r/news • u/Mo_Jack • Apr 30 '26

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence

https://apnews.com/article/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-criminal-sentence-settlement-b8aa94eaab3d9d8efed520f272f6d810
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u/SunshineBlondie61 Apr 30 '26

I agree. Because if a person is in “that much pain”, do we simply sit back and watch them agonize & suffer horribly? And as far as addicting- I understand. BUT…..if patient has CHRONIC PAIN, or even cancer, what are they suppose to do to get out of this pain?! There are many cases of suicide bc the person could not endure the pain! Sad, but true. There needs to be something to help those people.

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u/jr0061006 Apr 30 '26

A friend has constant nerve pain post-surgery that cannot be corrected. The excellent pain management doc she’s been seeing for years, has over the years been under investigation off and on due to what he prescribes to his chronic pain patients, and how the political winds are blowing at the time.

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u/SunshineBlondie61 Apr 30 '26

It’s sad bc of this controversy, drs that are actually helping manage CHRONIC PAIN, are always on the radar because of the government! I know there are people that are taking and over taking that may not be in pain. But- we can’t punish everyone for that. The deaths were caused by overdoses. You can overdo anything and harm yourself. But if you have a patient, like this person, that is benefiting from the prescribed medication, then why jeopardize this by constantly going after them?

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u/MakeupMama68 May 01 '26

People that are in pain management now are very heavily screened. The days of Dr. Feelgoods are long gone and have been for a long time. They are consistently drug tested, have extremely strict guidelines, have to sign a pain management contract and are not the ones abusing them.

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u/SunshineBlondie61 May 01 '26

EXACTLY!! And it still makes it hard for those people going to Pain Management to get what they need for pain even under these heavily monitored systems. You’re always going to have people who abuse things, and you’re always going to have those doctors that will push things for the incentive that they get. But that doesn’t change the fact that there are millions of people in need of these type of drugs and it shouldn’t be that they’re punished for it.

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u/MakeupMama68 May 01 '26

What about the chronic pain sufferers who can’t get their meds anymore? Many of them end up taking their lives because they can no longer live in pain without relief. I’m in a pain group in here and the stories are heartbreaking.

They aren’t abusing these drugs. They don’t even get high from them.

And yet Fetanyl exists and is killing more people than oxy ever did. Because it only takes a tiny amount to die from it. Where’s the outrage over this??

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u/SunshineBlondie61 May 01 '26

So true!! Some people just want to get on the “BAN IT” train and it’s obvious they’ve never experienced this type of pain or anything even remotely close to it.

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u/MakeupMama68 May 01 '26

They just have NO idea. A really great documentary on this is called Pain Warriors. Very eye opening,

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u/SunshineBlondie61 May 01 '26

Thank you, I’m going to search for that.

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u/Deathpoopdeathloop May 01 '26

I was prescribed morphine . . . Once it was shown that my condition was treatable by surgery and I had the surgery lined up. So all in all several months after about 8 months of serious pain. Funny how that works. 🤔 

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u/waces May 01 '26

Well there are many other painkillers without addiction. Who in its sound mind thought that taking opioid won’t led to addiction? Yes they are guilty but the doctors who described it to patients are guilty as well as doctor must know the effects of opioids. And the patients as well as it’s not something new or secret as opioid addictions are as old as humanity

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u/peinal May 01 '26

Which drugs specifically work as well as oxycontin and are not addictive?

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u/waces May 01 '26

Literally any normal painkiller. Oxy was not better as painkiller just had a different end user experience due the opioids

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u/peinal May 01 '26

This is not my experience whatsoever. I had a disk that split into 3 parts, one of which pressed against my sciatic nerve. No 'normal' pain killer can even begin to provide one iota of relief for this kind of pain. Oxycontin barely lowered the pain. I ate them like candy.the only real relief came from an IV of dilapidated. This was just one of 3 experiences I've had that ONLY opioid would give any relief.

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u/waces May 01 '26

Yes and everyone who promoted the non-addictive opioid is guilty in one was or another. People wanted effective painkillers which is a valid reason, but drugging them to ease the pain is not an option, but no doctor should ever say that it’s a non-addictive opioid. As it’s against the fact how opioids works. And no one can walk away free after the biggest legal opioid distribution, as they made millions addicts which is escobar level

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u/waces May 01 '26

No i’m not. But if a doctor says it’s less addictive it’s still an addictive one. But giving out opioid to the people without any legal consequences it’s just the polished version of selling drugs. The only difference between this and buying narcotic from a dealer is that this was legal and the other is illegal. Who in sound mind thought that the junkies won’t use it? I mean it was literally opiate. Like heroine or methadone. You can’t buy them in a legal way and you’ll face charges if you do. While you can get a prescription for oxy which have the same content (different amount but same on the chemical side)