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Purdue officials pushed for high-dose, long-term opioid prescriptions, lawsuit says

Feb 3, 2019

A new lawsuit filed against Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the makers of OxyContin, accuses former company president Richard Sackler of directing the company to promote high-doses of the opioid painkiller, according t...

FDA approves potent opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl

West Side Story

Nov 3, 2018

Health, Policy, Science

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a potent new opioid medication that is up to 10 times stronger than fentanyl, according to The New York Times. While the drug was approved with a 10 to 3 vote by...

Purdue’s move to stop marketing OxyContin to doctors is too little too late

West Side Story

Feb 12, 2018

Health, Opinion, Science

Purdue Pharmaceuticals announced Saturday that it would stop marketing its painkiller OxyContin directly to doctors, according to NBC News, following lawsuits over its role in the wave of opiate drug addiction ...

Opioids prescriber and patient should sign an opioid treatment agreement

Charles Omedo

Sep 30, 2014

Health

Following the risks of overdose and addiction, and possibly death that could arise from the use of opioids for non-chronic cancer conditions, the American Academy of Neurology has published a paper which advoca...

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