[svandamme]

Originally Posted by fintstone

I really don’t understand how it is so much a pharma issue as a criminal one. When one can sell a bottle of medicine that cost them a dollar or two (after insurance) for a thousand...it is little wonder they do so. Especially since the nation seems to have a large segment that self medicate with drugs from alcohol to marijuana and the marketing is massive that it is not only ok....but anyone who points out the dangers is simply an uncaring ass. The same for opioids. They are an effective pain killer...and doctors must prescribe it for patients who claim severe pain to meet required standards of care. Time to crack down on all illegal drug sales and throw the book at those who sell illegal drugs. It is also time to ask Hollywood to stop glorifying drug use.

It is a pharma issue when the doctors are in their pockets and prescribing the legal drugs like hotcakes.

Y'all get painkillers like candy in the us.
here you gotta be End Stage Cancer with only a couple of weeks to live, and then you might get Fentanyl, but the doc will give you a stern warning 'Not to much, wouldn't want you do get addicted before you die from your cancer"

Seriously in the US you get light opiods for things that we get a prescription of Ibuprofen for.
And yes, Ibuprofen is a prescription drug here. Not kidding you.

Y'all have to easy access to heavy legal drugs because Big Pharma doesn't want to see any stricter rules as that would impact their sales. Fact.
They use the revolving door with the FDA and they use it very effectively.

Those who review the drugs leave the FDA all the time to go work with the Pharmaceutical companies. So who are they working for , do you think?

Jobs taken after working in the FDA’s Oncology Products Division :