- Marketing of opioid products to physicians was associated with increased opioid prescribing and, subsequently, with elevated mortality from overdoses, finds a new US study. Amid a national opioid overdose crisis, reexamining the influence of the pharmaceutical industry may be warranted. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2720914 6 comments science
Linking pages
- ‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis | Opioids crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/28/us-opioids-crisis-fentanyl-appalachia 192 comments
- I was a drug rep. I know how pharma companies pushed opioids. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/i-was-a-drug-rep-i-know-how-pharma-companies-pushed-opioids/2019/11/25/82b1da88-beb9-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html 151 comments
- Study: opioid epidemic linked to drug companies’ marketing - Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/25/18188542/opioid-epidemic-marketing-overdose-death-purdue 3 comments