Two years ago the FDA approved an abuse-resistant form of OxyContin. The intent was to make it more difficult for drug abusers to dissolve or crush the tablets. It was hoped this would discourage abusers from injecting or inhaling the OxyContin, both popular methods of getting high.
An article in the July 12, 2012 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reported on the effectiveness of the abuse-deterrent OxyContin in reducing drug abuse. “Data were collected quarterly from July 1,...
Monday the FDA approved a new formulation of the controlled-release drug OxyContin that has been designed to help discourage misuse and... Read more »
When OxyContin was first introduced in 1996, it was hailed as a breakthrough treatment for severe chronic pain. OxyContin, a... Read more »
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My name is Doug Haberstroh, and this is the story of my wife Keri, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 25. After... Read more »
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