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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Powerful New Painkillers Have Addiction Experts Worried


Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation’s second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.
The new pills contain the highly addictive painkiller hydrocodone, packing up to 10 times the amount of the drug as existing medications such as Vicodin. Four companies have begun patient testing, and one of them — Zogenix of San Diego — plans to apply early next year to begin marketing its product, Zohydro.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not to worry, the drug companies are at this very moment, cramming millions of untaxed U.S. worthless dollars into the pockets of those you and I helped into congress, the legislation, or anone that seems politically connected, all via your helpful lobbist traitor. All perfectly (sort of) leagal.

Anonymous said...

legal drugs are the scariest
prescription dope addicts seem to think they are better than ghetto addicts and entitled to legal protection
dope is dope and addicts are addicts I don't care what the name for affliction is this week and if medicare the VA or insurance company is paying for it