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Friday, June 02, 2017

Ohio: Makers Of OxyContin, Percocet & Other Opioids Helped Fuel Drug Epidemic By Misleading Doctors, Patients

As Americans nationwide deal with the ongoing opioid epidemic, which has alsoresulted in the resurrection of heroin in many parts of the country, the Ohio Attorney General is accusing five major pharmaceutical companies of misleading the public about the safety and benefits of opioid painkillers.

In a lawsuit [PDF] filed in Ross County, OH, Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine accused Purdue Pharma (maker of OxyContin and others); Endo (Percocet); Teva (Fentora); Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (Duragesic); and Allergan (Norco) of operating marketing campaigns that “falsely deny or trivialize the risks of opioids while overstating the benefits of using them for chronic pain.”

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 2, 2017 at 9:10 AM

    Oh, here we go! It is always someone else's problem. Not my responsibility. Everyone knew this crap was bad from the beginning. If "we" were not always trying to find the easy way out, or feel that I should not be in pain (because its not fair) then this would not be a problem. Manufactures share responsibility. Doctors and patients are responsible as well. Oh my, my type 2 diabetes is the soda manufactures responsibility because they tricked me into overindulging! Just shut up!!! Thanks for the space to vent!!

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  2. AnonymousJune 2, 2017 at 10:06 AM

    9:10 you are an idiot. A complete and total idiot to think that big pharma did not start this. Really, please stop typing. They have been lying and killing people for decades and its time someone held them accountable. All they care about is money and you are their cash machine and guinea pig.

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  3. Rebel Without a ClueJune 2, 2017 at 10:39 AM

    I've been taking opioids for years! I ain't hooked!! :)

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  4. AnonymousJune 2, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    10:39...yeah...try coming off of them. You will learn what "hooked" means then.

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  5. AnonymousJune 2, 2017 at 8:16 PM

    Anonymous said...
    9:10 you are an idiot. A complete and total idiot to think that big pharma did not start this. Really, please stop typing. They have been lying and killing people for decades and its time someone held them accountable. All they care about is money and you are their cash machine and guinea pig.

    June 2, 2017 at 10:06 AM

    NO YOU are an idiot and I'm not 9:10.

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