Outrageous: video of drug reps rapping about pushing doctors to prescribe more fentanyl

[Julian Englis]

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Here's the video that shows Insys pharma reps rapping about pushing doctors to prescribe higher doses of the opioid drug Subsys. More than 900 people have died from using the drug since it was approved in 2012. (Insys marketing video via U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts)

Phuck big pharma.

More in-depth story at Vice News.

Pharmaceutical salesmen hawking an opioid drug once rapped about pushing doctors to prescribe higher doses — and how much money they were making off those sales — to the tune of A$AP Rocky’s “Fuckin’ Problems.”

“I love titrations, yeah, that’s not a problem, and I got new patients, yeah, I got a lot of ‘em,” one of the salesmen at Insys Therapeutics raps about the fentanyl spray Subsys in a 2015 internal company video. “Titrations” refers to a process in which a physician continually increases a drug’s dosage strength.

Prosecutors played the video Wednesday during the federal racketeering trial of the company’s founder, John Kapoor. He and four other Insys executives have been charged with formulating a nationwide conspiracy to bribe doctors into writing more prescriptions for Subsys, which can be 100 times more powerful than morphine. More than 900 people have died from using the drug since it was approved in 2012 to treat severe cancer-related pain.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. I can't think of anything done with any more poor taste than this.

It's the least altruistic most tone deaf crap I have ever seen. Anyone who participated in the use of this should be barred from working in any aspect of the medical field and most particularly in the area of pain management. It's a disgrace and credentials should be permantly removed as a result.

[cwydro]

3. Pretty disgusting.

On the other hand, it’s not the first rap I’ve heard promoting drug use...

[hedda_foil]

4. This isn't just something some reps made for fun in their spare time. It's too professional.

It looks like a slickly produced job for a corporate sales conference.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Of course, a big beautiful wall will prevent all of this!