#Good_Morning_World | #International_Tech_News | #Richard_Sackler, NEW #Patent | The #Man who made #Billions of Dollars from #OxyContin is #Pushing a #Drug to Wean Addicts Off Opioids | By Lindsey Bever September 8 at 7:00 AM | Following #hundreds of #lawsuits over the years against #Pharmaceutical Giant #Purdue_Pharma, Colorado’s attorney general is suing the OxyContin creator for its “significant role in causing the #opioid_epidemic.” The lawsuit claims Purdue Pharma L.P. and Purdue Pharma Inc. #deluded_doctors and #patients in Colorado about the potential for #addiction with prescription #opioids and #continued to #push the #drugs.
And it comes amid news that the company’s former chairman and president, #Richard_Sackler, has patented a new drug to help wean addicts from opioids. “Purdue’s #habit_forming medications coupled with their #reckless_marketing have #robbed_children of their #parents, #families of their #sons and #daughters, and #destroyed the #lives of our #friends, #neighbors, and #co_workers,” Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said Thursday in a statement.
“While no amount of money can bring back loved ones, it can compensate for the enormous costs brought about by Purdue’s intentional misconduct.” [OxyContin and our opioid crisis: How the misleading marketing of one pain pill helped get America addicted]
The lawsuit states that Purdue Pharma “downplayed the risk of addiction associated with opioids,” “exaggerated the benefits” and “advised health care professionals that they were violating their Hippocratic Oath and failing their patients unless they treated pain symptoms with opioids,” according to the statement from the Colorado attorney general’s office.
But Purdue Pharma “vigorously” denied the accusations Friday..
In federal court in 2007, three top current and former employees for Purdue pleaded guilty to criminal charges, admitting that they had falsely led doctors and their patients to believe that OxyContin was less likely to be abused than other drugs in its class, according to the New York Times. Then earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that Purdue planned to stop promoting the drug. Now, it seems, a new business venture is only adding to the outcry.
“We believe it is inappropriate for the state to substitute its judgment for the judgment of the regulatory, scientific and medical experts at FDA.” In 2016, there were more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths in United States, and more than 66 percent of them were attributed to opioids, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC states that both illegal opioids and prescription opioids, which are commonly used to treat pain, have been associated with addiction, overdoses and death. In federal court in 2007, three top current and former employees for Purdue pleaded guilty to criminal charges, admitting that they had falsely led doctors and their patients to believe that OxyContin was less likely to be abused than other drugs in its class, according to the New York Times. Then earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that Purdue planned to stop promoting the drug. Now, it seems, a new business venture is only adding to the outcry.
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