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Successes From a
Few of Our Recent Patients:
Student:
(Heroin, Xanax)
"All the staff has been the best. They are all great. I'm going to miss all of you.
To all of the Novus Nurses: You all have been so good to me. I'm crying as I write this because you saved my life and I can't thank you enough for all your kindness and understanding and most of all believing in me. I could not have done this by myself. You are all a part of me forever and I will never forget what you've done for me. You gave me back my life and I can never repay that debt. For the rest of my life I will try to earn what you've given back to me and will always remember all of you. I love you all so much. Thank you for giving me hope that I might be an example to others in my previous situation. I will keep in touch because you have done a miracle on a lost cause who no longer wonders who he is. Thank you all. I love all of you.
You saved my life. I didn't realize what I had been doing to me, my family and friends who didn't use and I'm rediscovering pieces of myself I did not even know I had lost. The counselors are great. They all know how you feel because they have been where you have been and only someone who has been through this can relate to how you feel and that means a lot. I truly believe Novus saved my life and I can't thank you enough. The entire staff has been incredible. The nurses are great and I'm going to miss every last one of them. Thank you for giving me back my life. I will keep in touch. I can't think of where I would be without your help, your encouragement and your believing in me. I love you all and can't thank you enough."
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By Steve Hayes, Director |
There are some good things produced by Big Pharma-antibiotics, some cancer drugs and numerous other drugs. However, if you want to see some of the bad things caused by Big Pharma, you can spend a week at Novus Medical Detox Center. You will see the harm done by OxyContin addiction and other opioid addiction, Xanax and other benzodiazepine addiction, and the ravages caused by the improper use of psychotropic drugs. These people were not using the drugs illegally but in the manner that Big Pharma advised doctors was safe.
In the past, we have commented on the duplicity and actual immorality of the drug companies. We have also been very critical of the FDA and their "cozy" relationship with Big Pharma. We have pointed out that the FDA believes that Big Pharma, not the consumer, is the client of the FDA. However, the relentless pursuit of profit at the expense of the public health may be granted a "Get Out of Jail Free" card by the United States Supreme Court in the case labeled Wyeth v. Levine. If Wyeth wins, then Big Pharma may well escape liability for their misdeeds.
FACTS OF THE CASE
In this case, Diana Levine, a musician, was given Phenergan improperly in a Vermont emergency room and ended up losing her arm. Levine sued Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Phenergan, because Wyeth had not warned against the procedure used in the emergency room on the Phenergan drug label.
Levine won a $6.8 million judgment against Wyeth and Wyeth appealed. The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the judgment and Wyeth appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and briefs are being filed before the Court.
THE ISSUE BEING DECIDED
The issue before the U.S. Supreme Court is whether Ms. Levine's suit should be dismissed. Wyeth argued that the Vermont courts should never have heard the case because Congress had "pre-empted" state law. This is a very complicated legal argument, but Wyeth is asserting that any issue that was subject to FDA approval must only be addressed in federal court and that state courts have no jurisdiction.
There are two consequences if Wyeth's position is upheld by the Supreme Court. The first is that anyone damaged by a drug company's misleading or even false claims is not entitled to bring suit under a state's consumer protection laws. Instead, these lawsuits must be brought in the already overcrowded federal courts. This alone would not cut off all remedies for consumers, but the second consequence will do that...
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