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The Purdue (et al) dosing schedule was engineered for maximal addiction similar to how cigarettes chemistry was. We used to dose these things on 4 hour interval
by imglorp 5y ago
The Purdue (et al) dosing schedule was engineered for maximal addiction similar to how cigarettes chemistry was. We used to dose these things on 4 hour intervals and the move to 12 hour was done for business reasons: neurology gets more addicted that way.
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- sneak 5y agoCigarettes are still available without a prescription, and kill 7x as many people in the US each day/month/year as opiates. Tobacco is a large, legitimate, and continuing industry in the US. If you wish this to end, that may not be the comparison you wish to invoke.