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Sort by relevance 25 pages found matching oxycodone- OxyContin Canada: Hillbilly Heroin in the Great White North
Jun-6-07 Toronto, ON: The arrest of actress Lindsay Lohan and the various reports of her addiction to OxyContin have thrust the prescription painkiller back into the news. It has been suggested that OxyContin is quickly becoming the most coveted drug on the street. And Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) pulls no punches when it comes to OxyCon... - Oxycontin Abuse in Canada
May-22-07 Oxycontin (also known as Oxycodone) is a powerful narcotic drug used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. In Canada it is sold under various trade names, including OxyContin, Supeudol, Endocet and Oxycocet. And it's also known as "hillbilly heroin" due to its popularity in poor regions of the US, where overdoses have claimed more than 100 lives. ... - OxyContin: Purdue Pharma Pays Millions
May-16-07 Stamford, CT You know it's bad when the executives take a personal hit. In the third-largest award of its' kind in the nation's history, Purdue Pharma was slammed with a U.S. $600 million penalty over allegations of misbranding pertaining to its' popular painkiller, OxyContin. Even more telling are the U.S. $34.5 million in fines levied against three... - Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. Patent Infringement Settlement
Purdue Frederick Laboratories, Inc. and Euro-Celtique filed charges against the drug company claiming its oxycodone extended release generic version of OxyContin tablets infringed Purdue's U.S. patent. Endo launched its oxycodone extended release products on June 7, 2005 in response to a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Cir... - Dangerous Drugs Report
Dec-30-05 [ Consumer Reports ] has recently identified 12 common prescription drugs that may have serious side effects, including heart attacks, certain cancers and even death. It says that "tens of millions of people may have been exposed to adverse side effects" from these drugs, which account for more than 266 million prescriptions in the U.S. and almost $25 billi...