Posted on 12/24/2017 11:15:42 AM PST by mabarker1
For years, the opioid crisis was described as one of negligence. In this narrative, doctors overprescribed pills that shouldn't have gone to patients and pharmaceutical companies overzealously promoted medications while playing down the risks.
Robert Gebelhoff
But new reporting demonstrates how this version, as worrying as it sounds, might understate the role of drugmakers in the opioid crisis.
The Washington Post and 60 Minutes reported that some of the Drug Enforcement Administration's most experienced investigators believed criminal charges were warranted against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, alleging that the company, McKesson Corp., did little to prevent huge quantities of addictive opioid medications from being diverted to illegal use by pharmacies that were, in some cases, knowingly supplying illegal drug rings.
In other words, this isn't just a story of simple negligence; it's a story about whether drug manufacturers and distributors turned a willfully blind eye toward illegal drug trafficking.
Defenders of opioid painkillers often argue that these medications are essential to people with chronic pain and that the vast majority of opioid prescriptions do not result in addiction or abuse. Instead, they contend, the prescription drug crisis is a myth and the real problems are more powerful, nonmedicinal opioids such as heroin and fentanyl, which account for the lion's share of overdoses in the country.
But to focus only on these facts lets drug producers off the hook.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has found that nearly 80 percent of all heroin users in the United States started with prescription opioids. Some of these people began using opioids through pain treatments; others became addicted as millions of pills starting pouring into pharmacies and ended up in black markets.
The Post's investigation illustrates a distribution system in which pharmacies, drug manufacturers and even --
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See My Post #11
I’m sorry if Your Uncle misused the drugs BUT why should I and others live in constant pain because of misuse by others ?
>>I’M NOT DIABETIC!!!
“Research has shown that strengthening exercises for peripheral neuropathy moderately improve muscle strength in people with PN. In addition, exercises to help peripheral neuropathy, when done regularly, may reduce neuropathic pain and can help control blood sugar levels. A comprehensive physical activity routine includes four kinds of activities:”
https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/lifestyle/exercise-and-physical-therapy/
The benefits would presumably apply regardless of the cause.
Thanks for the info. I’ll check things out.
I've been riding this shit for a decade.
I'm very, VERY FED UP WITH IT ALL.
I HOPE ALL THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH THIS GETS IT AND HAS TO SPEND EVERY DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN THE PAIN I DO!!!
Going to go to Church now I'm tired of the crap for tonight.........
I read your post #11.
You’re pissed because the ER doc refused to write you a scrip when they asked you about your broken ankle and blah blah blah, for which you evidently expect free treatment.
My uncle was still being prescribed oxy for the pain related to the degeneration of his hip joints, which were also scheduled for replacement at the time of his death.
As a side effect, the opiates also affected his coping mechanisms for emotional stress.
Since you’re a self-proclaimed, publicly/welfare funded, expert - why don’t you tell the class exactly where the line between legitimate pain control use and the off-label side effects is?
“I HOPE ALL THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH THIS GETS IT AND HAS TO SPEND EVERY DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN THE PAIN I DO!!!”
SMH.
You learn that at “Church”?
“America look in the mirror...you’re drug addled in every single way and yet you deny, deny, deny....”
I don’t understand human nature at all. We regularly run people faking seizures so that they can get put on anti-seizure medications that can actually cause -seizures-.
My guess if it were mentioned that one loses their drivers license for one year after a proven seizure, they might suddenly heal themselves. Or not.
Self righteous and Holier than thou . . . .
There is nothing on planet earth worse.
You and Mariner have a Merry Christmas.
The Creator of the Universe sent His Son to unselfishly take the sin and painful consequences thereof for all humanity upon Himself.
Not quite the same spirit reflected in your miserable opiate deprived whining “I HOPE YOU ALL FEEL MY PAIN” screed, is it.
>>There is nothing on planet earth worse.
Yet you can still type and post on algore’s interwebs.
Meanwhile:
https://www.amazon.com/Vaccine-Government-Experiment-Killing-Soldiers/dp/0465021824
There are plenty of things worse.
So stop your pathetic drug deprived whining.
Merry Christmas.
You’re welcome.
You are WRONG! I’m not pissed because I knew before I went to ER that it was never a possiblity of getting a Rx for Pain Meds from them.
I went in for the Neuropathy, The PA asked about the ankle. I don’t expect free treatment but I don’t have much choice at this time.
Let Me ask you something. Can you live on $1200.00 a month ? I doubt it. That’s what I live on. I worked My ass off starting at 10 years old, Paid into the SS fund and I expect to get some of it back like the system is supposed to. If you got a problem with that I don’t care!!!
Since you’re a self-proclaimed, publicly/welfare funded, expert - why don’t you tell the class exactly where the line between legitimate pain control use and the off-label side effects is?
My we are slinging the Horse Crap aren’t we. The “line” as you call it will be different for each individual. As far as off label side effects try looking at whatever drug you want info on details of it with the online Drug information site of your choice.
No I came up with that all by myself.
And yes it’s directed to those like you, Smart Ass!
>> Can you live on $1200.00
Less, actually.
No gooberment “disability” gravy train required either. I was one of the idiots who actually saved for retirement.
>>I knew before I went to ER that it was never a possiblity of getting a Rx for Pain Meds from them.
>>
>>I went in for the Neuropathy
You went to the ER “for the Neuropathy” knowing they wouldn’t “treat” it with the scrip they refused to write.
Uhuh. Your drug deprived story doesn’t add up.
What’s the street value of that “free” scrip the ER doc refused to write ya?
>> As far as off label side effects
Off label side effects like opiate addiction?
Funny how your “disability” doesn’t seem to deprive you of the ability to type on Algore’s Intrawebs.
Maybe you’re not quite as dissabilitated as the administrators of the gravy/swampwater train have been led to believe.
But then, drug addicted cash-cows are the bread and butter of the swamp.
>>No I came up with that all by myself.
Uhuh.
How would you differentiate your selfish appetite from that observable among the Ukrainian cannibals produced by the Holodomor?
https://www.google.com/#q=holodomor+alcoholics+and+cannibalism
Again, another reason why it is so important for there to be a demographic study.
A rather weird anecdote I have from it is through a doctor of mine, whose office building hosted several doctors, in a hospital district in an upscale area.
A “Doctor Drugs” moved in across the corridor from my doctor, and quickly became a high traffic area for wealthy people who drove expensive cars. The operation only lasted a month before being shut down by the DEA.
Suddenly the flow of people on seeing his office closed went into a panic and went into my doctor’s office to ask for prescriptions, even though he does not prescribe any opiates. This was when I showed up for a regular appointment.
My doctor’s staff were enraged by all these insistent upscale junkies demanding drugs. I saw perhaps a half dozen wearing professional and business attire being told to get out before they put a sign on the door threatening to call the police.
But even back then the thought crossed my mind that these were not people who would go through the usual drug treatment, so where would they go? Everything about their addiction would be unusual: their suppliers, and their ability to afford high quality lawyers if they were arrested.
We send high ends to treatment when we get them. There are special programs for people with law, medical and other professional degrees. Sometimes we fly them out with a two person escort.
However, they are a small part of the opiate addiction cycle, which is about people who want to get a ride.
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