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Do pharmaceutical companies knowingly benefit from drug abuse markets?

Newmoonrecord

Newmoonrecord

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Curious as to your opinions. We all know gun manufacturers know that a large percentage of their handguns are used on the black market. Obviously purdue pharma has benefitted enormously from high "market demand" for its product oxycontin (much of which was probably generated by purdue themselves with false adertising as being less addictive). We know companies are looking to get their drugs prescribed as easily as possible while placating the dea at the same time. Do these companies make drugs knowing that the more people who abuse them, the more profits they will make??
 
IMO definitely yes, Oxy, dilaudid, fentanyl and hydrocodone are all drugs that the manufacturers love making money off of because they know its so abusable.
 
I think they do.

But, after the OxyContin fiasco, the FDA/DEA certainly keeps a keener eye on it. It's quite common now to test new products for their abuse potential. Also, there are quite a few anti-abuse forumulations in the pipeline. So, they've benefited actively(easily abusable formulations) and passively(non-abusable formulations). It's good to be in the pharm industry right now.
 
We have had the technology to make damn near NON ABUSEABLE pills for quite sometime. There are some real bitch pills out there. I think if they wanted to do it, (make it non abusable) they could.
 
Wtf is this thread a joke? (excuse me for that if it was rude). It's fucking obvious that they are fully aware that what they manufacture is abusable and I think it was pretty much common knowledge that every pharmaceutical company as much as any other company or any other person in the world has mostly no ethics. They just want to make money. I bet at least 50% of their profits with the selling of abusable pharmaceuticals is due to abuse. Do you seriously think they care if ppl are abusing? OH yeah they actually do! They want them to abuse them even more of course. Jeez, use common sense ppl, c'mon.
 
totaly, i don't think that the anyone can be so naive to the point to think that pharmaceutical companies are "the good guys that are constantly developing drugs to help ppl with their lives".
 
Of course they're aware that they're benefiting from the black market, but I don't think they're thrilled about it. I doubt all the bad press and potential fines/restrictions are worth it.
 
GenericMind said:
Of course they're aware that they're benefiting from the black market, but I don't think they're thrilled about it. I doubt all the bad press and potential fines/restrictions are worth it.
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i agree, i think they're happy to be making more profits but i don't they're thrilled either that their products are receiving so much negative news coverage.
 
If their drugs were just cheaper and easier to get then they would be the good guys! =D *


*slight sarcasm


Hell, I think the fact that Shire tried to get their newest ADHD medication (Vyvanse) to be schedule III pretty much shows that they're trying to get more people addicted to their drugs with ease, abusing or not. Although, slightly off topic, but if Concerta was still schedule II they should just give up. That stuff is pretty damn hard to abuse.
 
Wintermute said:
If their drugs were just cheaper and easier to get then they would be the good guys! =D *


*slight sarcasm


Hell, I think the fact that Shire tried to get their newest ADHD medication (Vyvanse) to be schedule III pretty much shows that they're trying to get more people addicted to their drugs with ease, abusing or not. Although, slightly off topic, but if Concerta was still schedule II they should just give up. That stuff is pretty damn hard to abuse.
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Yeah i honestly dont know what they were thinking. Apparently they had a lot of money riding on sch III for that drug (ie: it was one of their main incentives in developing the drug). Hah how could they not have anticipated sch II when it's the same drug being delivered in the same amount of time as any other oral extended release form of dexamphetamine. It became sch II after abuse studies showed that it (surprise surprise!) produced just as much euphoria (medical term: "likeability") as other forms of oral dex.
 
Pharm companies exist to make money, simple as that. These companies charge fortunes for drugs that can make drastic improvements on people lives so i seriously doubt they give a shit about making money from drug abuse. A slong as they arent selling to blatant organised crime representatives then they can be seen to be doing nothing wrong.
 
Big Pharma was created and syndicated but not for the benefit of man. Just another exercise to make money.

A great many Pharm companies are controlled by the Rothchilds etc (althought this is cleverly hidden behind Swiss Accounts and holding companies) much like the Federal Reserve .. I could go on.

The Science and Politics of Cancer A discourse by G. Edward Griffin.

Video quality isn't great, but it's the audio that's most important. I have an open mind and found this very thought provoking!

Alternatively, follow the sheep
 
I don't think it would be THAT hard for them to make a opiod that is almost impossible to abuse. I doubt that it is an important source of income for them, but ofcourse they love the extra money. I doubt a fully un-abusable opiate will come onto the market until the companies are forced to make one.
 
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