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The Opioid Epidemic - Coggle Diagram
The Opioid Epidemic
Consequences
White middle class families
Rural communities
Individuals with access to health care
Changes today
Purdue Pharm was charged over $635 million for misleading information
Doctors cautiously prescribe
Relevant historical factors
Medical use
Religious use
Recreational use
Poppy flowers
Pain control
Opium, Codeine, Morphine
Influencing the regulatory regime
Marketing
Legislative maneuvering
Cash and free giveaways handed to Doctors and politics
Pay the FDA
Pseudo addiction
Structural factors
Major spending and profit for medical workforce
"Meeting a need" and making money
English Chemist & German Chemist created substance, "Heroine", scientists continued to experiment
Strategies when things go bad
Drug abuse problem
Patients fault, not prescribers
Arguing for new generation of Opioid products
Overprescribe patients
Changing the culture on opioid prescription
Purdue focused on pain management
market campaign
Promote the drug
Get state and federal regulatory agencies on board, and legislation branches
Educate medical community