Kungani i-FDA Ifuna Le Painkiller Ye-Opioid Emakethe

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Imininingwane yakamuva ikhombisa ukuthi ukweqisa izidakamizwa manje sekuyimbangela ehamba phambili yokufa kwabantu baseMelika abangaphansi kweminyaka engama-50. Hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa isibalo sabantu abadlula ngokweqile ezidakamizweni abashonile kungenzeka sishaye kakhulu ngo-2016, ikakhulu kusuka emithini ye-opioid efana ne-heroin. Ngokusobala, iMelika iphakathi kwenkinga yezidakamizwa eyingozi.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi ucabange ukuthi njengowesifazane onempilo, okhuthele, ukuthi le nkinga ayikuthinti ngempela, kufanele wazi ukuthi abesifazane banamathuba amaningi okuba imilutha yokudambisa izinhlungu, okungase kuvame ukuholela ezidakamizweni ezingekho emthethweni ze-opioid njenge-heroin. Abantu abaningi abaqapheli ukuthi ukuthatha imithi yezinhlungu kadokotela mayelana nenkinga yezokwelapha kungaholela ekubeni umlutha wezidakamizwa, kodwa ngeshwa, ngokuvamile yilapho kuqala kanjani. (Vele ubuze lo wesifazane owaphuza amaphilisi ezinhlungu ngokulimala kwakhe nge-basketball futhi wazithola eselutha i-heroin.)

Njenganoma iyiphi enye inkinga enkulu yezempilo kazwelonke, isixazululo sobhubhane lwe-opioid asiqondile ncamashi. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ukulutheka ngokuvamile kuqala ngokusetshenziswa okusemthethweni kwamaphilisi ezinhlungu, kunengqondo ukuthi abalawuli bezidakamizwa bayibhekisise le miyalelo etholakalayo okwamanje kodokotela neziguli zabo. Esimweni esiyingqophamlando ngesonto eledlule, abakwa-U.S. Ngokuyinhloko, ochwepheshe be-FDA bakholelwa ukuthi izingozi zalesi sidakamizwa zidlula noma yiziphi izinzuzo zokwelapha.

Lokho kungenxa yokuthi umuthi usanda kuguqulwa ngendwangu entsha ukuze (okuxakayo) uvimbele abantu abanezidakamizwa ze-opioid ukuthi bangasifinyili. Ngenxa yalokho, abantu baqala ukujova ngayo. Le ndlela yokuletha umuthi ngomjovo yayixhunyaniswe nokuqubuka kwe-HIV kanye ne-hepatitis C, phakathi kwezinye izindaba ezibucayi nezithathelwanayo, ngokusho kwesitatimende. Manje, i-FDA inqume ukucela u-Endo, umenzi wezidakamizwa, ukuthi asuse umuthi ngokuphelele emakethe. Uma i-Endo ingahambisani, i-FDA ithi izothatha izinyathelo zokuwususa umuthi emakethe ngokwayo.

Kuyisinyathelo esinesibindi ngasohlangothini lwe-FDA, okwathi kuze kube manje, engakaze isukume ngokusemthethweni ukulwa nempi yokulwa nokulutha i-opioid ngokufuna ukukhunjulwa kwesidakamizwa ngokusetshenziswa kwaso ngendlela engafanele. Ukwenza izinkampani zemithi ziyeke ukwenza imishanguzo eyenza inzuzo enkulu, yize kunengozi empilweni yomphakathi, akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Mhlawumbe yingakho ikomidi leSenate liphenya izinkampani ezidayisa izidakamizwa ukuthola indima yazo enkingeni yezwe lonke. Futhi yize kukhona ukusetshenziswa kwezokwelapha kwale mishanguzo, nomthambeka oshelelayo oshiwo ngaphambili ongumlutha nokuthembela, kubalulekile ukuhlala unolwazi ngezingozi ezingaba khona zokuphuza amaphilisi ezinhlungu, kanye nokunaka izimpawu zokuxwayisa ngokuxhashazwa kwezidakamizwa.

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