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drug_recall oxycontinPurdue Pharma, OxyContin manufacturer, has been criticized for downplaying OxyContin side effects. OxyContin side effects can range from a dry mouth to death. Derived from an opium seen in other painkillers, OxyContin is much more dangerous because of the high content of oxycodone. Patients have found that they developed OxyContin addiction after receiving prescriptions for the painkiller from their doctor. A drug addiction can be very dangerous because a patient may not realize they have developed an addiction since OxyContin is a legal, prescription drug.
Oxycontin side effects can include:
The company that makes the pain relief drug OxyContin, Purdue Pharma LP, agreed Thursday to pay $600 million as a penalty for misleading and defrauding consumers and physicians about the addictive properties of its product. Another $34.5 million in pen...
Legislation promoted by Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) and attached to a multi-department appropriations bill was passed last year with little notice, but this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and many drug makers and doctors objected to its ren...
Purdue Pharma’s popular and controversial prescription drug OxyContin has avoided being named in a certification of a class action lawsuit claiming harm, including addiction.
OxyContin contains a very strong narcotic pain reliever similar t...