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Empire of pain by patrick radden keefe5/24/2023 Do you think these dynamics have been too aggressive? Do they provide any benefits to the healthcare community and consumers?ĥ. Do you think that medical advertising would even be an industry if Sackler hadn’t invented it? It started with advertising, creating medical journals, but eventually led to an army of drug representatives paying doctors to promote their drugs. What do you think about the strategy of convincing the medical community that the drugs could be used long term and without addiction?Ĥ. Some would say that the problem wasn’t the medications - they are effective - but the fact that they were used ‘off label’ or otherwise abused. Do you see this narrative as a 'Rise and Fall' story of the Sackler family? Can you identify a specific point in the book’s timeline that the Sackler organization put profit over harm to patients and society?Ģ.
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