@steeldove @darlingtondoll @qball2019

I don't think we should identify a drug as a scam unless we can quote reputable medical literature to back up that claim. The article in the NYT criticizes prescribing practices, but does not claim Gabapentin itself is a scam. And how horrible is it that doctors are being discouraged from prescribing opioids and therefore forced to search for other options that may ultimately be completely ineffective 🙁

I am a bit sensitive about this topic because I remember being prescribed anti-depressants several decades ago, and virtually all of my close friends tried to convince me to stop taking it because they heard 'bad things' about anti-depressants. The truth of the matter is: That drug saved my life. Regardless of the horror stories my friends heard about anti-depressants, it literally saved my life. They obviously had no idea how depressed I was, how close to death I was - or they never would have tried to convince me to let go of my medically prescribed lifeline.