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- May 29, 2021
The clean bill of health thing is funny because I can only assume he Doctor shopped with his wife for a quack.
I think "clean bill of health" is Nick's interpretation of what happened. The reality could have been very different. Nick comes in looking sick. They ask questions. They do tests. The tests don't necessary show that he is in good health. The tests often can only show that nothing can be medically done for him. Tests are often not about giving people clean bills of health. They are often a second-level search for something wrong that can be treated.
In the context of Nick's supposed reason for the visit, they were determining if the drugs he is on are damaging his liver to the point where he should not be given more of those drugs.
Did Nick share with his doctor that he is explicitly mixing provigil and his other medications with alcohol on a regular basis? Probably not. Because if he had, the doctor would have given him a lecture on the risks he is taking. Did he tell the doctor that he takes provigil at night when drunk before going to sleep? Probably not. The doctor would probably have an opinion on abusing a drug to go to sleep by reaching blackout drunk.
The doctor may or may not be a quack. There are lots of doctors who just get to a point where they check out in terms of giving people advice on alot of their choices because people react badly to it or switch doctors. There are other doctors who just don't care.