If you want to hit Phrma where it hurts all you have to do is kneecap Medicare part D and give the government the power to get this medicine for what it costs and not however much Phrma wants to bill our social programs for.
Why would you want to “hit Phrma where it hurts?” These are private companies who invest billions in research, development, testing and govenment approval for products that (mostly) save, lengthen and improve life. Why shouldn’t they make a profit on that investment?
I believe it is the clinics and hospitals that need to have a little more control over what and how much they are prescribing. These “street” drugs are coming out of pharmacies with prescriptions. IMHO, the misuse and abuse is a result of too many prescriptions being filled.
It seems to me that the real issue here is whether or not the pharmaceutical company misrepresented how addictive and/or effective the drug is. That being said, the prescribers should also be held accountable for how much is being given out. I had a broken bone surgically mended a few years ago, and 2 months after the surgery, the doctor asked if I was still taking oxycontin, which had been prescribed for the first few days after surgery only. He seemed surprised when I said “no”…It would seem doctors don’t look for “drug seeking behavior” the way they should be.
IMO, I would go after all Pharmaceutical Companies. They profit off the death of thousands and those thousands are mostly teens or young adults. The government, of course, gets a kick back for allowing the pharmaceutical companies to keep filling these high priced pills and could care less about the families they are destroying. It’s time that someone did something about it. I say, do everything you can to stop them and any other pharmaceutical company involved in this scam for the sake of the next generation!
If you want to hit Phrma where it hurts all you have to do is kneecap Medicare part D and give the government the power to get this medicine for what it costs and not however much Phrma wants to bill our social programs for.
Why would you want to “hit Phrma where it hurts?” These are private companies who invest billions in research, development, testing and govenment approval for products that (mostly) save, lengthen and improve life. Why shouldn’t they make a profit on that investment?
I believe it is the clinics and hospitals that need to have a little more control over what and how much they are prescribing. These “street” drugs are coming out of pharmacies with prescriptions. IMHO, the misuse and abuse is a result of too many prescriptions being filled.
It seems to me that the real issue here is whether or not the pharmaceutical company misrepresented how addictive and/or effective the drug is. That being said, the prescribers should also be held accountable for how much is being given out. I had a broken bone surgically mended a few years ago, and 2 months after the surgery, the doctor asked if I was still taking oxycontin, which had been prescribed for the first few days after surgery only. He seemed surprised when I said “no”…It would seem doctors don’t look for “drug seeking behavior” the way they should be.
IMO, I would go after all Pharmaceutical Companies. They profit off the death of thousands and those thousands are mostly teens or young adults. The government, of course, gets a kick back for allowing the pharmaceutical companies to keep filling these high priced pills and could care less about the families they are destroying. It’s time that someone did something about it. I say, do everything you can to stop them and any other pharmaceutical company involved in this scam for the sake of the next generation!