Sentences with phrase «oxycontin in»

With the release and aggressive marketing of the long - acting narcotic OxyContin in 1996, a class of drugs that had largely been reserved for cancer patients was becoming a go - to treatment for conditions such as lower back pain.

As the American Journal of Public Health put it in 2009: «Purdue pursued an «aggressive» campaign to promote the use of opioids in general and OxyContin in particular.»

Not exact matches

That was after a Los Angeles Times report found that OxyContin wears out early in a lot of patients, making them more vulnerable to addiction.

The US is suffering from a deadly opioid epidemic, especially in rural areas, thanks to the widespread use of drugs like OxyContin as painkillers.

'' «We were screaming at the wall,» said Tom Susman, who headed the state's public employee insurance agency in the early 2000s and led the push to limit OxyContin prescribing in West Virginia.

Back in October, David Armstrong of STAT News wrote a mind - blowing report detailing how West Virginia health and insurance officials tried to slow the pace of prescriptions in their state, but were thwarted at every turn thanks to collusion between Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and pharmacy benefits manager, Merck Medco (which is owned today by PBM giant, Express Scripts).

The Times, in its own 2007 story, detailed how, in 2002, Purdue hired «Mr. Giuliani and his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, to help stem the controversy about OxyContin.»

It could also have a ripple effect on other types of substance abuse, since an estimated 80 % of new heroin users start with prescription opioids such as OxyContin — a statistic that may have contributed to the decline in prescriptions in the first place.

OxyContin, crack and heroin were all he knew at one point in his life in South Florida.

Among the company's critics were officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration who said OxyContin had been a factor in hundreds of overdose deaths.

In 1996, Purdue Pharmaceuticals brought to market OxyContin, an «extended release» version of the opioid oxycodone.

In 2010, Purdue brought out a reformulated OxyContin that was harder to tamper with.

In 2007, three of Purdue's executives pled guilty to felony misbranding at the time of the release of OxyContin, and the company paid $ 600 million in fineIn 2007, three of Purdue's executives pled guilty to felony misbranding at the time of the release of OxyContin, and the company paid $ 600 million in finein fines.

We finally have a pope that gets to the root of much of our present woes of income inequality and corporate rapaciousness and this OxyContin cretin is compelled to blovate on the wisdom of the best pope we've seen in 50 years.

He's just a main stream oxycontin drugee absorbed in his own self importance.

Paul Tough on the Today Show with Matt Lauer, discussing Tough's cover story in the New York Times Magazine on OxyContin abuse, July 26, 2001.

Anti-opioid activists unfurled banners and scattered pill bottles on Saturday inside the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which is named for a family connected to the powerful painkilling drug OxyContin.

In May 2007, federal prosecutors brought a criminal prosecution of Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut - based maker of OxyContin.

It was reported in the press that the company pled guilty to pushing OxyContin by making claims that it is less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications and that it continued to do so despite warnings to the contrary from doctors, the media, and members of its own sales force.

They started in 2003 with legal action against Purdue Pharma LLP and Abbott Laboratories, Inc., for damages suffered by more than 5,000 clients prescribed the opioid OxyContin.

The companies named in the lawsuit include Purdue Pharmaceuticals — the creator of OxyContin, a prescription painkiller — Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, among others.

He awoke in the hospital, partially paralyzed, and when he left, he had a prescription for OxyContin.

In the Chicago suit, all companies other than the Stamford, Connecticut - based manufacturer of OxyContin, Purdue, were dismissed from the suit.

The CDC laid out new recommendations for opioid drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocet, as the risks in the form of addiction and death outweigh their alleged benefits.

In mid-February 2016, Modern Healthcare took a closer look at the root of the problem and traces it back to 1996 when Purdue Pharma began promoting a new drug to fight pain — OxyContin.

OxyContin was the most highly reported opioid used in this scene, followed by Vicodin, Percocet, codeine, and Purple Drank, also known as Sizzurp or Lean (which typically contains codeine syrup).

Attendees were asked about nonmedical use — defined as using in a manner which is not prescribed (such as to get high)-- of 18 different opioids — including OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, codeine, fentanyl, and heroin.

A surge in prescriptions for opioids such as Oxycontin and Vicodin over the past two decades dovetails with a steep rise in addiction and overdoses in the United States.

But an opioid painkiller, such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet) or hydrocodone (Vicoprofen) can sometimes be the best option for treating pain in the short term, particularly right after surgery or during a severe pain flare - up, pain experts say.

MONDAY, December 13 (Health.com)-- Doctors are increasingly turning to Oxycontin and similar painkillers to treat arthritis and other conditions in older people, but the drugs may not be as safe as once thought.

The behavioral addiction of the usage of smartphones gradually begins creating neurological brain connections in ways much like how individuals using Oxycontin for relief of pain experience opioid addiction.

In a landmark case, Purdue was sued in 2007 for $ 600 million for misleading the public about the addictive qualities of OxyContin, while making billions from the druIn a landmark case, Purdue was sued in 2007 for $ 600 million for misleading the public about the addictive qualities of OxyContin, while making billions from the druin 2007 for $ 600 million for misleading the public about the addictive qualities of OxyContin, while making billions from the drug.

Just to be cautious, their dad had purchased a bedroom safe, where all jewelry and cash were stowed, in case Junior slipped and went on another at - home crime spree to raise cash to buy more OxyContin.

Even then, I was supplementing with small amounts of oxycontin (during the day, especially on days when I got in the shower) or carisoprodol (during the night).

The number of persons reporting use of Oxycontin for non-medical purposes at least once in their lifetime increased from 221,000 in 1999 to 399,000 in 2000 to 957,000 in 2001.

The inclusion of a few admittedly energetic interludes - eg Ronny confronts Geneva's tattooed, high - on - oxycontin boyfriend (Channing Tatum's Zip)- goes a long way towards sustaining the film's watchable atmosphere, yet it's hard to deny that the whole thing is, in the final analysis, far too sedate and uneven to make a wholeheartedly positive impact on the viewer.

Jonathan Sackler (who, as an aside, has made his fortune selling oxycontin as a director of Pardu Pharma) is, as you've noted, involved in all of this.

Jonathan Sackler, whose pharmaceutical company makes OxyContin, is a founding member of Achievement First, Inc., the large Charter School Management Company with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Sackler, whose company makes OxyContin, was a pivotal player in the creation of Achievement First, Inc. the large charter school chain with schools in New York Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Domenica Ruta grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts, in a ramshackle, rundown, trash - filled house with her mother, a drug dealer and user who raised Domenica on a steady diet of Oxycontin.

Such questions were raised recently in connection with reports linking the Sackler family, prominent cultural donors, to the company that produces OxyContin, the powerful painkiller that has been involved in opioid overdoses.

The rest of the litany of bad acts recited in the indictment are standard cosa nostra fare, according to CNN, ranging from «murder to OxyContin trafficking to defrauding high - end restaurants with inflated invoices for meat orders.»

Bloomberg has reported that Purdue Pharma, whose drug OxyContin jump - started the opioid epidemic, is proposing a global settlement in an attempt to end litigation.

But that September Lawson was indicted in federal court in Ohio on felony charges of conspiracy to obtain controlled substances, primarily prescription drugs like Percodan and OxyContin.

Representation of leading pharmaceutical manufacturers in various substantial cases involving, among others, the following drugs: phen / fen diet drugs, OxyContin and phenylpropanolamine (PPA);

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Client charged with being in possession of $ 120,000.00 worth of oxycontin which was located underneath the drivers seat of his vehicle.

Represented a state in one of the first cases against the makers of OxyContin, helping to secure a large settlement just prior to jury selection.

• Ranked 84/525 in the nation for OxyContin for 12 vs. 12 - month growth and ranked 13/525 for Institution Sales percent to goal.