Opioid Addiction in the US, Heroin and Oxys
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tempo_n_groove said:
I don't get how the pharmacies get nailed for this? The doctors write the scripts, that is where it starts. It's like suing the car dealership for selling the car that the company made. They are a middle man...mickeyrat said:Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suitBy MARK GILLISPIE11 mins agoCLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance" after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic" can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said "The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug.
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This story has been corrected to show that Trumbull County was awarded $344 million, not $444 million.
I see a lot more counties and states doing this. I don't get how it broke any laws or was negligent without hindsight?
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
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I read that and again the pharmacy does the filling for what a doctor prescribes. Why the doctor gets off and the pharmacy gets sued is really going after money.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
I don't get how the pharmacies get nailed for this? The doctors write the scripts, that is where it starts. It's like suing the car dealership for selling the car that the company made. They are a middle man...mickeyrat said:Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suitBy MARK GILLISPIE11 mins agoCLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance" after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic" can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said "The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug.
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This story has been corrected to show that Trumbull County was awarded $344 million, not $444 million.
I see a lot more counties and states doing this. I don't get how it broke any laws or was negligent without hindsight?
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
Going after the maker of the drug I totally agree with. The y pushed and hushed the problems.
Nothing I have read so far makes the pharmacy liable. The counties state that the pharmacies are the last line of defense. How? They are just filling bottles. You think the doctor whom sees the patient would get that it's a bad idea to keep writing the damn things.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
I read that and again the pharmacy does the filling for what a doctor prescribes. Why the doctor gets off and the pharmacy gets sued is really going after money.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
I don't get how the pharmacies get nailed for this? The doctors write the scripts, that is where it starts. It's like suing the car dealership for selling the car that the company made. They are a middle man...mickeyrat said:Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suitBy MARK GILLISPIE11 mins agoCLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance" after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic" can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said "The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug.
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This story has been corrected to show that Trumbull County was awarded $344 million, not $444 million.
I see a lot more counties and states doing this. I don't get how it broke any laws or was negligent without hindsight?
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
Going after the maker of the drug I totally agree with. The y pushed and hushed the problems.
Nothing I have read so far makes the pharmacy liable. The counties state that the pharmacies are the last line of defense. How? They are just filling bottles. You think the doctor whom sees the patient would get that it's a bad idea to keep writing the damn things.ohio went after and prosecuted the pill mills. multiple now former doctors are in jail. got em shut down then instituted 3rd party physician review to assess need and patient compliance.pharmacist is the last stop in patient advocacy. chain pharmacies should have the same alert proticols the distributors were supposed to have but ignored.doc shopping and pharmacy shopping is how it happened. now its all interconnected.still the individual stores should have noticed the volume of those drugs increasing....
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20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
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15.25 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 230K
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There weren't enough doctors that got nailed for this either. The ones that did were doing egregious illegal stuff so of course they were caught.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
I read that and again the pharmacy does the filling for what a doctor prescribes. Why the doctor gets off and the pharmacy gets sued is really going after money.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
I don't get how the pharmacies get nailed for this? The doctors write the scripts, that is where it starts. It's like suing the car dealership for selling the car that the company made. They are a middle man...mickeyrat said:Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suitBy MARK GILLISPIE11 mins agoCLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance" after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic" can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said "The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug.
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This story has been corrected to show that Trumbull County was awarded $344 million, not $444 million.
I see a lot more counties and states doing this. I don't get how it broke any laws or was negligent without hindsight?
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
Going after the maker of the drug I totally agree with. The y pushed and hushed the problems.
Nothing I have read so far makes the pharmacy liable. The counties state that the pharmacies are the last line of defense. How? They are just filling bottles. You think the doctor whom sees the patient would get that it's a bad idea to keep writing the damn things.ohio went after and prosecuted the pill mills. multiple now former doctors are in jail. got em shut down then instituted 3rd party physician review to assess need and patient compliance.pharmacist is the last stop in patient advocacy. chain pharmacies should have the same alert proticols the distributors were supposed to have but ignored.doc shopping and pharmacy shopping is how it happened. now its all interconnected.still the individual stores should have noticed the volume of those drugs increasing....
Again, this is all in hindsight now. The FDA still let this slide for 16 years... 16. I knew this stuff was a problem in 1999.0 -
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......
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Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
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Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
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2012 though. That was still 12 years after the explosion I saw in 99 in the tri-city area of Appalachia.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
That guy that wrote the book, I would love to sit and chat with him about what he found on his research during those early years.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
2012 though. That was still 12 years after the explosion I saw in 99 in the tri-city area of Appalachia.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
That guy that wrote the book, I would love to sit and chat with him about what he found on his research during those early years.that speaks to perdues successful snow job up to that point.heres the first podcast with Maron on the subject.
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I’m starting fentanyl next week again. I have trepidations but now I get it. Chronic, intense pain can be debilitating mentally (eventually physically too). At least the last time
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I have been thinking about you. I am sorry you are going this and experiencing such pain. Painkillers can be a blessing in some cases. I hope it goes well this time also.hedonist said:I’m starting fentanyl next week again. I have trepidations but now I get it. Chronic, intense pain can be debilitating mentally (eventually physically too). At least the last time
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My travels showed me things that the rest of the world hadn't seen yet I guess?mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
2012 though. That was still 12 years after the explosion I saw in 99 in the tri-city area of Appalachia.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
That guy that wrote the book, I would love to sit and chat with him about what he found on his research during those early years.that speaks to perdues successful snow job up to that point.heres the first podcast with Maron on the subject.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:
My travels showed me things that the rest of the world hadn't seen yet I guess?mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
2012 though. That was still 12 years after the explosion I saw in 99 in the tri-city area of Appalachia.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
That guy that wrote the book, I would love to sit and chat with him about what he found on his research during those early years.that speaks to perdues successful snow job up to that point.heres the first podcast with Maron on the subject.there remains, to this day , a misconception about addicts and addiction. especially among politicians who to some degree reflect the whims of their respective bases. couple that with industry lobbying efforts.it wasnt until that shit hit white suburban america that anyone gave a shit._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
True, Appalachia and Hillbilly Heroin weren't on anyone's radar as of yet but it wasn't long after that it was in everyones back yard. I forget what year but it was early in the 2000's when they changed the pills so they couldn't be snorted and the coating had to be wiped off and then the Govt made them a felony to sell so they definitely knew something was going on.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
My travels showed me things that the rest of the world hadn't seen yet I guess?mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
2012 though. That was still 12 years after the explosion I saw in 99 in the tri-city area of Appalachia.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Ahhhh, that was the disconnect. I completely understand then.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
Yes but again, the doctors prescribed them. We will just keep going in circles.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......in ohio the doctors were dealt with. first. then the distributors.these fucking chains did nothing but order more.do note its the chains and not individual pharmacists on the hook here.
With the doctors though, I am only finding a few that were nailed and that was for other things that led them to getting caught.
I'm guessing that all those pills were prescribed by hundreds of doctors, not just a few.
It still blows my mind that something I knew was a problem in 1999 wasn't red flagged until 2016?!?
being in one of the epicenters ohio clued in much earlier than that.
That guy that wrote the book, I would love to sit and chat with him about what he found on his research during those early years.that speaks to perdues successful snow job up to that point.heres the first podcast with Maron on the subject.there remains, to this day , a misconception about addicts and addiction. especially among politicians who to some degree reflect the whims of their respective bases. couple that with industry lobbying efforts.it wasnt until that shit hit white suburban america that anyone gave a shit.0 -
That’s a slippery slope.mickeyrat said:tempo_n_groove said:
The amount of pills prescribed is unbelievable...mickeyrat said:20 MILLION PILLS PER YEAR FOR COUNTY POPULATION OF 200K.
and the pharmacies dispensed them......
a pharmacist shouldn’t not fill a lawful prescription period. They aren’t doctors they are chemists
this goes back to birth control, morning after pills etc too. It shouldn’t be their business.Unless it’s a situation of filling multiple prescriptions from different doctors or something but I think that should be handled on the doctors end before writing it via a database. There probably is one I just think the doctors need to manage thatPost edited by Cropduster-80 on0
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