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OxyContin Abuse Continues To Rise

The Federal Drug Administration approved OxyContin in late 1995 and the drug was put on the market in early 1996. Between that time and 2000, prescriptions for the drug have increased by 2,000 percent. Abusers discovered that they could get a powerful heroin-like high by crushing the pill and injecting, swallowing and inhaling the powder.// Abuse of OxyContin, the nation's best sellin...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

US-based Purdue Pharma, makers of painkiller OxyContin agreed to pay $600 million in fines and other payments to resolve the criminal charge of misbranding the product , one of the largest amounts ever paid by a drug company in such a case. Three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges that it had misled doctors and patients when it claimed the...
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FDA Announces Results of Investigation Into Illegal Promotion of OxyContin by The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.

Company Misrepresented Prescription PainReliever to Health Care Professionals ROCKVILLE, Md., May 10, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI)announced today that The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. has agreedto pay more than $700 million to resolve criminal charges and civilliabilities in connection with...
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