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Insys exec allegedly gave lap dance to doctor while pushing deadly opioid
A former regional sales director for Insys Therapeutics allegedly gave a lap dance to a doctor as the company was pushing him to prescribe its deadly opioid painkiller to patients. That's according to multiple reports of testimony given Tuesday from a former Insys colleague in a federal court in Boston.
The testimony is part of a federal racketeering trial getting underway this week against Insys founder John Kapoor and four former executives, including the sales director, Sunrise Lee. Federal prosecutors allege that the Insys executives used bribes and kickbacks to get doctors to prescribe the company's powerful and addictive fentanyl spray, called Subsys—which was intended only for cancer patients experiencing pain that's not alleviated by other medications (aka "breakthrough pain"). The former executives are also accused of misleading and defrauding health insurance companies that ended up covering the drug for patients who did not need it. A congressional investigation in 2017 concluded that Insys sales representatives bluntly lied and tricked insurers to do that—and the investigators released the tapes to prove it.
Previously: Opioid Crisis Official; Insys Therapeutics Billionaire Founder Charged; Walgreens Stocks Narcan
The More Opioids Doctors Prescribe, the More Money They Make
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday January 31 2019, @10:34PM (7 children)
That I was once the subject of a - fortunately successful - Drug Intervention had to do with a persistent cough.
These days, prescriptions for controlled substances _cannot_ be refilled, once must physically visit the doctor for a new dead-tree prescription each time. Despite whatever digital signature systems may be available, that doctor has to give their "wet signature".
I also take Adderall for ADHD; to have to get a new script each time is a huge PITA because the bus to that particular doc, then the walk to hire office takes me like give hours each month.
But without the Adderall, I am unable to read anything other than USA today or maybe People, and I cannot get started. I cannot get started on just about anything. If I can somehow get started - and somehow I sometimes do - I carry on unstoppably, like a bulldozer or a heavily-loaded train. The clinical term is "Difficulty With Task Initiation".
And no, there is simply no way to explain that problem that make sense to _anyone_ other than a Psychiatrist or a Neurologist. It's as if that part of my brain which Gets Started has been lobotomized.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @12:58AM (5 children)
Do not take Adderall if you have high blood pressure.
Adderall can have weird heart effects.
Concerta is better.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @02:15AM
How many lap dances did you receive for this post?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @02:22AM
Since we're trading ADD med recommendations: my young son had tried them all.
The one that worked best for him was dexmethylphenidate, otherwise known as Focalin. It's basically a more purified version of Ritalin, the chemical you recommended (methylphenidate). Less irritability. Technically, Ritalin contains 2 isomers, one of which is better than the other. Focalin contains only the best isomer. He takes the extended release form.
Of course, everyone reacts differently, so try it and see if you think you can do better than what you are using now.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday February 01 2019, @06:51AM (2 children)
However, I never did think to ask her why she never suggested Ritalin. I'll drop her a dime to ask why.
My blood pressure is arguably quite a lot higher due to my Difficulty With Task Initiation than would be the case with the 10 mg of Adderall I take twice daily.
To actually get high with Adderall takes about 80 mg.
Note that Methamphetamine - yes, the stuff that Crystal Meth is made out of - is licensed by the FDA for ADHD. It's brand name is Desoxyn.
Very disturbing just now when I looked up that brand name is that it's also approved for weight loss. A _modestly_ overweight woman I once knew was in tears due to having visited a highly-regarded weight loss "doctor", found a fast red convertible parked in front of his office then after a five minute chat with no medical history questions nor any actual examination was prescribed "stimulants".
Doubtlessly Desoxyn.
To lose weight with Meth you'd have to take quite a lot. I never notice any effects from Adderall other than being able to read at length as well as to set into my work within minutes of getting to the office.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @08:04PM (1 child)
"I'll drop her a dime to ask why."
Errr, you have to supply drugs for simple questions and answers??
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 02 2019, @01:54PM
Archaic reference to making a phone call, back when pay phones (also gone now) took 10 cents to make a call.
I hope you were joking. If so, it's a lame joke.
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday February 01 2019, @09:17PM
You're a little behind the times. All 50 states now allow providers to eprescribe Schedule II-V medications [pharmacist.com]. However in many cases the added security and software to do so is of a sufficient enough cost that the provider finds it easier to still require paper refills - nothing yet says your prescriber *must* send an e-prescription.
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