Opiods Archived Message
Posted by Mary on August 27, 2019, 11:02 am, in reply to "US Ambassador to UK on death of Koch. Also on Trump's travels."
'Opioids were involved in almost 400,000 overdose deaths in the US from 1999 to 2017, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 2000, some 6,000 people in Oklahoma have died from opioid overdoses, according to the state's lawyers. Earlier this year, Oklahoma settled with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma for $270m and Teva Pharmaceutical for $85m, leaving Johnson & Johnson as the lone defendant.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49452373 The Johnson & Johnson drugs involved are Duragesic and Nucynta in the US. Opiods painkillers are prescribed in the UK. This graph illustrates the area take up. https://images.app.goo.gl/vU9vEh1zzPNz5d3H9 There has been a 60% increase in the uptake of the drugs in the last decade. Opioid painkillers 'must carry prominent warnings' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48082736
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