Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000
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Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000: 05 1995 Purdue internal report confirmed addiction potential marketing strategy developed to counter it
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 1995, a Purdue Pharma internal report titled "The Abuse Potential of OxyContin" concluded that the drug’s slow-release mechanism could be eas…
Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000: 04 1995 FDA approved OxyContin with label claiming delayed absorption reduced addiction potential
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 28, 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved OxyContin with a label stating its “delayed absorption” reduced “abuse lia…
Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000: 03 1990 Joint Commission on Accreditation made pain the fifth vital sign hospitals graded on pain manag
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1999, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) began requiring hospitals to assess and treat pain as the "fifth v…
Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000: 02 1986 Russell Portenoy published paper arguing opioids safe for chronic non-cancer pain funded by Pur
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1986, Russell Portenoy, then a 31-year-old neurologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, published a paper in Pain—the leading journal in…
Opioid Decisions That Killed 500000: 01 1980 New England Journal of Medicine letter one paragraph cited 38000 times as proof opioids werent
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1980, the New England Journal of Medicine published a one-paragraph letter to the editor stating that of 11,882 hospital patients treated with opi…