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 Attorney
Geoff Gempeler knows the devastating effects of OxyContin
from personal experience, after a close family member
was prescribed the drug following minor surgery. Characterizing
the drug as "legalized morphine",
Geoff will fight hard for any client damaged by this dangerous
medication.
OxyContin is an opiate-based drug prescribed for moderate
to severe pain, such as that associated with arthritis,
cancer, back pain and other kinds of painful conditions.
First introduced in December 1995, OxyContin belongs to
the drug class known as opioid
agonists and is categorized as a Schedule II controlled
substance.
OxyContin has been linked to over a
hundred deaths and widespread addiction, from prescription
users as well as people obtaining the drug through illegal
channels. The high from the drug, and its addictive nature
have been compared to those of heroin.
The active ingredient in OxyContin is oxycodone, a substance
found in many pain medications. However, while most other
pain medications contain small amounts of this ingredient.
OxyContin contains a significantly greater amount. Oxycontin
is both one of the best selling prescription medications
and one of the most abused drugs in history.
On July 25, 2001, at the urging of the FDA, drug manufacturer
Purdue Pharma added new warnings to Oxycontin, which will
now bear the FDA's strongest type of warning - a black
box warning calling OxyContin as potentially addictive
as morphine. Purdue Pharma sent letters to doctors asking
them to only prescribe Oxycontin for severe pain. However,
Purdue Pharma still asserts that there is no problem with
Oxycontin.
On August 9, 2001, Purdue Pharma announced that it is
working on patent application for a new formula of Oxycontin,
hoping to make it less susceptible to abuse and addiction.
In the meantime, the number of crimes and deaths attributed
to Oxycontin continue to rise.
If you feel you might have a case related to the use of
OxyContin, please call our OxyContin Side Effects lawyers
for a --
or send us an instant e-mail
and we will call you back within 24 hours.
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