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> Oxycodone was first formulated in 1917, so it's not really "new" The drug being talked about was given a new time-release formulation which was described as
by DanBC 6y ago
> Oxycodone was first formulated in 1917, so it's not really "new"
The drug being talked about was given a new time-release formulation which was described as less addictive.
The drug company spent a lot of time and money distorting the image around addictiveness.
Here's a list of things Purdue did: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/conferences/globalhealthsymposium/docs/Third_Amended_Complaint_14_cv_04361.pdf https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/conference...
- jessaustin 6y agoI agree, go after the deep pockets. I sympathize with patients who became addicted to oxy, while at the same time I'm convinced that opioids should be available to those who need them. I'm glad I got some Demerol when I needed it. I even sympathize with physicians who weighed their patients' needs against the risks of addiction, carefully followed up on their oxy prescriptions, and still had some patients succumb to addiction. I don't sympathize with blanket statements like "doctors just trusted Purdue". Any physician who refilled an opioid prescription without asking the patient some blunt questions and being satisfied with the answers is a piss-poor physician.