You have a valid point as cancer patients suffer with pain from the illness and other side effects of the disease. I also understand the chances that are taken with any drug that is on the market narcotic or not. Advil has severe side effects if taken for long periods of time and I was warned about the side effects of taking them for too long when I had sciatic nerve pain. You are right Oxycontin may be an effective drug in those cases but are the side effects (possible death) worth the use of the drug? I guess with the experience My husband had along with the other reports that I have read it makes me think that it is the a drug worth pulling. The question that comes to me is how can suing the pharma or the execs make the issue of death from their drug better if we don’t do something about the drug?

You have a valid point as cancer patients suffer with pain from the illness and other side effects of the disease. I also understand the chances that are taken with any drug that is on the market narcotic or not. Advil has severe side effects if taken for long periods of time and I was warned about the side effects of taking them for too long when I had sciatic nerve pain. You are right Oxycontin may be an effective drug in those cases but are the severe side effects (possible death) worth the use of the drug? I guess with the experience My husband had along with the other reports that I have read it makes me think that it is the a drug worth pulling. The question that comes to me is how can suing the pharma or the execs make the issue of death from their drug better if we don’t do something about the drug?

I may not agree that with all that you are doing and that is my right as an individual. Yes the top officials of a company should know what is going on but most don’t. Pleading guilty is a cop out and it should be taken that way. As for the drug that Purdue produces it is a dangerous drug and should be removed from the market. My husband had a an accident when racing a boat six years ago and at the hospital they had him on morphine for the pain that he had. When he told them the morphine was making him sick they gave him Oxicontin. When he was released from the hospital a week later he was in bed at home and woke me up asking me to kill the spiders on the ceiling. When I told him there were none on the ceiling he told me I was crazy. That moment I took those pills and flushed them down the toliet. The next morning I told him what had happened and he told me not to give them to him anymore. I told him that they were already gone. He could take Advil for the pain and he would just deal with it. This drug is dangerous and addictive. The thing that aggravates me is that you don’t know you are addicted until it is to late. You go through withdraw just like any narcotic. I am sure your daughter didn’t misuse it, but unconciously it could be misused by someone. I was fortunate my husband had no lasting effects from the drug. I would like to see someone take the drug on and get it stopped from being used in any way, shape or form. Losing licenses doesn’t get rid of the real threat, the drug. Suing big pharma doesn’t stop the production of a drug. Someone needs to look to the FDA for approving this drug without really reviewing the clinical trials. Did anyone report to the FDA the side effects of this drug honestly? My thoughts are no when my own husband had halluciations. I admire what you are doing but suing the officials doesn’t stop the drug. I don’t have the means to stop the drug but if someone does that is where the attack needs to directed. Purdue will pay the fines and move on producing this drug. If I missed the fact that you are tryingt to stop the drug in this article, I apologize but I didn’t see that.

You truly are a class act.

Bob, is just a cheerleader for the He man, Woman haters club,and takes great pride in taking pot shots at women and unfortunately, even those who have lost their lives.

And if a woman fights back, he considers them Psychos or Sexually deprived. Save your breath, this Joker isnt worth it….