Purdue Pharma settles opioid lawsuit for $270m
Purdue Pharma, the drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, has reached a $270m settlement in a lawsuit which claimed its opioids contributed to the deaths of thousands of people.
The deal with Oklahoma is the first settlement the US firm has struck amid some 2,000 other lawsuits it is facing linked to its painkiller OxyContin.
Purdue is one of several firms named in the claim which alleged they used deceptive practices to sell opioids.
[...]Under the settlement, Purdue will pay $102.5m towards the creation of a National Centre for Addiction Studies and Treatment at Oklahoma State University.
The Sacklers themselves said that they will contribute $75m over five years to the centre.
Previously: OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma May File for Bankruptcy to Disrupt Lawsuits
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:02AM (1 child)
If you want to start making a dent, you could consider acupuncture as a first-line treatment, as the military does [google: opioid acupuncture pubmed]. Most of the studies come from alternative medicine journals, but it's the kind of thing that could stop the pain before even needing an opioid prescription -- especially as acupuncture doesn't seem to help with opioid addiction [nih.gov] itself.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:44AM
No, I now really think making a dent needs to be detached from reality the same way these people made a dent. Whether people should be using a treatment or not is totally irrelevant.