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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You are on target.
And that is true-but most people would choose a more conservative therapy if they know it is available-most are never told-which I think should be a crime of negligence-heavy duty pain meds are where the big bucks are, not other, safer therapies...
Yes, I chose to drink. That’s not the issue. Plenty of people choose to drink and don’t become alcoholic. I didn’t think I’d have a problem. Thought it would never happen to me.
And what did you ever recover from?
Is getting cancer or diabetes a choice?
“Is getting cancer or diabetes a choice?”
In some cases, it is a consequence of life choices.
Virtue signaling is vanity
I was addressing addiction to oxy due to debilitating pain.
There are many recovering substance abusers on this site, perhaps you should address your question to them, they would have more experience with it than me........
God be thanked, I’ve not had an addiction issue- as a naturalist from birth, I have an extreme sensitivity to drugs of any kind-I also thank my parents and extended family for their strict teachings on overindulgence and addiction-as a kid, I thought they were mean bastards, but I’m grateful now... I just happened to never develop a taste for drugs, sugar or a lot of alcohol. I have physically recovered from injuries like anyone else.
Again, not everyone’s choices lead to addiction. You don’t seem to understand that.
To some an addiction
Addiction is a behavior. Behaviors are complex with a variety of causes and corrections.
this thread is lost
move on
“aEven worse,did they design it to be addictive?”
Yes.
They spent many, many years analyzing the great morphine addiction epedemic of the early 20th century, and designed w drug, on purpose, to emulate the exact effects on the brain that morphine causes. Then patented it, and launched a highly funded marketing campaign aimed at doctors.
The family made billions, and should be hung.
Congressman bought lff. Scientists, fake studies, lots of cash spread around. And they got an entire generation hooked. And now they are dying from OD’s of the street stuff, because their money ran out, supplies cut, and they still have this horrible addiction.
The power of a strong opiod on the brain is indescribable to those who have never experienced it. Just a short time on one can alter your brain forever. You never, ever forget the euphoria, and that memory is always there. I speak from experience.
I work with addicted kids, young adults. They are dropping like flies. I’ve seen it first hand. If you don’t have such experiences, on both sides of the fence, I would strongly suggest keeping an open mind of the problem.
(Not you personally, just for the board)
“Addiction is a choice.”
The definition of addiction is loss of choice. And you have no idea what you are talking about.
Agreed. Long term untreated/under treated pain sucks.
I had my first brain surgery in Europe. I was in hospital a week or so. All I had to do was say the word for pain and they stabbed me with morphine. Many times a day. When I went home, with only some mild opiate pills in comparison, I remember lying on the bed in agony wishing for a shot.
I will never let that happen to me again. I’ve had a few c sections and after the first shot they give when the anesthesia wears off, I refuse all pain killers. I take opiates only when necessary (after surgeries etc) and I stop the second my mind says “well, I’m not in pain now but I’m gonna be so I’ll take one for later. “ done.
But that first surgery, that was not my fault. That was iatrogenic for sure.
No, it’s a weakness or compulsion.
In very few cases is a person held down and liquor is poured down their throat and in very few cases is a person forced to chug down OxyContin.
Don’t eat or drink water for a couple of weeks and you’ll understand the difference between compulsion and compulsory.
When you will die eventually from your compulsion or die without your addiction of choice is irrelevent. You’re in addiction territory. Semantics are meaningless. Death makes no such distinctions.
March 3, 2019, 22 years 100% clean and sober. Almost died March 2, 1998. The distinction between compulsion and addiction is very subtle. Either, can lead to death. Peace!
I’ve generally found that people who believe that it’s all will power are the first to enter into denial and the last to enter rehab and the most likely to die. I’ve held their hand while we experienced all three together - denial,rehab (emergency room), death.
Best of luck my friends. On the other-side is contentment.
Keep coming back!
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