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Azozel t1_j1lyvdz wrote

Reply to comment by croninsiglos in Machine learning model reliably predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients, that could aid in prevention by marketrent

I dont even know why they thought they needed to do it this way. I recall reading an article a couple years ago that stated they had identified genes that reliably identified if a person would be likely to become addicted to opioids.

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carlitospig t1_j1m6u5g wrote

But even then folks with those genes deserve pain management care too. Needlessly suffering because your grandfather was an alcoholic is just cruelty wrapped in a ‘care’ bow.

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Azozel t1_j1mx8wc wrote

Of course but then docs would know to monitor you more closely

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linksgreyhair t1_j1p8stn wrote

I stopped telling my doctors that my mother was an addict for this exact reason. They immediately start side-eying me.

Too bad it’s still somewhere in my electronic records forever so I’m sure the damn algorithm already knows.

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