Oxycodone: in the News
In just a few short years after it was introduced, OxyContin became the best-selling narcotic in the United States. As of 2001, the drug's manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, was earning an estimated $1 billion a year from sales of OxyContin alone. But as quickly as the drug became popular for legitimate use as a highly effective painkiller, its popularity surged among drug abusers.
Ironically, OxyContin, which was approved by the FDA in 1995, was originally thought to pose a low risk of abuse because of its controlled-release design. The protective outer coating slows digestion of the pill and.....
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