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S'està carregant… Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic (2003)de Barry Meier
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 3.75 ( ) A really great book about the history of the opioid crisis. I’ve read a lot about this topic so some of the information in this book was not new to me but it was presented really well and there was also stuff that was new to me that was very interesting. I thought this book was very well written and very accessible to everyone. I would definitely recommend it. Purdue Pharma created OxyContin as a time-released medication containing oxycodone derived from opium poppies as its main ingredient. It was initially designed and marketed as a treatment for cancer patients and others with severe chronic pain. However, Purdue believed its time release formula made it less likely to be abused and set out to aggressively market it not just as originally intended, but for “moderate to severe pain.” Purdue planted positive articles on the drug in publications in which it had an interest, cultivated doctors interested in the then-new field of pain management, held glamour retreat seminars to “educate” doctors about the drug, and employed a huge sales force to convince doctors throughout the country of its safety and usefulness in the treatment of pain. It made billions for this small pharmaceutical company and huge bonuses for its sales reps. Of course drug addicts quickly found a way around the time release formula and were soon snorting or shooting the drug, which was horribly addictive. And communities, especially poor ones, were soon dealing with the social and economic destruction, and deaths, caused by that addiction. Community leaders tried to work with Purdue to limit its use and acknowledge the addictive nature of the drug. This book details the long road leading to a more responsible management not just of OxyContin but future narcotics as well. I read this book primarily because I’ve been witnessing this addiction first hand. OxyContin was introduced in 1996 and despite some headway made to monitor the drug finally instituted in the mid-2000s, it is still wrecking havoc on society and ruining people’s lives. Government agencies are still not doing an adequate job in controlling prescribed medications. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"Between 1999 and 2017, an estimated 250,000 Americans died from overdoses involving prescription painkillers, a plague ignited by the aggressive marketing of OxyContin by its maker, Purdue Pharma. Purdue, owned by a wealthy and secretive family--the Sacklers--knew early on that teenagers and others were abusing its billion dollar "wonder" drug. But Justice Department officials balked a decade ago when it came to meting out justice, allowing an opioid crisis to evolve into a catastrophe. Originally published in 2003 and hailed since as groundbreaking, Meier--in this thoroughly updated edition--reveals new and shocking information about how long the drug maker knew about OxyContin's abuse, even as it marketed it aggressively, and the way government officials passed up opportunities to protect hundreds of thousands of lives. Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business expos, Pain Killer is the origin story of the opioid crisis, a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the gateway drug to a national tragedy"--Provided by publisher. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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