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Re: pennytiger post# 42269

Friday, 08/29/2014 5:32:04 PM

Friday, August 29, 2014 5:32:04 PM

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Sanjay Gupta knows his stuff pennytiger, but he writes of the addicts, the most glaring of the side-effects of drug abuse and over-prescribing or criminal activity in accessing legal and illicit drugs. What BIEL's ActiPatch will unquestionably do is reduce the likelihood of creating new addicts from those taking prescribed and OTC painkillers, at the same rate, as in the past.

No question, Gupta is correct, the U.S. has a huge and expensive remediation process ahead in helping those already addicted to legal and illicit drugs including heroin and it will take Billions of $$ and years and will not completely undo the damage done.

But, by attacking the issue closer to the causal onset, prevention becomes the game plan, not eradication. Less harmful, less costly, fewer addicts. Can you see an addict in his physicians office being sold an ActiPatch? When he realizes he can't inject it or swallow it for his 'pain', he will go elsewhere and hopefully be told the same thing. Eventually, very slowly, one after another addict will get help, some will never get help. Meanwhile the numbers and frequency of new addicts moving through pain pills to addiction will decrease. I'm just glad ActiPatch is patented!