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... Oxy’s are made in 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160
milligram doses that have a time-release coating on it that will distribute the drug in a 12
hour period. Patients are advised by their doctors to take this little pill whole and orally
with water for the drug to work properly. ...
Oxycodone products like OxyContin and Percocets are common targets for drug
abusers and drug addicts. That’s why when manufacture it is made with a time-release
coating so it delays the absorption, which was thought to reduce the abuse viability of this
drug. ... How is this drug becoming an epidemic of death on the
East Coast? ... Cancer patients and long time pain sufferers can sleep through the nights and
enjoy life once again. ... “This number out-numbers all of the crack-heads, heroin junkies,
and coke-heads” reported the National Institute on Drug Abuse survey. ... “Most patients were gaunt, their
eyes were dilated, and their faces sunken in like they were on drugs and irritable as if they were
going through some kind of withdraw” told investigator John Walczak to the Philadelphia
Inquirer. ... The drug
that is becoming increasingly popular on the streets has caused nearly 20 deaths to date in the
Philadelphia region. ...
“He was prescribing death to drug addicts” stated Steve Moran, Bensalem’s Director of
Public Safety, to the Philadelphia Inquirer. ... ”
How Doctors and Pharmacist Feel about this new Wonder Drug
Dr. ... “It’s a good drug” he says. ...
Although the drug has helped thousands of people in pain, it comes at a cost. The Drug
Enforcement Administration said, “No drug in 20 years had been illegally abused by so many
people in such a short time. ... ” He reports
that “Nearly 50 people in the course of a month had brought in prescriptions for this new wave
drug. ... He is one of the several
pharmacist that had tipped police off last summer about this drug flooding into the area. ... “It’s the
drug of choice! ...
The oxycodone/naloxone combination will curb the so-called euphoria sought
by intravenous drug users of OxyContin because the opioid antagonistic actions of
naloxone are still potent after intravenous injection.
In contrast, the drug combination retains its pain-killing properties after oral
administration ( the prescribed way to take the drug ) because the naloxone will be
immediately deactivated by liver enzymes. ...
A word of warning: Individuals who are chemically dependent on OxyContin, or
any other morphine-like drug, should not administer this oxycontin/naloxone formulation
because a brief but intense opioid withdrawal syndrome ( a non-life-threatening bout of
nausea, vomiting and diarrhea ) will result.
Approximate Word count = 1998
Approximate Pages = 8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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