Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Addicts respond to incentives

Great post from MarginalRevolution.com:

I always get excited when people surprise me by acting against their self interest.  In this case, when Purdue Pharma replaced their OxyContin drug with a new, anti-abuse version that was more difficult to turn into an injectable, demand fell precipitously.

The addicts whose demand fell were aided and abetted by about 40% of physicians, who switched patients to more easily abused opiates.

BRAVO to Purdue Pharma!
 

3 comments:

  1. Did prices differ?
    Did anything else change circa August 2010 that may have affected behavior? When was Tramadol introduced?

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