OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts from opioids

Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by buttcoinslol on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:51PM (#17942187)

Opiates are fungible. Heroin and oxy are interchangeable, how do you determine what liability Purdue has if someone started using heroin but also buys oxy or starts on oxy and switches to heroin?

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by lostlogin on Saturday September 08, 2018 @05:44PM (#17942936)

There would be an expected prescription rate for geographic areas, specialties, doctors etc. I’m sure it’s very easy to tell who is going through a lot of it and potentially causing harm. Knowing this and continuing to provide the drug is where the line is crossed in my opinion.

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by Nasrudith on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:04PM (#17947482)

Wait wouldn't that mean expecting them to profile and essentially engage in redlining /from the upper supply chain/ instead of the patients and subscribers?

Assuming that it is 'easy' to tell who is abusing drugs in itself sounds like a way to do a lot of harm.

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by lostlogin on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @02:29AM (#17966027)

It works pretty well where I live. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-di...

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by freyr on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:55AM (#17945015)

Do you give the heroin dealer the same consideration?

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