOULD
JUST WRITE A SCRIPT AND IN ONE
OCCASION I WENT INTO A
PSYCHIATRY I SHALL NOT NAME. HE
NEVER LOOKS AT MY MEDICAL
RECORDS. AND I ASKED FOR
OXYCODONE AND HE WROTE
THE PRESCRIPTION AND GAVE ME.
AND WE NEVER MADE EYE CONTACT.
AND IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY
STARTED TO BLAME THESE GUYS
BECAUSE LET'S GET REAL SERIOUS
ABOUT THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MURDER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
INTENSIVE MURDER WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. BY
THE TIME IT GETS TO THE END
USER AND WHAT WE DO IS WE HAD A
HEROIN OVERDOSE? NO NO NO GUYS
THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THAT
DOCTOR PRESCRIBES THEM. THEY
THEY SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON
THOSE. SO FURTHER DOWN THE LINE
IF THE PATIENT DIES THE DOCTOR
MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE MUCH
OF THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON
PURDUE PHARMA WHO'S TO SAY THIS
CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? WELL TO
TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND THIS IS
MY EXPERIENCE AND WE RESEARCHED
THIS THOROUGHLY AND WE DO FROM
PATIENTS WHO COME TO US WE ASK
THEM WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU
TOOK. AND WE FOLLOW THAT DOWN
FENCING OFF A WARRANT. I KNOW
FENTON WAS DOING EXACTLY
THE SAME THINGS. NOBODY NEEDS
VENTRAL EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE
DYING FROM EXTREME CANCER AND
EXTREME PAIN. DOCTORS ARE
GETTING THE PAYOFFS AND
THE PSYCHIATRIST AGAIN
THE PAYOFFS AND THE END RESULT
IS DEATH IN EVERY SINGLE CASE
ON THE STREETS. FROM MY
EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE BIG
COMPANIES WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
THEY TAKE BILLIONS A YEAR ON
DRUGS AND THEY SET MILLIONS
ASIDE FOR LAWSUITS. WHAT KIND
OF RESTRICTIONS IF ANYTHING AT
ALL DO YOU THINK CAN BE PUT IN
PLACE WITH THESE DRUG COMPANIES
AND MAYBE EVEN THESE DOCTORS
THAT RECEIVE INCENTIVES FOR
WRITING THESE PRESCRIPTION
PAINKILLERS. NOBODY CAN PUT
SANCTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR
THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE
UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WHAT WE CAN
DO IS EDUCATE THE DOCTORS
FURTHER OF WHAT THESE
PAINKILLERS ARE DOING BECAUSE
BASICALLY THEY ARE OBVIOUS THEY
HAVE TO TREAT DRUGS? SO WE CAN
LOOK AT THE DOCTORS AND SAY HEY
IF YOU WRITE MORE THAN 5
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A STRONGLY
HIGHLY ADDICTIVE MEDICINE WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR PRACTICE
LOOK AT YOUR SURGERY AND WE
WANT YOUR RECORDS TO FIND OUT
WHO YOU'VE BEEN GIVING IT TO.
AND AS LONG AS THERE'S A
SPECIFIC REASON AND A PROPER
REASON FOR DOING THAT THAT'S
FINE. BUT LET'S HAVE SOME FLAGS
RAISED WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN
WITH A PAIN SO BEARABLE THAT
THEY'VE GOT THAT CAR THEY'VE
DROVE TO THE PRACTICE THEY'VE
WALKED FROM THE PRACTICE INTO
THE WAITING ROOM INTO
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND
COMPLAINED OF EXTREME PAIN.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE DOCTORS
AND HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE 100
PERCENT NOW. DR. KELLY YOU'VE
BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF
ADDICTION RECOVERY. CAN YOU
SHARE MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
THAT YOU HAVE HERE NOW IN SAN
ANTONIO WHAT WE HAVE AND
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEING USED
NOW THE STRONG PAINKILLERS AND
ALCOHOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
PROBLEM. I DEVELOPED A PROGRAM
THAT IS OUTSIDE MY PSYCHOLOGY
RANGE OR IN THE UK OUT OF THAT
RANGE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WE'VE
COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT
CONCENTRATES ON THE NEURAL
PATHWAYS SO BASICALLY IF YOU'RE
AN ADDICT OR ALCOHOLIC ANYBODY
CAN STOP. THE KEY IS HOW DO WE
STOP. THERE'S THAT THERE'S
PEOPLE TAKING DRUGS THERE'S
LIQUOR STORES IN EVERY CORNER.
HOW DO WE STOP. WE STOP IT BY
USING NEURO LINGUISTIC
PROGRAMMING WHICH BASICALLY
CHANGES IN YOUR PATHWAYS? SO
IT'S LIKE A V. LET'S SAY
THE NEURAL PATHWAYS ONE OF THEM
IS VERY STRONG. THAT'S
THE DRINKING AND USING WHAT WE
DO THROUGH SOMATIC EXPERIENCE
IS WE START TO BUILD NEW NEURAL
PATHWAYS. SO UNLESS
THE COMPULSION TO DRINK OR USE
IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE REAL
ALCOHOLIC IT WILL RELAPSE AND
CONTINUE TO DRINK TO DR. ROB
KELLY FOR THAT INTERVIEW ROB
KELLY RECOVERY GROUP OFFERS
ADDICTION TREATMENT PRO BONO
FOR PATIENTS WHO CAN NOT AFFORD
IT BUT SPOTS