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> At the end of the day, if a doctor is prescribing medication against clinical guidelines, surely the doctor is at fault? Even if you assume that's the case,
by mehrdadn 7y ago
> At the end of the day, if a doctor is prescribing medication against clinical guidelines, surely the doctor is at fault?
Even if you assume that's the case, there's no reason a doctor being at fault would mean nobody else can be at fault.
- easytiger 7y agoWell there would have to be some wrongdoing to be proven.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> there would have to be some wrongdoing to be proven Are you claiming the extensive evidence brought in numerous cases across the country against Purdue and the Sackler family, accepted in many cases by juries and judges, has not done that?
- easytiger 7y agoI was asking what it was. I'm in the UK and am not familiar with this issue despite the same medication being available here
- mehrdadn 7y agoIf you're genuinely interested, there's so much reading on this. I'll quote one snippet here for you. Just to give you an idea. (This is not an invitation to reply to it and debate the issue. Just trying provide a pointer for reading more on the topic since you expressed interest.) > The drugmaker admitted in 2007, when confronted with evidence gathered by prosecutors, that it trained sales representative to tell doctors that OxyContin was less addictive and prone to abuse than competing opioids, claims beyond the one approved by the F.D.A. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxy...
- LateRuin 7y agoIf you are not for publicly executing several thousand doctors and pharma executives, you are equally guilty in the opioid crisis.