Article: OxyContin: questions and answers. (Drug Information).(Pamphlet)

Article: Drugs: Profits vs. Pain Relief: Does its maker push ...
Newsweek;  July 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... what they see as the chief scourge--OxyContin, a powerful prescription drug designed ... April 9). In Virginia, disgruntled OxyContin users and their relatives have filed ... risks of using an addictive opioid like OxyContin and that it marketed the drug irresponsibly ...

Article: The OxyContin epidemic and crime panic in rural Kentucky
Contemporary Drug Problems;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... powerful oxycodone OxyContin, first manufactured ... time-release pain relief, found a ready ... agonists, such as OxyContin, provide pain relief by acting on ... analgesic, OxyContin provides significant ... and sustained pain relief and, due to ...

Article: NEW HOPE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM PERSISTENT ...
PR Newswire;  May 31, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... twelve-hour OxyContin dose, many patients may experience pain relief and may enjoy ... clinical trials of OxyContin Tablets, involving ... Onset of pain relief occurred within ... were provided by OxyContin Tablets ...

Article: MAKER OF OXYCONTIN TOUGHENS ITS TABLETS
Roanoke Times & World News;  May 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... FDA first approved OxyContin in 1995, Purdue touted ... effective and consistent pain relief. But it didn't take ... new formulation of OxyContin will not diminish the ... that provides strong pain relief without the risk for abuse that comes with OxyContin. Purdue is the first ...

Article: Pain management experts fear 'giant step backward' due to ...
State Health Watch;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Purdue Pharma in 1996, OxyContin has become a popular pain-relief medication for cancer ... medications other than OxyContin. There have been patients who have fairly good pain relief with OxyContin that have not experienced ...

Article: OxyContin's dangers outweigh its benefits.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  May 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... s reckless marketing of OxyContin, the number of prescriptions ... by 2003 nearly half of all OxyContin prescriptions were being written ... claims of effectiveness for pain relief, but omit from the body of ... associated with the risks of OxyContin to be abused, and the limitations ...

Article: OxyContin and prescription drug abuse: miracle medicine or ...
Consumers' Research Magazine;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Purdue Pharma L.P., OxyContin is unique because unlike other ... or lengthen their potency, OxyContin is a single entity product ... to 12 hours of continuous pain relief. Tablets are available in ... When the clinical trials for OxyContin were reviewed by the Food ...