Oxycontin & Mercury
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start fussing at me.
TODAY'S CONSUMER - Strong Message About A Drug - 07/31/01
WASHINGTON -- Concerns over reports of increasing abuse and diversion of
the time-release narcotic OxyContin have prompted the Food and Drug
Administration to re- quire the drug's manufacturer to strengthen label
warn- ings and advise doctors to be careful prescribing the
codeine-based painkiller. The FDA's Dr. Cynthia McCormick told UPI that
the decision to require Purdue Pharmaceuticals of Stamford, Conn., to
place a "black box" warning label on OxyContin is the most stringent
action the agency can take. "This is what's within our authority," said
McCormick, director of the FDA's division of Addictive Drug Products.
"The sponsor came to us, and we conceived a plan. We agreed early on
that the labeling had to be strengthened." The FDA also is requiring
Purdue to issue "Dear Doctor" let- ters to physicians, warning them of
reported abuse problems with the drug. Numerous reports of OxyContin
diversion and abuse have been reported in a number of states. The first
reports included overdoses, deaths and robberies in Kentucky, West
Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Maine, but there is increasing concern
in other urban cities on the East Coast and elsewhere. Like morphine,
OxyContin has a high potential for abuse. It is supplied in a controlled
release dosage form and is intended to provide up to 12 hours of relief
from moderate to severe pain. Abusers of the drug crush it and either
inhale the powder or inject it to produce a heroin-like high that lasts
for up to 12 hours. The agency, together with the manufac- turer, next
will launch an educational campaign carrying a "strong message" about
the drug's dangers and further alert physicians to the potential for
diversion and abuse, McCormick said.
(Thanks to UPI Medical Writer Kurt Samson)
As I was reading this, I had m TV on, but the volume was really low. I
saw what looked like a lawyer advertizing for people to file a class
action suit on Oxycontin.
On the same commercial, it looked llike they were asking for people for
a suit about mercury. I sure hope it wasn't what it looked like. If
they're planning suits, what the HE__ is next?!!!!
This was in the Nashville area.
~*~Barb~*~TOO!
zenFubar
while they're hot. I find it hilarious that they still refer to
an "ethics" portion of the bar exam. Cha-ching!
Thanks Barb- Mike
PS: Saw a sign in my pharmacy today stating that we must
ask for oxy in advance, as it must now be special ordered.
I've lived here a long time and I'm damned if I can remember
*ever* hearing about a pharmacy being robbed.
(BTW- the Pharmacist agreed that it was hysterical nonsense.)
--
Delirious Royal Alchemist to the Realm of W.H.I.N.E.
"When narcotics are outlawed, only Outlaws will have narcotics."
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Eatnrun3
(great to see ya & sorry I'm late w/writing you back!!)
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Thanks (((((((Barb)))))))))))). Scary, isn't it.
Thank goodness (knocking all the wood in my house) they haven't hit on my
med...msContin (time release morphine).
Kindly,
Lorib.O.b.
Baroness of Banjo
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>Subject: Re: Oxycontin & Mercury
>From: "zenFubar" venf...@home.com
>Date: 8/1/01 12:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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>Subject: Re: Oxycontin & Mercury
>From: "zenFubar" venf...@home.com
>Date: 8/1/01 12:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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MrMossis
Lori,
I was thinking the same thing.
Maybe the stronger warning on oxycontin should read something like this:
"If you are a drug addict and abuse and mix your drugs, chances are you
might kill yourself. Experiment at your own risk."
This makes me so sick that the people who need this medication to have a
"normal" or even 1/2 way normal life have to suffer because of the drug
abusers.
I didn't see them removing spray paint from the market when the huffers
were huffing??
Mo
Mi...@n.uk
In response to MrMossis,
Mike snipped and said...
>This makes me so sick that the people who need this medication to have a
>"normal" or even 1/2 way normal life have to suffer because of the drug
>abusers.
Every so often a 'wonder drug' appears and has remarkable success. The
drugs industry suffers a drop in the demand for the (often less effective
and sometimes more harmful) drugs it replaces and a lot of shareholders
etc. are very unhappy. To avoid commercial all-out war/destructive
in-fighting, the producer of the 'wonder drug' have their 'friends' in
government, the media etc. make a big deal about this 'new threat' and the
status quo is stablised as the market returns to its regular practices. The
company that holds the patents has a new lever in the market (threat of a
re-release) and so new alliances are formed. Takovers and buyouts quietly
take place and the massive industry that holds us all in it's pockets grows
a little larger and stronger, picking up a few more pet polititians and
media whores on the way. The new product ends up as the key componant in
other, less effective medicines later on down the line as calculating
executives take full advantage of its market power.
The minor detail regarding junkies misuse and resulting deaths is all part
of the game. There have been extremely cost effective and remarkably
successful methods of treating drug addiction for years. These methods
never get into the media as then there would be many less drug abusers and
much less drug related crime for successive bidders for world power to
'crack down on' and much less of the 'drugs horror' for the media to revel
in. Junkies and drug crime exist because our governments/mega-business's
require them to maintain a culture they can feed off.
Oxycontin is not going to vanish. It will, I suspect, end up as 'too
controversial for general release' (rich kids only) and be integrated into
a whole range of other lesser products that do not threaten the markets for
the cornucopia of junk we are forced to ingest just to get some relief from
our pains. Sooner or later it will be available without prescription in a
much diluted form, its 'track record of success' being its 'guarantee' to
ease your pain. Expect to see your own 'oxycontin gave me back my life'
quotes in advertising slogans in a few years. If you posted anything like
this through certain internet services, they already own everything you
upload and can sell these quotes to advertisers as 'qualified opinion'.
'Other that all this, expect a warm front moving in from the east and
pleasant weather ahead. Now onto the sport!'
P.S.
I'm having a bad day!
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All this in the opinion of
Mi...@N.UK
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Have a nice day.
Your Doctor would recommend it
and so do I.
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zenFubar
Property is far more valuable than livesto... uh, people
don'tcha know.
Grimly, Mike
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Delirious Royal Alchemist to the Realm of W.H.I.N.E.
"When narcotics are outlawed, only Outlaws will have narcotics."
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zenFubar
"Bravo!!!" he exclaimed glumly.
Mike
(hoping that tomorrow is better for you, & that your weather
forecast is equally on the mark <g>)
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"When narcotics are outlawed, only Outlaws will have narcotics."
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