The Opioid Crisis

[de officiis]

Who likes depressants anyway?

I can understand stimulants, but sinking in a pool of weird cotton? No thanks

Someone told me from a public policy stance, cocaine is actually more problematic because while opium derived stuff makes you dependent, there is still a methadone option. I dont think that exists for cocaine. I might be wrong about this. Cocaine is more toxic to your organs as well.
The problem with uppers is that eventually they wear off and you either have to take more, or drink some booze so you can sleep for your shift that is in four hours lol

Methadone is not a fix, its a stopgap, and a terrible one at that.

That's what they use to treat babies who are born addicted to crack.

[The Conservative]

Someone told me from a public policy stance, cocaine is actually more problematic because while opium derived stuff makes you dependent, there is still a methadone option. I dont think that exists for cocaine. I might be wrong about this. Cocaine is more toxic to your organs as well.
The problem with uppers is that eventually they wear off and you either have to take more, or drink some booze so you can sleep for your shift that is in four hours lol

Methadone is not a fix, its a stopgap, and a terrible one at that.

That's what they use to treat babies who are born addicted to crack.

Exactly, babies. They wean the baby off of Methadone too.

I used to drive people to the Methadone clinic, and they aren't weaned off of shit. It's to replace what they were addicted to in the first place, and in many cases, some were going there for years.

[de officiis]

Montana sues OxyContin maker Purdue over opioid epidemic

Montana has sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, withdrawing from a multistate investigation by attorneys general into opioid manufacturers’ marketing practices and joining a growing list of states that have broken off to pursue individual lawsuits.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced a lawsuit on Monday accusing Purdue of misrepresenting the likelihood that long-term use of painkiller would lead to addiction and of falsely claiming it was safe for treating chronic pain.

“Pharmaceutical companies that knowingly and deceptively harm consumers must be held accountable,” Fox said in a statement.

Purdue in a statement denied the allegations. It has argued its medications are U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved for long-term use and carry warning labels about their addiction risks.

“We are deeply troubled by the opioid crisis and we are dedicated to being part of the solution,” Purdue said.

Opioids were involved in over 33,000 deaths in 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. President Donald Trump in October declared the problem a national public health emergency.

State attorneys general have been conducting a multistate investigation into whether companies that manufacture and distribute prescription opioids engaged in unlawful practices.

Increasingly, some attorneys general have withdrawn from the probe to pursue lawsuits against drugmakers including Purdue, claiming they engaged in deceptive marketing that underplayed opioids’ risks.

Purdue faces lawsuits by at least 11 states besides Montana. It also faces lawsuits by cities and counties nationally and a federal probe by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut.

[Haumana]

http://fortune.com/2017/10/26/john-kapo ... net-worth/

The Department of Justice arrested Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor, 74, in Phoenix, it said Thursday. Kapoor was charged with using bribes and fraud to prop up sales of a pain medication called Subsys, a fentanyl spray typically used to treat cancer patients suffering excruciating pain.

Kapoor’s arrest comes nearly a year after former Insys CEO Michael Babich and five other onetime executives were arrested as part of an alleged “nationwide conspiracy.”

The Justice Department claims that Kapoor and other Insys executives offered bribes in the form of kickbacks to doctors who wrote “large numbers of prescriptions” for patients, many of whom did not have cancer. The Department also alleged that the executives defrauded insurers by forming a “reimbursement unit” dedicated to obtaining prior authorization from insurers who were reluctant to pay for the drug.

[pineapplemike]

[doc_loliday]

I have to wonder if the clamp down on prescriptions that has occurred in the past several years will lead to a taper in deaths. Aren't most people dying of fentanyl/heroin overdoses?

[Martin Hash]

Fentanyl is #1 and the screws have been down on it since the beginning, and heroin is #2 and it’s totally illegal.

[doc_loliday]

Fentanyl is #1 and the screws have been down on it since the beginning, and heroin is #2 and it’s totally illegal.

I meant illegally produced and sold fentanyl. The opioid crisis began because of the large amounts of prescription narcotics flooding the streets. Once that got clamped down on, the addicts turied to heroin, which has been replaced by fentanyl. My point is, I think in the coming decades, we will see a decline in opioid addiction, since people don't start shooting fentanyl and heroin.

[Speaker to Animals]

Fentanyl is #1 and the screws have been down on it since the beginning, and heroin is #2 and it’s totally illegal.

I meant illegally produced and sold fentanyl. The opioid crisis began because of the large amounts of prescription narcotics flooding the streets. Once that got clamped down on, the addicts turied to heroin, which has been replaced by fentanyl. My point is, I think in the coming decades, we will see a decline in opioid addiction, since people don't start shooting fentanyl and heroin.

Interesting point.

[Fife]

What patents will big pharma roll out through the FDA rubber stamp mill next tho?