Comments on: Purdue And Execs: $634M For Misbranding

By: Nancy Davis

Nancy Davis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:57:20 +0000

I feel for anyone who is addicted/physically dependent to this drug, and any other opiate for that matter. Doctors don’t have a clue what to do when the patient becomes addicted/physically dependent and needs help. Nor do they want to talk about becoming physically dependent or withdrawals. They just continue to write the prescriptions and send you on your way!
With Oxycontin it is not just a matter of abusing the drug to get high, patients become physically addicted and cannot stop taking it without becoming deathly ill.
My daughter was prescribed the drug in order to manage pain. Her comment to her doctor before the first prescription was written in the year 2000, was that she did not want to be given anything that she could become addicted to. Her doctor’s comment to her was, “you cannot be concerned about that, we need to control your pain”. (I was present during this conversation in the doctor’s office). The longer she took the drug, the dosages kept increasing, her physician even sent her to a pain management center. They also kept increasing the dosages. To quote the physician @ the Pain management center,… “Oxy is better than percocet because the patient does not feel the high’s and low’s…just keeps a steady level of drug in your system. The drug has just been given a bad reputation because some chew it to get a quick high”.

My daughter soon became physically dependent on the drug, countless trips to the ER when she ran out of her medication, deathly sick, uncontrollable vomiting.

To make a long story short, she no longer had control of herself, as the drug was controlling her. We even tried detox centers, who convince you that in (5) days of Detox, you are fine. Of course they provide subutex or suboxone during the course of the (5) days, patient feels great, until they get home and this medication wears off.

1 1/2 years ago my daughter ended her battle, (of 6 years), by taking her own life at the age of 29.

There should be complete counselling and warnings up front by prescribing doctors,(describe addictions and what it’s like to try to come off the drug).

The Doctors must also be held accountable to direct the patient for professional care when the patient asks for help in getting off the drug.

By: Dana Bentley

Dana Bentley — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:34:18 +0000

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By: Melody

Melody — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:07:33 +0000

Marianne–

I went to the Senate Judiciary website and read your testimony (and that of others). Thank you for your sticktuitiveness and pursuit of justice. I wish there were whistleblowers who would act “ahead of the curve” instead of having to wait for such tragedies to occur before wrongdoing is addressed. For others who want to read, here’s the link:

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2905

By: Marianne Skolek

Marianne Skolek — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:33:24 +0000

Ed Silverman — I testified against Purdue Pharma and Friedman, Udell and Goldenheim at their sentencing in Abingdon, VA on 7/20/07 and before the Senate Judiciary Panel in Washington, DC on 7/31/07. If you would like to post my testimony before the US Senate against the 3 convicted CEO’s and Purdue Pharma, please let me know and I will forward it to you. I have also prepared the necessary paperwork to have Udell disbarred from practicing law in Connecticut and NY since he is a convicted criminal whose actions caused death and addiction in epidemic proportion throughout the country. Goldenheim’s medical license revocation paperwork is being prepared now. Marianne Skolek

By: Mark Brewer

Mark Brewer — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:53:33 +0000

Schmidt is an idiot if he REALLY thinks that oxycontin will not destroy his life. I know it takes away the pain but does this moron have any idea what his liver and kindneys are going through? I was on this shit for over four years and my Dr. (Dr. Feel Good) had me taking over 500mg a day. I admitt that I should have went through detox earlier but once you start to feel withdrawls you just go back and take another pill. My Dr. told me I didn’t need to be weened off of the meds, it was just in my head. Now that is one BITCH that needs to lose her license, or better yet, have one of her loved ones become addicted and have to watch withdrawl first hand. I was so desprit to get my life back together that I checked into a VA hospital, (everything you have ever heard about VA’s is untrue, it’s worse) where if you don’t or should I say can’t get up out of bed to get your meds or even eat, you are just shit outta luck! Well I’m not going to go on and on about my problems since mine are no bigger than yours, but in the end, I lost my children, my marriage, my house, my job, and most of all my spirit. Mark J. Brewer Hanoverton, Ohio

By: Lt. Thomas Schmidt

Lt. Thomas Schmidt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:54:02 +0000

I have been on Oxycontin for over 4 years and without it I could not continue my work on the force. I have seen it destroy some of my co-workers though. They would confiscate dealers without arresting them just so they could get their hands on those pills. Turning into drug addicts like the ones they are supposed to be arresting, they spread their filth all over the department. Rest assured this is happening in all corners of the USA and other nations Im sure. What kind of law enforcement do we have when a drug like Oxycontin has brought these otherwise law-upholding men/women to their knees. I know that;s no excuse but this should be looked in to. Not to mention, do you think the DEA is exempt? Hell no, I’ve seen it. They are some of the worst, stealing the dealers drugs just to throw a party and use it themselves. What kind of oath did they take? a HIPOCRITIC one I believe. HA! I am proud to say I am turning these people in and I have compiled a list of over 60 LEO and DEO that will be getting the traditional BOOT.
thats all for now, pray for their families. Most of them know but won’t expect the upcoming scenario.
I thank God every day I take it as prescribed and that is all,it is a miricale drug if taken correctly. Thr problem is that most do not ue it correctly. Help me clean up the law. Help me, I can do it myself. I am starting though, wish me strength and pray for me as I am sure I will be out of a job .

By: Tracey Wilson

Tracey Wilson — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:26:31 +0000

The Sackler Family and the sleaze bags get off again. All the cases that were settled and thrown out BEFORE these scumb bags pleaded guilty? Isn’t anyone just a bit suspicious about the order of events here? And no jail time? How does that happen? It’s called money and lots of it. Just google Sackler and see why. They own Purdue.

By: Otto

Otto — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:07 +0000

The problem with these corporate lawsuits is that they don’t hold people criminally responsible. All they do is levy fines that only cut into their profits, some what. If the fines were enough to ruin companies they would actually deter.

The people that decide to hurt people for money should be charged with assault (multiple counts) and imprisoned. It should not be simply a matter of paying fines that do not even erase the profits. There is no deterent–maybe Congress should be held accountable for allowing such abuse.

On the same topic, tobacco she be illegal. It kills 400,000 Americans each year. Teens get hooked because they want to “fit-in” and because of their natural development, they feel invulnerable. I forget the term but developmental psychology says that the trait that makes it so teens feel invunerable is something that remains until around age 20.

Thats the rub. People say that it’s their (smokers) own fault if they get sick but it isn’t. If a teen wants to fit in (need for affiliation), and their friends happen to have gone down that road, they are not in a position to easily
make the right choice. By the time they know what they have gotten into, they are very addicted. Some will be able to free themselves of the addiction but most can’t (some people are more severely addicted than others).

By: brenda bladgett

brenda bladgett — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:34:35 +0000

I can only think of disdain for this company. So long has gone by since the manufacturing of this fatal drug. I feel this company could never repay the public for what it has done. We have oxy addicts everywhere. I am in favor of the use of this medication if a patient is end term and end term only. I have seen countless oxy addicts struggling to regain their normalcy without success. Crime has soared, sick people being robbed for their medication. I think there needs to be definitely controls put on this medication. It should be used for the terminally ill only. Any Doctor prescribing this medication to people whom do not need it should lose their licensing.

By: Melody

Melody — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:07:25 +0000

Corporate removal from the ranks of “citizenship” would be a start; criminal/civil liability for the PEOPLE who act in behalf of the corporation would be a good second step. The “death penalty” for repeat offenders would also be helpful. (NCAA violators have on rare occasions been given the death penalty. It impact the entire institution–not just the offending sports paradigm. Returning to the land of the living is tedious and of long duration . . . and even then, the stench remains. If BigPharma and medical professionals are forever talking about self-policing. I’d sure like to see some of this self-policing. Alternatively, maybe government is the only entity powerful enough to legislate such policies.