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The deliberate marketing of an addictive drug as "less addictive", aggressively marketing it to doctors... Don't recall anyone doing so with fentanyl.
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
The deliberate marketing of an addictive drug as "less addictive", aggressively marketing it to doctors...
Don't recall anyone doing so with fentanyl.
- zardo 5y agoIt's competitive advantage was 10hrs between doses, that meant one dose per nursing shift rather two. A big plus from a hospital's point of view. However pain relief was inadequate by hour 8, so the recommendation needed adjustment. Rather than make the recommendation in the patients interest of lowering the time between doses, they made the recommendation in their own (and the hospital's) financial interest. Increasing the dose.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoWhat does "it" refer to? Oxycontin or fentanyl?
- zardo 5y agoOxycontin
- perl4ever 5y agoI think we all recall the media coverage. That isn't the same thing as recalling actual interactions with doctors, and not recalling something (let alone not recalling media reporting) is different from recalling that a thing didn't happen. They were all prescribed for a family member of mine who had cancer, in the sequence: oxycontin, then fentanyl, and then morphine. Nobody said anything about the addictiveness.