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From: Poutinen, Jay To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: FW: Large-dose OxyContin stopped
According to the article, the large-dose tablet is 160 mg.
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"Besides aggressively targeting doctors and pharmacists who = ----------------------------------------- over-prescribe the medication, the DEA urged Purdue to reformulate the =
-- ----------------------------------------- drug to make it less easy to abuse. Purdue Pharma said government pressure had no part in its decision to suspend distribution of the 160-milligram tablets."-----------------------------------------
May 11, 2001 -----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------- STAMFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- The manufacturer of the prescription painkiller OxyContin has suspended shipments of its large-dose tablets of the drug, citing growing problems with drug abuse.
Purdue Pharma's decision comes a week after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced its strategy to combat rising abuse of the drug.
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