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Minnesota sues Purdue Pharma, the maker of narcotic analgesic OxyContin, as a result of a lengthy investigation into its commercialization and other tactics that allegedly contributed to an increasing number of addictions of Patients and Deaths Overdose
Attorney General Lori Swanson seeks to recover the money lost by Minnesota taxpayers by paying for opioid painkillers for unproven and harmful purposes . Modeled after successful efforts to sue tobacco companies for the damage caused by cigarettes, Swanson said she hoped to get Purdue money to fund the treatment of drug addicts
"This company was distorting and downplayed the addictive nature of his drugs.Swanson, a DFL governor candidate, accused the drug company of launching or promoting research suggesting that OxyContin does not create addiction, sponsoring organizations to promote this message, falsely claiming that the drug worked for 12 hours.Deaths related to legal opioid painkillers like OxyContin and illicit forms like heroin increased in Minnesota, from 54 in 2000 to 401 in 2017, according to the Minnesota Department of Health
An appeal to Purdue was not immediately resumed Monday afternoon.
Rate of Pres Opioid analgesic treatment in Minnesota The unemployment rate has been among the lowest in the country and has declined in recent years through various efforts, including the State Council of Pharmacy's surveillance activities to identify addicts who bought prescriptions and doctors who were too prescriptive.
But an outbreak triggered by prescription painkillers turned into an epidemic fueled by illicit heroin and by legal and illicit forms of fentanyl – a powerful synthetic involved in overdose death of the drug. pop star Prince. The number of opioid-related deaths increased in 2017, although common pain-related deaths decreased as fentanyl and related synthetic deaths increased from 99 in 2016 to 172 last year.
Swanson said that this lawsuit would be much more complicated than the cases against the tobacco companies, because of the burden of proving that the original addictions to prescription opioids were related to addictions and deaths of people from illicit substances. Minnesota is party to the ongoing federal court negotiations with Purdue, but Swanson said she filed a complaint in Hennepin District Court because she was not satisfied with the pace of these negotiations.
Jeremy Olson • 612-673-7744
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