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be8e9dmrro • today at 11:38 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

For big pharma it is great business! Life long debiliating condition, that requires medication to manage... acceptable risk to customers is around 5% yearly mortality rate!

Helthy people do not contribute to big pharma!


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oefrha • today at 12:02 PM

Oxycontin was built on the idea of turning a drug (MS Contin) for the terminally ill (too small a market) to a lifelong dependency for as many people as possible, and each taking as many milligrams as possible.

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