The active ingredients in OxyContin are opiates -a highly addictive family of drugs found in heroin and other prescription painkillers that are proven addictive such as Vicodin. Fact: Individuals who snort or inject OxyContin are the most likely to overdose on the drug. OxyContin is designed to be a time-release drug. When taken orally, and used as intended, the drug emits its pain-relief effects over time, with each dose being released over the course of many hours.
When the drug is crushed and snorted, of mixed with water and injected however, all the opiates are released at once, causing a rush that many people simply cannot handle. The result is often overdose, or in many cases death. Fact: OxyContin is still being prescribed legally by doctors to a select percentage of the population that is suffering from extreme chronic pain to due to illness or injury. What IS illegal is forging doctors signatures on prescriptions, stealing from medicine cabinets and other desperate means that the individual who is addicted to OxyContin will use to obtain the drug.
Fact: As with any strong opiate, the withdrawal symptoms experienced by those have become addicted to OxyContin can cause a great deal of physical and psychological discomfort.
Perhaps the most serious withdrawal symptom stemming from OxyContin use is the high risk of relapse. The payment required by the family members is separate. Steve Miller, who joined Purdue's Board as Chairman in July , said in a statement that the company "deeply regrets and accepts responsibility for the misconduct detailed by the Department of Justice in the agreed statement of facts.
The reorganized company, under the agreement, would donate or offer steep discounts for overdose rescue drugs and treatments to help communities ravaged by the opioid crisis. The Sackler family would have no connection to the reconstituted company. Purdue agreed to admit that for a decade, from to , it told the Drug Enforcement Administration that it had an effective program for making sure that OxyContin was not diverted into improper sales.
In fact, the government said, the company continued to provide opioids to more than health care providers that it had good reason to believe were overprescribing it. In a statement, members of the Sackler family who served on Perdue's board of directors said they "acted ethically and lawfully, and the upcoming release of company documents will prove that fact in detail.
This history of Purdue will also demonstrate that all financial distributions were proper. Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who announced the settlement, said it involves "one of the most important participants in the supply chain of prescription opioids, at the manufacturer level. Purdue faces hundreds of other lawsuits and bankruptcy claims, but the company has said it would seek a resolution with the Justice Department before dealing with the others.
Some state officials said the Justice Department agreement did not go far enough.
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