Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by marcosdumay on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @01:20PM
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OT, but...
> I always find this funny who we in the west call this "donations" but when reporting on third world countries it is termed a "bribed".
Well, if resolving the hypocrisy would mean calling our bribes by "donations", please, let it unresolved.
We at third world countries gain a lot from your transparent accounting of what happens here.
Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by maxerickson on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @12:29PM
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It's not entirely doublespeak, campaign funds aren't simply a personal slush fund.
(it's probably even useful to speak of legal campaign contributions, because then when illegal bribes happen, they still get attention)
Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by sliverstorm on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @02:37PM
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who put the pressure on the Drs to treat pain as such?
I don't have evidence of this, but I expect the patients. People don't like pain, and they want a silver bullet to make it stop.
Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by anentropic on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @12:31PM
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drug companies get money from 'treating' pain
no one gets rich from preventing the causes of pain, though of course the country would save money and less people would die
------- Since the 1990s, doctors have been under more and more pressure to treat pain as a serious medical issue. Pharmaceutical companies took advantage of this desire, marketing opioid painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin as a safe, effective solution to pain. ------
privatised health care and the profit incentive to prescribe high cost pain kills. I believe the Drs get a kickback from the companies for pushing a particular brand (could be wrong on that though).
Also, who put the pressure on the Drs to treat pain as such? Politicians? Why would they? I imagine leant on (or the term is "lobbied" by big pharma. Would be interesting to see the "donations"* paid to politicans from big pharma right around that time and who profited from this.
* I always find this funny who we in the west call this "donations" but when reporting on third world countries it is termed a "bribed". Paying money to get what you want from government so you can make more money....