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No, the messaging to the doctors was that there was essentially no risk of addiction. > This pain population with no abuse history is literally at no risk for
by monocasa 5y ago
No, the messaging to the doctors was that there was essentially no risk of addiction.
> This pain population with no abuse history is literally at no risk for addiction
> There have been studies suggesting that addiction rarely evolves in the setting of painful conditions
https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/31/opioid-epidemic-nejm-letter/ https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/31/opioid-epidemic-nejm-let...
- okareaman 5y agoA single letter written 40 years ago did not cause the opiod epidemic. It was part of a movement to reassess the use of pain medication to ease chronic pain. By movement I mean it was part of a change in the zeitgeist among doctors and pharmaceutical companies. No doctor read this letter and said to themselves, well I guess narcotics are not addictive anymore and I can prescribe them without concern. I don't know why people want to make reductive arguments.
- monocasa 5y agoIt absolutely did, the article even goes into how new printings of the same journal now come with a public health warning because of the number of times it was cited, how it had subsequently been debunked, and the overall effect it had on the industry.