Okay. I'm going to grant for a moment that House is a "drug addict." Although what that means, with his level of pain, is anyone's guess. Is he dependent on the Vicodin? Well, YES. Because he's in PAIN.
Granting that. But. The addiction actually predates the injury. He says he was an addict in "Three Stories". The doctors see (mostly) a chronic pain sufferer, but Tritter sees an addict. But he's both. Which makes things complicated. And either the writers don't see that complication, or they have no real understanding of it, like they don't understand real long-term pain management.
This gets to the question of finance. More people go through oncology because more people get cancer than get whatever combination of off-the-wall illnesses that House gets? That's why he's always borrowing money from Wilson? OK, that's bigger picture than this ep, but it's interesting that we never see a murder of Wilson's crows, even if, as head of oncology at a big-time institution, he'd have a billion of 'em. Think about 3 Lbs. Everyone there is, in some way, Hanson's ducks, and Brain Surgery and Oncology are both bigger tickets than Diagnostic Medicine.
It's interesting to me that Tritter seems to be the House of detectives, being a manipulative ass, trying different treatments until he gets what he wants, etc.
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Date: 2006-11-29 03:52 pm (UTC)Granting that. But. The addiction actually predates the injury. He says he was an addict in "Three Stories". The doctors see (mostly) a chronic pain sufferer, but Tritter sees an addict. But he's both. Which makes things complicated. And either the writers don't see that complication, or they have no real understanding of it, like they don't understand real long-term pain management.
This gets to the question of finance. More people go through oncology because more people get cancer than get whatever combination of off-the-wall illnesses that House gets? That's why he's always borrowing money from Wilson? OK, that's bigger picture than this ep, but it's interesting that we never see a murder of Wilson's crows, even if, as head of oncology at a big-time institution, he'd have a billion of 'em. Think about 3 Lbs. Everyone there is, in some way, Hanson's ducks, and Brain Surgery and Oncology are both bigger tickets than Diagnostic Medicine.
It's interesting to me that Tritter seems to be the House of detectives, being a manipulative ass, trying different treatments until he gets what he wants, etc.