Manufacturer Purdue bowed to a key demand of lawsuits that blame the Connecticut-based company for helping trigger the opioid epidemic.
The company's statement said it eliminated more than half its sales staff this week and will no longer send sales representatives to doctors' offices to discuss opioid drugs.
Its remaining sales staff of about 200 will focus on other medications.
"The genie is already out of the bottle," said Dr. Andrew Kolodny, director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University and an advocate for stronger regulation of opioid drug companies. "Millions of Americans are now opioid-addicted because the campaign that Purdue and other opioid manufacturers used to increase prescribing worked well. "
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Holy crap! Half of its sales staff was selling Oxycontin?
ReplyDeleteYes^^^^ shouldn't really be a surprise. 3/4 of the (illegal drug dealers) sell opiates not marijuana anymore. Ppl go where the money's at.
ReplyDeleteOxycontin better kmown in some areas of the country as Hillbilly Heroine.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is spoken in some areas of the country. Apparently not here.
ReplyDeleteThey are laughing all the way to the bank!
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