re: So Purdue Pharma paid off the FDA, right?

Follow the money...

Look at the board of directors to most of the major opioid companies and you will see some recognizable names...

Who happen to be in congress...

Hmmmm..Schumer

I’m in love with her, the pharmacist daughter. She’s got my love I get her drugs.

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I don’t know where people get all these ideas that Obama had Darvocet taken off the market

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Obama derangement syndrome

For goodness sakes,read my posts about JCAH and their responsibility for the opioid crisis.Doctors didn’t suddenly” decide to make sure patients were comfortable at all times” the medical world didn’t suddenly” decide that if the patient said they had pain they were getting pain meds.JCAH started all this.They came up with the concept of pain as the “5th vital sign”,”pain is what the patient said it is” and pain scale sheets in every patient room.There were also signs posted in patient rooms with message “You don’t have to have pain”.or words to that effect.
I graduated nursing school in 1975,Drs. always ordered pain medications and nurses always gave pain medications but they were given appropriately,for the most part.JCAH started pounding everybodies heads with all this “education” on pain and promoted this idea that no one should have pain,not ever.
It seemed to be the most important issue in patient care,more important than infection control,it was over the top.The hospital had a “ clipboard nurse” checking patient charts to make sure pain meds were ordered and were being given.They would quiz the patients if they felt their pain was being controlled.The nurses job was in jeopardy if a patient declared they had pain,no matter how comfortable they appeared to be and no matter what their vital signs reflected.I have seen patients awakened for vital signs,declare their pain level was a 10 and get a dose of whatever was ordered,often fentanyl.
JCAH monitored this closely and hospital could fail inspection if they found an instance where they felt a patient had some pain.
We weren’ t ogres that wanted patients to suffer.I occasionally had to talk patients into taking pain meds because they were clearly in pain but were afraid a dose or 2 of a narcotic would get them addicted.Pain control is an important issue in helping patients recover from major surgery or injury.But after the JCAH push narcotics were given excessively and sometimes inappropriately.
All this seemed to spillover to the Drs. and some of them became pretty liberal with the scripts they would write.Then there were a few Drs.that didn’t give a rat’s arse!they were in it for the money and would give pts.anything and everything they wanted.

Well, yeah.

When it comes to government and politicians always assume fraud.

Always.

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I don’t know where people get all these ideas that Obama had Darvocet taken off the market- conspiracy theorist

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On one hand I can't believe someone posted that the opioid crisis was created by Obama, but on the other hand, considering all of the shite believed when it came to him it really isn't that surprising.

It is amazing what people will believe. But this mindset comes from both sides. People are fed all kinds of bullshite and they believe it if it fits their narrative.

And people think that the US president has a lot more power than he does.. But I do understand how people are so easily fooled and manipulated.. Because you can speak in front of a mass group of people and make up the most ridiculous story, idea, etc and there will be a percentage of people who will believe it no matter what.