Sentences with phrase «said oxycontin»

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

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Other students at the gathering told deputies that the victim, who was rushed to a local hospital, had ingested alcohol along with unknown amount of the pain reliever Oxycontin, the sheriff's department said.

One law enforcement agent said Gosnell was one of Pennsylvania's top three prescribers of the addictive painkiller Oxycontin.

'' «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.

Dennis Lee, the Virginia state prosecutor for Tazewell County, an area hard hit by OxyContin abuse, said he was stunned several years ago to learn that Mr. Giuliani was working for Purdue.

Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Gillibrand said she's heard too many parents tell her how they have lost their children to opioid addiction, which began with an overprescription of painkillers like Percocet or OxyContin.

Opioid medications — codeine, hydrocodone (including Vicoprofen), oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), morphine and others — can help bring on dangerous respiratory infections or make them even worse, Hall said.

Many people who drink diet soda are trying to lose (or keep off) weight by eating healthier, and they may turn to the sweetness of diet soda for comfort as they scale back on sugar, carbohydrates, and other satisfying foods — much like a heroin addict who steps down to Oxycontin, Dr. Urschel says.

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.

The nurse said I was due and handed me two tablets (I later learned they were oxycontin).