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Known as “Oxy”, “OC”, “Oxycotton”, “Killer”, and “hillbilly heroin”, OxyContin contains oxycodone HCL, an opioid agonist that has an addiction similar to morphine. Intended as a painkiller approved for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, OxyContin is similar to morphine with its high potential for abuse. An FDA Black Box Warning, the most severe warning issued, had been added to OxyContin labels warning of the “abuse liability similar to morphine”.

This FDA action followed the numerous reports of OxyContin addiction and abuse that has resulted in crime and fraud, making OxyContin the best-selling brand name drugs in the world. Federal officials have not seen one other prescription drug as widely abused in the last 20 years so soon after its release than OxyContin. Entire communities have been disrupted with crime and corruption because of OxyContin abuse that has quickly spread from rural areas to areas throughout the U.S. At least 300 people have died of OxyContin overdoses over the past two years in 31 states, according to Federal authorities.

Oxycontin Abuse

OxyContin is a legal drug that is abused for its “morphine-like” high. In two years, from 1998- 2000, the number of OxyContin related emergency department episodes over doubled from 5,211 to 10,825. Since OxyContin is a legal drug it must be taken from legitimate sources, unlike illegal drugs. As a result, the growing OxyContin demand has resulted in pharmacy robberies, forged prescriptions, and OxyContin theft from legitimate patients. OxyContin abusers, that are both with and without legitimate pain complaints, will use a method called “doctor shopping” by visiting numerous doctors in hopes of receiving OxyContin prescriptions.

"Oxycontin Penalty Deal"

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...

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"Control over new painkillers taken from DEA and given back to FDA"

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...

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"OxyContin class action certification denied"

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...

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Oxycodone Withdrawal - Information on Oxycontin side effects, including abuse, addiction and withdrawal.

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