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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by blattimwind on Saturday September 08, 2018 @05:19PM (#17942840)
> Remember when Oxycontin was supposed to be a pain pill that was "impossible to get addicted to"? Yeah... I'm trusting this "relief measure" about as much as I trusted that line in the 90s.

Huh? Oxycodone is extremely addictive, just like every other opioid. This has been well known since always.

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by 0xcde4c3db on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:23PM (#17943115)
I don't know that they ever flat-out phrased it as extremely as "impossible to get addicted to", but Purdue Pharma definitely made puffed-up claims that the extended-release nature of OxyContin drastically lowered addiction potential compared to immediate-release opioids. They were fined $600M for aggressively misleading marketing about its addiction potential and reduced side effects [1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/business/11drug-web.html

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