Kamfanonin Magunguna a ƙarƙashin Bincike ta Majalisar Dattawa don Haɗin Mai yiwuwa ga Cutar Cutar Opioid

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Lokacin da kuke tunanin "annoba," kuna iya tunanin tsoffin labarai game da annobar kumburi ko tsoratarwar zamani kamar Zika ko STIs masu buguwa. Amma daya daga cikin manyan balaguro masu ban tsoro da Amurka ke fuskanta a yau ba ta da alaƙa da tari da atishawa, ko ma kiba. Magunguna ne. Kuma ba muna magana ne akan irin haram ba.

Yawan jama'ar Amirkawa sun kamu da cutar-da kuma yin kisa fiye da kima daga-opioids. An kiyasta mutane 33,000 sun sha fama da mutuwar opioid a cikin 2015 a Amurka Kimanin 15,000 daga cikin waɗanda aka danganta su kai tsaye da masu ba da magunguna, kamar yadda Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka. Wannan lambar tana ninki hudu tun 1999. Ba sai an fada ba, ba lafiya. (Ilimi iko ne, don haka ga duk abin da kuke buƙatar sani kafin shan maganin kashe zafin magani.)

Shi ya sa kwamitin majalisar dattijai ke buɗe bincike kan ko ayyukan manyan kamfanonin harhada magunguna na Amurka guda biyar, waɗanda dukkansu ke samar da magungunan kashe ƙwari, sun ƙara rura wutar cin zarafin opioid wanda ya haifar da mutuwar mutane da yawa. Majalisar Dattawa tana duba cikin Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen division, Insys, Mylan, da Depomed, suna neman bayanai game da kayan siyarwa da siyarwa, karatun cikin gida akan jaraba, bin ƙa'idodin doka, da gudummawa ga ƙungiyoyin bayar da shawarwari, bisa ga sakin da Kwamitin Majalisar Dattawan Amurka kan Tsaron Gida da Harkokin Gwamnati.Rahoton annobar cutar ta opioid na kwamitin ya ce waɗannan kamfanoni suna amfani da dabarun siyar da abin tambaya (kamar yin watsi da haɗarin jaraba da farawa marasa lafiya akan allurai masu yawa) da samar da ƙetare doka don ƙarfafa likitoci da ma'aikatan aikin jinya su rubuta samfuran opioid ɗin su.

"Wannan annoba ita ce sakamakon kai tsaye na lissafin tallace-tallace da dabarun tallace-tallace da ake zargin manyan masana'antun opioid sun bi a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata don fadada rabon kasuwar su da kara dogaro da masu karfi-kuma galibi masu kashe-kashe ... wasu dabaru, don rage haɗarin jaraba ga samfuran su da ƙarfafa likitocin da su rubuta opioids ga duk lamuran jin zafi da yawan allurai, ”in ji Sanata Claire McCaskill na Missouri a cikin wasiƙun ta ga kamfanonin.

Opioids yana hulɗa tare da masu karɓa akan ƙwayoyin jijiya a cikin jiki da kwakwalwa don samar da farin ciki baya ga jin zafi, wanda shine dalilin da ake yawan cin zarafin su, a cewar Cibiyar Nazarin Magunguna ta Ƙasa (NIDA). Magungunan opioids na magani sun haɗa da oxycodone (misali: OxyContin), hydrocodone (misali: Vicodin), morphine, da methadone, waɗanda ake amfani da su don magance matsakaici-zuwa mai tsanani kuma ana ba da su sau da yawa bayan tiyata ko rauni, ko don yanayi kamar kansa, bisa ga ku CDC. Sannan akwai fentanyl na magunguna-mai rage zafi na opioid wanda ke sau 50 zuwa 100 mafi ƙarfi fiye da morphine, kuma ana amfani da shi kawai don magance ciwo mai tsanani. Yayin da za ku iya samun takardar sayan magani fentanyl, akwai kuma wata kasuwa ba bisa ka'ida ba na miyagun ƙwayoyi, wanda CDC ta yi rahoton shine sanadin mafi yawan mutuwar fentanyl da kuma wuce gona da iri.

CDC ta yi kiyasin cewa a cikin 2014 kadai, fiye da Amirkawa miliyan 2 sun dogara da maganin kashe-ka-ji na opioid. Yayin da aka kiyasta rabin mutuwar opioid daga abubuwa ne sauran fiye da magungunan kashe qwari, waɗannan magungunan na iya zama ƙofofin zuwa wasu amfani da opioid (gami da hanyoyin da ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, kamar su tabar heroin). A zahiri, hudu daga cikin sabbin masu amfani da tabar heroin guda biyar sun fara amfani da magungunan rage radadin ciwo, a cewar Cibiyar Magunguna ta Amurka. A haƙiƙa, shan maganin kashe radadi don raunin kwando shine abin da a ƙarshe ke haifar da jarabar tabar heroin ga wannan budurwa.

Wasu daga cikin kamfanonin sun mayar da martani ga wasiƙun McCaskill: Purdue Pharma ya gaya wa CNBC, "Rikicin opioid yana cikin manyan ƙalubalen kiwon lafiyar ƙasarmu, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa kamfaninmu ya sadaukar da kansa tsawon shekaru don kasancewa cikin mafita." Kuma mai magana da yawun J&J Janssen ya ce, "Mun yi imanin cewa mun yi abin da ya dace, da haƙƙi, kuma cikin fa'idar marasa lafiya game da magungunan ciwon opioid ɗinmu, waɗanda FDA ta amince da su kuma suna ɗaukar gargaɗin FDA game da sanannun haɗarin magunguna a kan. kowane samfurin samfurin. " Mylan ta ce "suna maraba da sha'awar Sanatan kan wannan muhimmin al'amari kuma muna raba damuwarta game da yadda ake amfani da magungunan opioids ba daidai ba," kuma "duk da kasancewarmu karamin dan wasa a wannan yanki, mun himmatu don taimakawa wajen samo hanyoyin magance matsalar cin zarafi na opioid. da rashin amfani."

Ko da menene binciken ya bayyana, yana da mahimmanci ku san kayanku idan yazo ga abin da ke kan Rx slip daga doc ɗin ku. Hakanan yakamata ku san alamun gama gari na dogaro da miyagun ƙwayoyi. Wasu manyan labarai don taimaka muku jin a kadan mafi kyau game da wannan batun ɓacin rai: Motsa jiki na iya zama mafi kyawun abin don taimakawa yaƙi da jarabar opioid. (Bayan haka, babban mai gudu yana da ƙarfi kamar magani.)

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