[Noah930]

I wonder how many different doctors prescribed those medications. I wonder how many different pharmacies are listed on those precription labels. I wonder how truthful he was regarding his health and medication history when he went to said physicians and obtained the prescriptions.

Obviously, I don't have the answers to the above questions. But I don't think the laying of the blame is as simple as you make it sound, targa.

I don't even know how big pharm has any blame in this situation, other than perhaps paying for advertising so that patients come in and ask for medications by name, with little understanding of where that particular med lies in the hierarchy of indications and medical armamentarium.

Sad that such a young guy (and a dad) with so much promise is no longer around.