Too bad. Any rational adult who is (or was 20 years ago) unaware of the addictive nature of opiates--which is virtually the same in all opiates, no matter what variation or brand name--has no one to blame for his addiction but himself.
I've had it with this paternalistic bullshit.
And the state is not forcing people to take opioids, so the comparison to the coof madness makes no sense.
The only thing people were misinformed about regarding OxyContin is duration of action. Not a big deal in my estimation, tho an unpleasant surprise, no doubt, for pain patients expecting 10-12 hours of relief and getting only 4-6. This fraud resulted in higher sales because people needed to take more frequent doses than advertised. . . this is the only real ethical crime that I can see, which is bad enough, although doctors not switching patients to morphine, methadone, or any number of other longer-lasting opiates of similar strength suggests payola.
Too bad. Any rational adult who is (or was 20 years ago) unaware of the addictive nature of opiates--which is virtually the same in all opiates, no matter what variation or brand name--has no one to blame for his addiction but himself.
I've had it with this paternalistic bullshit.
And the state is not forcing people to take opioids, so the comparison to the coof madness makes no sense.
The only thing people were misinformed about regarding OxyContin is duration of action. Not a big deal in my estimation, tho an unpleasant surprise, no doubt, for pain patients expecting 10-12 hours of relief and getting only 4-6. This fraud resulted in higher sales because people needed to take more frequent doses than advertised. . . this is the only real ethical crime that I can see, which is bad enough, although doctors not switching patients to morphine, methadone, or any number of other longer-lasting opiates of similar strength suggests payola.