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...taken to giggling uncontrollably whenever the topic of our Beltway job search comes up. We were never serious, we say (especially to our bosses). We thought it would just be a lark, we say, and we laugh. But behind the laughter, we, for perhaps the first time, truly know pain...
What I am writing at this moment may be the marginalia to feelings of loss and pain that do not appear in the sentence. The feelings of loss and pain may constitute the text of my life for which all sentences, written or spoken, create a defense or rebuke...
Prescribing Pain Medicine...
...physician, I did not think your article about OxyContin, our company's drug that is prescribed as a pain killer, adequately distinguished between the dangers of abusing pain medications and the benefits of them when taken under appropriate supervision [DRUGS, Jan. 8]. Because of OxyContin's time-release formulation, patients with pain who take the drug do not experience the heroin-like euphoria you mentioned. Wrong perceptions about addiction--and mislabeling legitimate patients as abusers--can result in the unnecessary withholding of opioid medications from patients in need. You stated that Purdue Pharma is facing pressure from prosecutors to minimize...
Your article did a disservice to the many pain patients taking OxyContin. The problems of drug addiction and the diversion of opioids do exist. However, they should not prevent physicians from prescribing medications such as OxyContin to the 99% of legitimate pain patients who need it. The solution to the problem of illicit use is improved dialogue among doctors, politicians, and state and federal regulators to educate all in the proper use of pain medications. HOWARD A. HEIT, M.D. McLean...