Health Ministers Request Ban on Generic OxyContin as Patent Expiry Date Looms
Health ministers request ban on generic OxyContin as patent expiry date looms
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The epidemic of addiction and abuse spawned by OxyContin is well documented, prompting even its manufacturer to replace the narcotic painkiller with a pill it claims is harder to abuse. Now, with the patent expiring on the original drug in two weeks …
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Generic OxyContin would be 'tragedy,' Ont. health minister says
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Non-medical use of prescription opioids appears to be on the rise, according to figures cited by Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Roughly 18 per cent of Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 reported non-medical use of a painkiller …
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Increase In Prescription Abuse Linked To Rise In Heroin Abuse
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Teenagers addicted to prescription drugs can begin abusing them by simply stealing them from the medicine cabinet, but as their tolerance goes up they may need to go to a harder drug, Heroin. "It's a painkiller, their bodies become accustomed to that …
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