2)some way — serving on advisory boards, speaking to physicians and researchers or communicating with key audiences — but appeared to have honorable intentions in spreading awareness and information about their condition."
3)"All the influencers (26/26, 100%) were motivated by their own experiences after diagnosis, not having had enough accessible and culturally appropriate information.
▶️One of the inclusion criteria for this study was that the patient influencers collaborate with brands.
4)All the participants (26/26, 100%) collaborated with brands, but not all of those relationships were paid or with pharmaceutical companies.
More than half (18/26, 69%) of the influencers interviewed collaborated with a pharmaceutical company in some way:
5)serving on advisory boards, speaking to physicians and researchers, or communicating with key audiences.
Although the way patient influencers communicated about pharmaceutical medications differed, as did how they responded to questions about specific drugs, it was agreed
6)serving on advisory boards, speaking to physicians and researchers, or communicating with key audiences.
Although the way patient influencers communicated about pharmaceutical medications differed, as did how they responded to questions about specific drugs, it was agreed
7)among the sample that drug information should only be shared if the patient influencer had direct experience with the medication. When patient influencers communicated about a particular medication, it was usually related
8)to side effects they experienced or “how it worked for me.”"
2)which underscores the need for close supervision of these patients."
Let's take a look at their rationale for their conclusion.
Of 9940 patients who received 3 or more #opioid prescriptions over an 8 years, 51 experienced an #overdose, 6 of the 51 experienced a fatal event.
3)The researchers did not make the yearly data available, nor did they provide data on any known prior history of Substance Use Disorder #SUD within the #Patient population.
It's impossible to determine how they performed their calculations to obtain these results.
4)While they did provide percentage risk based on MME dosages, they also Risk based folks multipliers which obscures actual risk. The highest percentage of risk reported based on MME dosage was less than 2%,
"A variety of factors contribute to drug use and other problem outcomes, both individual and environmental. While drug prevention and treatment have traditionally focused on changing individual behaviours,
2)such efforts can have only limited impact when changes are not made to the environment, that is, to the social determinants of drug use. These include the social and cultural environment, the economic environment and the physical environment."
3)"There is disagreement regarding the classification of some drug-use behaviours as ëproblematicí. For example, some people would regard any illicit drug use as problematic because it is illegal, whereas others might argue that if there are no problems associated with use,
Yes... that's where the Millions of taxpayer's dollars are going!
🧐How coincidental that this strike force targeting physicians & pharmacists was announced the day following the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt
that the defendant knowingly or intentionally acted in an unauthorized manner.
Now, this wasn't 9k #Opioid RX. It was 3 different controlled substances either alone or in combination.
Their is NO law that defines "Over prescribing" or prohibits co-prescribing of any medication combinations. The FDA warning requires a Risk/Benefit analysis to be performed
to determine if the benefits for each "Individual Patient". Just like with ANY other medical condition. An Informed Consent discussion which includes both potential risks & benefits of any treatment options should be performed.