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What Big Pharma (and theFDA) dont want you to know about Opioid Epidemic
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:32 pm
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The prescription opioid epidemic is not new. It began when Pharma rolled out and aggressively marketed time-released opioids like Oxycontin, driving “pill mills” that distributed as many as 9 million Oxys in a six-month span.
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Prince and countless others in the public eye... I have had 2 college buddies die/od/commit suicide etc from this addiciton...FDA approves, Dr's prescribe it, People get addicted, lives fall apart, jail or death..
rinse and repeat, vicious death spiral...
Alternet article is very good stuff you likely wont get anywhere in lamestream corporately owned media
The prescription opioid epidemic is not new. It began when Pharma rolled out and aggressively marketed time-released opioids like Oxycontin, driving “pill mills” that distributed as many as 9 million Oxys in a six-month span.
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Prince and countless others in the public eye... I have had 2 college buddies die/od/commit suicide etc from this addiciton...FDA approves, Dr's prescribe it, People get addicted, lives fall apart, jail or death..
rinse and repeat, vicious death spiral...
Alternet article is very good stuff you likely wont get anywhere in lamestream corporately owned media
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 2:34 pm
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:35 pm to PerCuriam
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I have had 2 college buddies die/od/commit suicide etc
That's too many things for two people...
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:37 pm to PerCuriam
Opiod overdoses have surpassed car wrecks as the leading cause of death for young Americans.
They surely don't want you to know that, and it is an astounding fact.
They surely don't want you to know that, and it is an astounding fact.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:37 pm to PerCuriam
I took one after surgery, didn't like the way they made me feel and decided on the pain over addiction and being high. I crushed them all and trashed them.
Personal choices.
Personal choices.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:38 pm to PerCuriam
As long as the government continues to make money nothing will change
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:38 pm to PerCuriam
what about numerous people who use Opioids and do not become addicted?
This is all of a sudden an Epidemic because Prince fricking overdosed.
How about this, when you are prescribed medication, do not take it upon yourself to exceed the prescribed dosage.
This is all of a sudden an Epidemic because Prince fricking overdosed.
How about this, when you are prescribed medication, do not take it upon yourself to exceed the prescribed dosage.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:38 pm to guedeaux
these were grown men, one a lawyer the other a CPA... didnt know each other but I knew both from our college drinking and chasing wimmins days... great guys... oxycontin got both... very sad indeed, ruined careers, kids lost fathers...One had gone to rehab and in narc-anon... the other just gave up and left his family for the junkie life.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:41 pm to PerCuriam
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I have had 2 college buddies die/od/commit suicide etc from this addicito
what?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:41 pm to CptRusty
I agree, maybe its all genetic but a helluva a lot of people must share the genetic trait, or simply fall victim... It would be good to know those numbers though for balance.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:42 pm to CptRusty
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This is all of a sudden an Epidemic because Prince fricking overdosed.
You're an idiot.
From the CDC:
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During 2014, 47,055 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Since 2000, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate has more than doubled, from 6.2 per 100,000 persons in 2000 to 14.7 per 100,000 in 2014 (Figure 1). The overall number and rate of drug overdose deaths increased significantly from 2013 to 2014, with an additional 3,073 deaths occurring in 2014 (Table), resulting in a 6.5% increase in the age-adjusted rate.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:43 pm to PerCuriam
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The prescription opioid epidemic is not new.
No shite.
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It began when Pharma rolled out and aggressively marketed time-released opioids like Oxycontin
No shite.
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rinse and repeat, vicious death spiral...
But it is a War. A War on Drugs!
Are you 19? Did you just watch Dateline instead of Spongebob this weekend?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:43 pm to PerCuriam
Legalize cannabis and deaths from opioid overdoses will drop. In states where cannabis is legal opioid related deaths have dropped by 25%.
Unlike opioids, no one has ever overdosed on cannabis. In fact, it is practically impossible to do so.
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Unlike opioids, no one has ever overdosed on cannabis. In fact, it is practically impossible to do so.
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This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:43 pm to PerCuriam
Didn't even finish the article due to the obvious inaccuracies.
Bottom line, some people like to get high however they can and this currently is a big thing. I'm sure there are a few docs prescribing inappropriately just to get the business but I'd bet it is a VERY few.
And everyone id all indignant about the docs writing these meds, but then get mad when they take the wife, hubby, kid, mom to ER for an acute back pain and get told to take Advil.
Bottom line, some people like to get high however they can and this currently is a big thing. I'm sure there are a few docs prescribing inappropriately just to get the business but I'd bet it is a VERY few.
And everyone id all indignant about the docs writing these meds, but then get mad when they take the wife, hubby, kid, mom to ER for an acute back pain and get told to take Advil.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:44 pm to CptRusty
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what about numerous people who use Opioids and do not become addicted?
This is all of a sudden an Epidemic because Prince fricking overdosed.
How about this, when you are prescribed medication, do not take it upon yourself to exceed the prescribed dosage
Jesus. You sound like an idiot.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:45 pm to CptRusty
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what about numerous people who use Opioids and do not become addicted?
So you know a lot of non-addicted opoid users?
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This is all of a sudden an Epidemic because Prince fricking overdosed.
This has been a big problem for years. You myopic fricktard.
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How about this, when you are prescribed medication, do not take it upon yourself to exceed the prescribed dosage.
How about this, you never drink another beer. Because we all know you only drink for the taste...right?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:45 pm to guedeaux
there is a wonderful substitute for opiates out there called kratom, it has zero verified overdoses or deaths from it, it mimics opiates in that it affects pain receptors in the brain but will not cause respiratory failure. There are is a lot of anecdotal evidence from heroine addicts that it curbs their cravings where in the problem lies, the drug treatment mills hate it for that reason it hurts business and they have the ear of law enforcement and law makers so six states have banned it even after Florida ran an extensive study and confirmed it safe for human consumption, just ridiculous but the failed war on drugs really has no direction.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:46 pm to Artie Rome
60, retired, gentleman farmer...sorry to disappoint.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:46 pm to PerCuriam
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What Big Pharma (and theFDA) dont want you to know about Opioid Epidemic
They'll hate it if you find out!
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:46 pm to AU66
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kratom
But does it get me high?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:47 pm to ULSU
and we're just hearing about it now. seriously this is the second time in two days I've seen one of these articles and it's pure demagoguery. Prior to yesterday not a peep.
Take fricking responsibility for your own behavior. Don't take more pills than you are prescribed.
Take fricking responsibility for your own behavior. Don't take more pills than you are prescribed.
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