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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.
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