Doctors and insurance agents point out that patients, their friends and relatives often blame the physician if the medical regime does not work even if they know the patient may have contributed to the condition.
Overprescription of drugs is not just a Hollywood problem, Dr Deepak Chopra, who has been consulted on spiritual matters by Michael Jackson and other Hollywood celebrities, said more than two decades ago.
The biggest drug providers in America are not Colombian or Mexican druglords and drug pushers, he had said then. `It is us -- medical doctors.'
Kapoor's friends and associates, who would not speak on record, strongly disputed that he overprescribed drugs, or even prescribed drugs without a genuine reason.
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