Va. health official sees an OxyContin 'epidemic'

Charleston Gazette;  August 17, 2001 ;     351 words ......health-care provider Thursday called OxyContin abuse a significant problem in an...Carilion decided to investigate OxyContin abuse in 1999 after pharmacists noticed...the media for overemphasizing OxyContin abuse. In Appalachia and other rural...

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN REACHES AGREEMENT WITH PHARMACETUTICAL COMPANY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......prescriber education about OxyContin and its potential for...marketing and promotion of OxyContin to be strictly in line...maintain and formalize its "OxyContin Abuse and Diversion Detection...deceptive claims regarding OxyContin. In its 2007 Illinois...noted that diversion of ...

OxyContin abuse puts doctors, insurance firms, pharmacists on...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......telling them: Hang on, I'll get your fix. ___ OxyContin was formulated by drug maker Purdue Pharma of...works by blocking pain receptors in the brain. OxyContin's time-release formulation has made it wildly...shut down respiration and kill, especially when OxyContin is crushed and taken with alcohol or ...

Prescription Drugs: OxyContin Abuse and Diversion and Efforts to Address...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  February 1, 2004 ;     577 words ......GAO reviewed (1) how OxyContin was marketed and promoted...abuse and diversion of OxyContin, and (3) what actions have been taken to address OxyContin abuse and diversion. Purdue...to market and promote OxyContin using an expanded sales...stronger safety warning on OxyContin's label. ...

Effects of OxyContin mirror heroin

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 27, 2004 ;     482 words ......about the dangers of OxyContin abuse. Porter Starke Services...trying to quit using OxyContin. Numerous overdoses and...directly linked to its use. OxyContin is one of 59 prescription...ingredient oxycodone. OxyContin is the most commonly...version of it called OxyContin. ...

OxyContin Abuse Is Increasing, DEA Says

The Washington Post;  December 12, 2001 ;     607 words ...Abuse of OxyContin is on the rise...enough to stop OxyContin from gaining...particularly hard by OxyContin abuse. Rogers called OxyContin "the worst scourge...distressed that OxyContin, which is providing...stocked with OxyContin. Nine armed...

OxyContin may be moving to cities: ; Police departments in urban areas see...

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 4, 2001 ;     391 words ......the powerful painkiller OxyContin have hit a dozen drug stores...an alarming incidence of OxyContin abuse in rural areas of Maine...to spread very rapidly." OxyContin abuse first exploded in...high that heroin brings. OxyContin has been linked to at least...of losses resulting from ...

JURY RECOMMENDS LIFE SENTENCE FOR OXYCONTIN ADDICT HARLESS FITZGERALD ROSE...

Roanoke Times & World News;  October 10, 2002 ;     688 words ......drugs, such as crack. "OxyContin works like heroin. It...rob pharmacies of their OxyContin supplies without resorting...provided lethal doses of OxyContin. But Rose is the first...Gregg Wood, who monitors OxyContin abuse as a health fraud investigator...crime associated with ...

PAINKILLER OXYCONTIN SUBJECT OF SEVERAL LAWSUITS.(FRONT)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  July 27, 2001 ;     284 words ......estate of a dead woman. OxyContin, America's best-selling...plaintiffs say they received OxyContin legitimately and became...Purdue Pharma has made on OxyContin. The slow-release narcotic...back trouble and cancer. OxyContin abuse first became widespread...cases of attempts to sell ...

Wisconsin joins the nation in OxyContin abuse

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Wisconsin joins the nation in OxyContin abuse By AMY BOEREMA of the Journal...the prescribed painkiller OxyContin on the rise in the Milwaukee...of clients trying to shake OxyContin, said James Beasley, an addiction...heroin withdrawal, and the OxyContin habit is "way more expensive...

Rally aimed at Purdue officials: Participants say loved ones were victims...

Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA);  July 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......use, abuse or misuse of OxyContin, the defendants respectfully...the cause of rampant OxyContin abuse. Purdue never promoted...who suffered harm from OxyContin can technically be called...top-selling product, OxyContin wreaked havoc in communities...active ingredient in OxyContin. ...

Response to stories on OxyContin abuse

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 5, 2004 ;     286 words ......regarding the stories on OxyContin abuse. Never in the history of...they run out of money to buy OxyContin, they turn to heroin to feed their drug addiction. What is OxyContin? It is pharmaceutical heroin...have died using the drug OxyContin than all of the deaths related...

OXYCONTIN CONTROLS PROPOSED.(NEWS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 19, 2001 ;     310 words ......curb the illegal use of OxyContin and other controlled substances...stemming from abuse of OxyContin, a powerful, time-release...saw the proliferation of OxyContin abuse in Eastern Kentucky in...prescription drug problem, not an OxyContin problem,'' he said. ''Today, it's OxyContin. ...

Nation grapples with surge in OxyContin

Narcotics Enforcement & Prevention Digest;  August 31, 2001 ;     344 words ......states report a surge in OxyContin abuse, both the federal government...Administration ordered the makers of OxyContin to place a "black-box" warning...Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin is developing an alternative...also taking steps to reduce OxyContin abuse. Florida, Maine, Ohio, ...

U.S. House Members Question, Criticize Maker of OxyContin Painkiller.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Citing overwhelming reports of OxyContin abuse, U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood (R...during a congressional hearing on OxyContin abuse. Later, Greenwood said, When you...prescribing thousands of doses of OxyContin. Paolino was charged anew last...