Posted on 07/23/2002 7:48:41 AM PDT by weekendwarrior
Criminologist Susan Paisner speaks out against media hype of pain medicine drug OxyContin in the American Academy of Pain Management’s latest newsletter. Her article is fabulous in illustrating the facts—that “the constant stories in the media want to make OxyContin and Purdue Pharma the bad guys, all for a drug that has given hope and normalcy to countless chronic pain patients.”
Susan should be praised for voicing the concerns of hundreds of thousands of pain patients nationwide whose lives have been dramatically improved as a direct result of using OxyContin. It’s time to expose the harsh realities behind the effects of the recent negative media attention and to shed the light on the success-stories of pain patients who use OxyContin properly for pain management.
This is exactly what Susan accomplishes in her article “Pain Patients Hurt by OxyContin Hype.” A must read.
Here's the link: http://www.aapainmanage.org/AAPM/PainPracPDF/V12N2_Paisner_OxyContinHype.pdf
it should be banned...
< Cancer Patient > "Nurse! (cough) Nurse! I'm in agony!!! Help, do something!!"
< Nurse> "So sorry, Mr. Jones. Your pain meds are now illegal. You see, keeping junkies from killing themselves is soooo much important than providing care for the sick and dying. So you'll just have to suck it up, but while you needlessly die a horrible, excruciating and agonizing death, you can at least find comfort that you've saved some junkie from his own foolishness. Doesn't that make it all better?"
My daughter takes Oxy for her rheumatoid arthritis pain. Because it's time-release, she's relatively pain free and can function, even work on a limited basis. Without it, she's all but bedridden.
Oxycontin works and it is safe when taken as prescribed. See post #8.
Drug warriors would gladly destroy the nation to save it.
Yes, the scare-mongerors will not allow the notion that the only problem with the drug is those who abuse it, which is generally done by crushing it up and snorting it. Snorting it up is not how you take a drug that is time released.
Now she's out of bed and at work in the morning--although there are days that are bad enough so that Oxy only takes the edge off the pain, and sometimes she comes in late, but her bosses understand. But not only is her body functioning, but her depression has lifted. Oxy is the difference between life and death--or a living death--for her.
I am scheduled to have spinal fusion surgery on August 12th. I am taking Oxycontin to manage my pain and it works quite well. I have degenerative disc disease and my spinal cord is compressed from bulging discs.
Any information is greatly appreciated.
No - I am quite serious!
and I do like guns...
Imagine that!
I think a lot of bad stuff will come out about the pharmaceutical industry eventually...
of course there will always be the die-hards who worship the drugs they take...
296 Deaths Traced to Potent Painkiller
A number of legal actions, both class actions and individual actions, have been filed against Purdue Pharma LP, the manufacturer of the potent prescription painkiller OxyContin (oxycodone HCl), to recover for addiction to the drug. The actions allege that the company aggressively marketed the painkiller while downplaying its risks. OxyContin, a potent narcotic that was introduced in 1995, has been hailed as a miracle drug for people with chronic pain. It is also highly addictive, and that is the basis for the legal actions. The actions seek billions in compensatory damages from Purdue. The plaintiffs also want the pharmaceutical giant to set up rehabilitation facilities and provide ongoing medical monitoring for patients using the drug.Federal authorities have said OxyContin abuse was the probable cause of 296 deaths in 31 states in the past two years. Purdue's sales of OxyContin topped $1 billion--an increase of 74%--in 2000 alone.
The state of West Virginia has also sued Purdue Pharma and related companies, claiming they aggressively tried to get doctors to overprescribe the drug while failing to warn of its potential for abuse. The suit accuses the companies of using "highly coercive and inappropriate tactics" in trying to get doctors and pharmacists to prescribe and fill prescriptions for the drug, "often when it was not called for."
West Virginia officials claim those practices led to unnecessary prescriptions of the drug to beneficiaries of state programs. The action seeks unspecified restitution and civil penalties.
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