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How many people would you need to stack up in therapy just to get enough Adderall to sell to make money? One person is only going to be able to get a 30 day supply at a time. Most people taking it for recreation are taking much higher doses than prescribed. I don't think that a drug dealer is going to be organized enough to do hour long sessions every week for 30 different people and not get noticed.

by kotaKat3 hours ago|

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Yeah this feels like an over-excited nothingburger from 404. Of course you need to verify who the hell you're going to write an electronic prescription for a controlled substance is actually who they say they are.

It's literally just a government ID check/liveliness check. In this case... it's needed.

by sonofhans3 hours ago|

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Government-issued IDs work and human verification of them is largely successful. This is not about correct verification, it’s about cheap machine-based verification. The dehumanization of it is part of how they plan to make money.

So yes verification is needed. We can do that just fine without more facial recognition intruding into everyday affairs.

by smelendez2 hours ago|

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I was trying to think what the least intrusive option here would be. You need to verify that the patient has ID matching their name and face, which could be done offline by a notary or other trusted party if a patient prefers.

But you also need to confirm the person showing up for the online sessions is actually the verified patient, and I'm not sure how you do that to maximize privacy. I guess you could take a photo at the in-person verification, have the medical provider sign off that it's the same person as their patient, and then destroy the photo?

by sonofhans16 minutes ago|

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Right, it’s a hairball. And all to enable a remote-first, VC-backed business model. Most people would rather see doctors in person.

by kotaKat3 hours ago|

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Then they can go find another shitty online pill mill with sketchy-ass "noctor" NPs to go write the scripts for their legal meth. Just like we've done with Viagra and Ozempic and ketamine.

by Traubenfuchs2 hours ago|

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> Viagra, Ozempic and ketamine, legal meth

You sound condescending but each of those substances is currently positively life changing to MILLIONS of people every day.

Viagra can give you your sex life back, ozempic can give you a healthy body again and ketamin and legal meth can return you to being a functional and happy human.

by skeeter20201 hours ago|

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and each of these substances is widely mis-prescribed, abused and has huge illegal markets. Just because the OP obviously referred to this scenario doesn't mean they discounted your interpretation of big pharma. Also since you want to promote a super narrow perspective, Ozempic is a type-2 diabetes drug that has pivoted to the more lucrative weight-lose market and Viagra a pretty ho-hum hypertension drug that makes a better boner pill, so your takes are technically "side-effects"

by wat100001 hours ago|

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I've done telehealth from multiple providers and they've never required a biometric scan. If this is "of course" then why would that be?

by jdgoesmarching2 hours ago|

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Every user of Headway is required to submit to this, regardless of medication status, or they lose access to the platform (and their therapist).

HN has come a long way if we’re considering it a nothing burger that sending scans of your face to a 3rd party verification company is required to not lose access to your healthcare provider.

by chrisweekly50 minutes ago|

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wait - even for interactions with non-prescribers? that's even less defensible!

by wat100001 hours ago|

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HN is filled with the most ridiculous nonsense, hence my username.