Posted on 01/16/2019 2:45:22 PM PST by Trump20162020
A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be “followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,” according to court documents filed Tuesday.
“The launch of OxyContin Tablets will be followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition. The prescription blizzard will be so deep, dense, and white,” he said, according to the documents.
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And the real profits will be in the repeat customers.
Kickbacks to Doctors?
Or worse yet,they knew how addictive it was.
Even worse,did they design it to be addictive?
Addiction is a choice.
DEA discouraged pain management, the federal hospital agencies sanctioned doctors who refused to treat pain aggressively. I say take a look at those agencies before you go off son doctor-hating.
Bury the competition “
Well some people got buried that’s for sure.
Addiction is a choice.
You don’t know what you are talking about.
No one ever becomes addicted without making the choice to use and to over use.
TRUE...and the Feds are making Purdue Pharma the scapegoat because they want to distract from the dumpster fire the FDA and the AMA permitted to go on for decades without action.
Overwhelming daily pain will force individuals to do what's necessary to end it just to make their lives livable.....Oxy isn't just about recreational use.
No one ever becomes addicted without making the choice to use and to over use.
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Ignorance is strength
We are still rational human beings and are responsible for what we put in our bodies.
No it isn’t. It’s a medical condition. Plenty of people don’t become alcoholics because they drink, not matter how much. It didn’t matter how much I drank. I was an alcoholic until I admitted I was powerless over it.
Not everyone in this world is ‘’rational’’ chum. Irony’s lost on you, huh?
I used to think so, too. But I've learned it's more complicated than that. There are choices in the beginning, often poor choices, but they are not choices to become an addict. And once addicted, it takes more than just "will power" to overcome it. There is a book, The Molecule of More, about dopamine that helped me get a better understanding of addiction. It is informative and engaging and well worth reading.
Did you choose to drink?
Were you aware that people can become alcoholics?
Can't argue with that. Nor can I condemn an individual with chronic, debilitating pain who becomes addicted to oxy since I've never walked in his shoes.
“There are choices in the beginning, often poor choices, but they are not choices to become an addict.”
So it is a choice?
I agree-addiction certainly is a choice-as a workers comp casemanager, I’ve seen way too many clients end up with addiction to pain meds and antidepressants as a secondary issue to their work related injury-one that causes the insurance carrier to cough up big bucks for rehab, lessens the client’s future employability, etc.
Most clients are never told/warned of the danger of addiction related to their meds-it can be difficult for an injured/depressed person to make an informed choice whether to use a drug versus more conservative therapy without the appropriate factual information.
The major reason addiction-to drugs, food, alcohol, etc-is now called a disease instead of a choice is to force insurance carriers to pay for rehab to treat these supposed diseases-they do not have to pay for choices-and to enrich the ambulance chaser disability attorneys who get the client undeserved SSDI income for their faux “disease/disability”...
Some may flame me as a cynic, but that is okay-after nearly 30 years of working with comp clients, I’ve had plenty of experience with clients abusing and addicted to substances...
“Can’t argue with that. Nor can I condemn an individual with chronic, debilitating pain who becomes addicted to oxy since I’ve never walked in his shoes.”
I agree.
And what about those who self-medicate for emotional pain and get addicted to illegal drugs?
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