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McKinsey settles opioid settlement for $600M
February 6, 2021 - 8:15 pm

The consulting firm has reached agreements with 49 states because of its sales advice to drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin.

Source: NY Times

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Opioid epidemic in one chart – correlation conflated with causation

There is no cause-and-effect relationship between prescribing and overdose mortality. But millions of patients are being denied safe and effective pain care.

Seniors over age 62 are prescribed opioids for pain three times more often than youth under age 19. But youth have overdose rates three times higher than seniors. No medical model can explain these demographics.

Source: Richard A Lawhern, PhD, Patient Advocate

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