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| Topic | Why is Big Pharma to blame for the opioid epidemic? (Serious post) |
| synth_real 10/28/17 10:29:53 AM #13: | It was OxyContin that big pharma was pushing as a "non-addictive" substitute because it was a time-release formulation. They very heavily canvassed doctors with their new product, played up the abuse-resistance of the time-release formula, and strongly encouraged medical professionals to prescribe it for things previously considered too minor for opioids. They then completely ignored all the reports that started coming out shortly after that people were using multiple different methods to defeat the time-release mechanism, and the reports that came out shortly after those showing that it was still very abusable and addictive when taken normally. And now that millions of people are hooked, cheap Fentanyl ordered over the internet from labs in China is taking over to replace the demand for Oxys as they are finally becoming harder to get. --- "I'm the straightest guy on this board. I'm so straight that I watch gay porn." - Smarkil ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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