Question

In the context of the text, how does power corrupt? How did drug companies abuse their influence over doctors when promoting opioid painkillers? How did doctors misuse their power over patients?

Answer 1

Answer:

because of profiteering

Explanation:

One of the major issues in the pharmaceutical industries is the lack of proper regulatory structures to monitor the drug manufacture, movement, and distributions. As are result, some drugs, like opioids, find their way to people who do not really need them. One factor in the problem is the money issue. The big drug companies easily use their money to pay their way to the court and defend themselves. Even when the licence fees are high, they still manage to get away with it. This, in turn puts them at a vantage point. The doctors, on the other hand, misinform patients. As a result, the patients take these drugs unknowingly.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” not only meant that power corrupts how we act and what we do, but corrupts our thinking

2. It's no secret that the pharmaceutical industry wields big influence over doctors who prescribe painkillers. They do this by  aggressive promotion of that painkiller and end up misleading the doctors.

3. Doctors wrote more prescriptions, and more people overdosed on opioids, in counties where drug companies spent more money.

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