Holmes is to tell him he should have been stealing a more efficient drug?
Aw, Holmes would totally have told him that.
Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.
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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2012 6:18:19 pm PST #9408 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
P.M. Marc - Nov 05, 2012 10:40:43 am PST #9409 of 11831
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, Holmes, as Zenkitty says, would have called him on that. Or said that if he was telling the truth about his reasons, he'd have gone for Ambien instead. It was sloppy writing.
And he's justifying his addiction with all sorts of medical necessity blah blah, but the fact is--that's what he's addicted to for sleeping by now. And if he'd wanted the Ambien feel, he'd have gotten addicted to that instead.
But morphine's just not a good sedative drug for chronic use, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the reduction of the sedation effect with chronic use. I could see Joe Random Guy deciding it's a good idea, but not Doctor Joe.
aurelia - Nov 05, 2012 6:08:51 pm PST #9410 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That was a fun episode of Castle. I laughed a lot.
Vortex - Nov 05, 2012 7:50:58 pm PST #9411 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
With that pumpkin head? Dude.
aurelia - Nov 05, 2012 8:04:40 pm PST #9412 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
"Were you wearing protection?"
-t - Nov 05, 2012 9:31:37 pm PST #9413 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Shiny!
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2012 7:55:49 am PST #9414 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But morphine's just not a good sedative drug for chronic use
But sedation's not the point with addicts, is it? Excuses are the point. Whether or not Holmes would call him on it is one thing, but an addict lying about why they're taking their drug--isn't that Every Day Every Where?
P.M. Marc - Nov 06, 2012 9:17:45 am PST #9415 of 11831
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But sedation's not the point with addicts, is it? Excuses are the point. Whether or not Holmes would call him on it is one thing, but an addict lying about why they're taking their drug--isn't that Every Day Every Where?
It's just a really unbelievable writing choice for an addiction for a medical resident. It fit their plot, but not their character, and caused acute suspension of disbelief issues. (Statistically, I believe actually they're only more prone to abuse alcohol if anything, but I'd have to check the papers on it again.)
Ginger - Nov 06, 2012 9:45:51 am PST #9416 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The bigger question I have is "wouldn't a doctor know of a less complicated and error-prone method of making it look like she died of a heart attack or other natural causes?" They don't generally perform autopsies on attended deaths.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2012 11:01:27 am PST #9417 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's just a really unbelievable writing choice for an addiction for a medical resident
I may be revealing too much about family and friends to say--it's definitely not unbelievable. Maybe it's unlikely, but it's not unbelievable.