There were THOUSANDS of such doctors prescribing Oxy. When they stopped, you had a nation of addicts. Many switched to heroin. They are dying every day.
I think the difference in this case is the naming of people named Sackler in the complaint. I could be wrong.
@demlion has mentioned the book, "Dreamland" countless times before. This book illustrates where this bogus 'study' came from. It really wasn't a study at all.
Agree...but at the same time, there are some simple controls that can be put into place. Computer analytics is so easy today. They can easily track outlets and see where there is an anomaly in prescriptions, prescriptions filled and consumption. Once an abuser is IDed, corrective action can be taken. We need to separate the enablers from the victims. Sadly, prosecutors still love racking up drug convictions on helpless and pitiful addicts.
Not for nothing, but pain was pushed as the 6th vital sign. There were already 5 prior to pain:
The doctor was named Porter. His assistant was a woman (?) named Jick. It was a letter to the editor of the NEJOM from Porter and Jick.
Sorry, no time to listen, but d’ya suppose this person got a nice dinner out of writing such a note?
The book quotes him as being shocked that his minor research note got used that way.
Many football players play with pain--real, physical pain. Not the kind of Howard Hughes like psychological pain that comes from insufficient tong usage.What does this thread have to do with FOOTBALL.?
Agree with this. The conception that the current opioid crisis is all the result of greedy corporations and doctors might give some people some warm, fuzzy feelings of self affirmation, but it’s a lot more complicated than that. Oxycontin and MS Contin certainly have abuse potential and have been recklessly prescribed by some practitioners, but if you have ever seen a loved one dying with unrelenting pain from metastatic cancer, you would realize they have some application.
Some great points....I had a neighbor who was in a major car accident and over the last ten years has had, it seems, like a dozen or so surgeries. He is in constant pain and can't function without a daily drug cocktail. His wife died in the accident and he is a single father. I give him a ton of credit. He told me that he won't be functional passed the age of 50 no matter what (barring a miracle) so he is living life to get his daughter into college.
Many football players play with pain--real, physical pain. Not the kind of Howard Hughes like psychological pain that comes from insufficient tong usage.
Bob, i hear that wearing kleenex boxes on your feet can protect you from serious deadly germs like foot and mouth disease.
Exactly right - thanks for correcting my errors. It was indeed a Letter to the Editor, not a column item.
Nobody is saying that the opioid epidemic is "all" the result of anything. There are myriad reasons why poor and middle class Americans have not kept up economically with wealthier people. The gap between rich and middle class is growing. When a person whose economic future is bleak to nonexistent gets addicted, rehab is made nearly impossible because the fabulous life you want to send them back to, does not exist and they know it.
Hospice nurses had us crushing up the tablets and putting them in a plastic sandwich bag with a broken egg. Don’t flush them.
That is 200% correct. Flushing un-needed meds is causing a BIG water pollution issue.
Throw it out with the regular trash.
