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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 04:47 AM Jun 2017

FDA seeks removal of opioid painkiller from the market

Source: Washington Post

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked a drug company to remove its opioid pain medication from the market, the first time the agency has made such a request because of the public health consequences of abuse.

The agency concluded after an extensive review of Endo Pharmaceuticals’ Opana ER that the “benefits of the drug may no longer outweigh its risks.” The company reformulated the drug in 2012 to make it more difficult to snort, but the FDA said that move actually led to more injections — and a major HIV outbreak.

FDA Commissioner Scott ­Gottlieb, who has pledged to take “more forceful” steps to curb the nation’s opioid epidemic, said the agency’s action reflects its increased focus on the risks posed by the illicit use of opioids. The FDA “is looking broadly at the whole policy framework” used for the painkillers, he said Thursday.


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FDA seeks removal of opioid painkiller from the market (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2017 OP
what about the dying in hospice in so much pain and people with painful painful diseases? luvMIdog Jun 2017 #1
Agree get the red out Jun 2017 #2
+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Jun 2017 #13
Your last sentence says it all: Delphinus Jun 2017 #14
And young people as well. femmedem Jun 2017 #5
One man's "might even" is another man's "hope so." J/S. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #6
yes it seems that way luvMIdog Jun 2017 #10
Opana isn't the only opioid medication out there. Aristus Jun 2017 #16
Just what chronic pain sufferers need. anniebelle Jun 2017 #3
So similar Delphinus Jun 2017 #15
Opiod abuse is but a mere symptom of larger problems bitterross Jun 2017 #4
well put...n/t bluecollar2 Jun 2017 #7
Really? Because when I think of DU I don't think of "needs very much oversimplification.' WinkyDink Jun 2017 #9
Welcome to DU, Captain Obvious. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #8
+1 this is so true. LiberalLoner Jun 2017 #11
Great post. Agree totally. Dream Girl Jun 2017 #12
Oh great! Here we go. Coventina Jun 2017 #17
Already getting that way n2doc Jun 2017 #18

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
1. what about the dying in hospice in so much pain and people with painful painful diseases?
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 05:51 AM
Jun 2017

I think young drug users/abusers will still find their drugs in the street & this will only hurt the elderly and fragile people who are in bad pain. It might even cause a rise in the suicide rate of the elderly who do not want to live in agony.

get the red out

(13,459 posts)
2. Agree
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:09 AM
Jun 2017

Punishment for sick people, and will do nothing about drug abuse. People hooked on opioids just move on to other drugs. Real solutions to drug abuse aren't to be found by taking medications from people medically in need of them.

CountAllVotes

(20,854 posts)
13. +1,000 !!
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:53 AM
Jun 2017

Another one here.

Been in chronic pain since 1984 and it is getting worse as I age.

However, my RX for pain medications has not increased in almost 10 years now.

Am I an addict or am I sick?

Anyone with a disease that is eating away at their spinal cord and brain has a problem and often, PAIN is one of the many symptoms that go with it!

These SOBs don't get it until THEY GET IT! Damn them all for making sick people out to be criminals because they are just that, sick humand being trying their best to remain ambulatory and alive!



Delphinus

(11,808 posts)
14. Your last sentence says it all:
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:13 PM
Jun 2017

"Real solutions to drug abuse aren't to be found by taking medications from people medically in need of them."

Amen!

femmedem

(8,188 posts)
5. And young people as well.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:38 AM
Jun 2017

I have a friend with cluster headaches, also known as suicide headaches because the pain is so severe. When she is in the throes of an attack, she sometimes posts on social media that she hopes people will understand if she opts out. I don't think she would still be here without her medication.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
16. Opana isn't the only opioid medication out there.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:39 PM
Jun 2017

There are plenty of them, and hospice care facilities will still have appropriate access to them.

The goal is to rid the market of as much pharmaceutical heroin as possible.

Responsible medical providers will still deal with pain issues according to standard of care.

anniebelle

(899 posts)
3. Just what chronic pain sufferers need.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:15 AM
Jun 2017

I am 72 and have suffered from chronic pain for 32 years now. After 3 back surgeries, 2 broken legs which required titanium rods and screws into my knees, ruptured appendix and just two weeks ago had open incisional hernia repair (caused from the appendectomy). I live moment to moment in constant pain. My doctor is "allowed" to give me 3 hydrocodone tablets a day after I see him monthly at a cost of $170 per office visit. These pills barely relieve my pain enough to make me able to live on my own, get out of bed, get out of a chair after sitting for more than 5 minutes. I have friends who have tried to get me to try marijuana to give me some relief, but I ask you, how am I to find a 'drug' dealer ~ I wouldn't have a clue ~ my state (RED) doesn't 'believe' the hype about marijuana for pain relief. These people that do these drugs for fun are ruining it for those of us who truly need help.

Delphinus

(11,808 posts)
15. So similar
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 12:15 PM
Jun 2017

to my Mom's story. In regard to suffering, I am glad she no longer is (she died six months ago). What is life like this?

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
4. Opiod abuse is but a mere symptom of larger problems
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:37 AM
Jun 2017

The drugs themselves are not the issue. This drug and every other drug can be taken off the market and the same behaviors by people will continue with substitutes.

I will very much oversimplify for brevity here. Please try to get the big picture argument here and not nitpick.

People abuse drugs (and alcohol IS A DRUG) to escape their reality. Our current culture of me first damn everyone else and you are either a winner or a loser is the bigger problem. Our economic and social structure no longer supports people being part of a community and nuclear family. People feel isolated, alone, not valued.

People do not have a support system of friends and family because everyone is so busy trying to be a "winner" or, at the very least, NOT a "loser." There is no space for acts of kindness and inclusion.

All of this leads people to the desire to escape from the seriously flawed societal model we currently have. Hence, the ever increasing abuse of drugs.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
18. Already getting that way
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 02:33 PM
Jun 2017

The hillbillies will still get their oxy. Earlier this year I had a root canal on a cracked tooth. Tried to get something prescribed to cut the significant pain from it, could only get a vicodin substitute that did nothing except make me sick to my stomach and made my ears ring. I've had the real stuff in the past for kidney stones, but now people don't want to prescribe anything strong in case they get complaints from the feds.

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