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There's no reason for this to be a NYT link. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
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This is to treat acute pain, probably mostly post-op as alternative to opioids. At most you'll probably get a week's worth of pills from your doc post-op, and I would say the cost is worth it if it works better than NSAIDs and it's not addictive.
"It's worth it" isn't an answer to "drug prices are systematically inflated so many cannot afford them regardless.
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If it means staying away from addiction, I'll pay it. Opiods would scare me if I ever needed that level of pain treatment.
They should, synthethic opioids are VERY enjoyable, VERY risky and SUPER addictive. I was on Oxy 24/7 for a month following surgery, went through hell.
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This is to treat acute pain, probably mostly post-op as alternative to opioids. At most you'll probably get a week's worth of pills from your doc post-op, and I would say the cost is worth it if it works better than NSAIDs and it's not addictive.
"It's worth it" isn't an answer to "drug prices are systematically inflated so many cannot afford them regardless.
There's no reason for this to be a NYT link. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
> "There's no reason for this to be a NYT link." I respectfully disagree. The NYT paid the author, Gina Kolata, to research and write the story, which contains more details than just the press release alone, then used their platform to made the news widely available and thus helped people like me discover it. As cynical as one may be about the state of contemporary journalism, I'd say that short articles like this ar…
[1] https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/pain-comes-territo...
There's no reason for this to be a NYT link. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
> "There's no reason for this to be a NYT link." I respectfully disagree. The NYT paid the author, Gina Kolata, to research and write the story, which contains more details than just the press release alone, then used their platform to made the news widely available and thus helped people like me discover it. As cynical as one may be about the state of contemporary journalism, I'd say that short articles like this ar…
Today when anyone can get information straight from the source instantly, we do not need these middlemen. There is no reason for this to be an NYT link, nor any other middleman link.
The less players there are in the game of telephone the more accurate the information will be.
“No one has ever helped these four million people,” he said. Aside from routinely burning the nerves, routine epidural injections, narcotics, or alcohol.
Extremely limited relief from expensive acupuncture, massage, TENS, stretching, etc.
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> "There's no reason for this to be a NYT link." I respectfully disagree. The NYT paid the author, Gina Kolata, to research and write the story, which contains more details than just the press release alone, then used their platform to made the news widely available and thus helped people like me discover it. As cynical as one may be about the state of contemporary journalism, I'd say that short articles like this ar…
Middlemen like town criers and nowadays "journalists" were useful when distributing information en masse quickly was a tremendous if not next to impossible logistical challenge. Today when anyone can get information straight from the source instantly, we do not need these middlemen. There is no reason for this to be an NYT link, nor any other middleman link. The less players there are in the game of telephone the mor…
If there's a news item involving Brazilian law, or a new Aluminum alloy, or a newly identified virus, then I likely wouldn't understand the raw data.
Middlemen are valuable to the extent either that they are knowledgeable about a topic, or have the resources to consult someone knowledgeable.
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> "There's no reason for this to be a NYT link." I respectfully disagree. The NYT paid the author, Gina Kolata, to research and write the story, which contains more details than just the press release alone, then used their platform to made the news widely available and thus helped people like me discover it. As cynical as one may be about the state of contemporary journalism, I'd say that short articles like this ar…
Given how late in the article it is mentioned that the drug was indistinguishable from placebo, this NYT article may well have been commissioned by Vertex. [1] https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/pain-comes-territo...
$465 USD for a 15-day supply definitely pricey -- but options for people who weren't well-served by Purdue Pharma / OxyContin seem good, especially if the mechanism of action is different.