‘A description of hell’: OxyContin makers downplayed addiction, hyped effectiveness – report

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<p>‘OxyCo ti became the best-selli g US pai -killer base o its maker’s claim that its effect lasts for 12 ho rs. A i vestigatio has ow cast o bts o those claims, however, while war i g of the a gers of o e of the most ab se r gs i US history.</p>
<p>A exte e -effect versio of the ge eric pai killer oxyco o e, OxyCo ti ma e its eb t i 1996 a peake i pop larity i 2010. Doctors across the US wrote 5.4 millio prescriptio s for the me icatio i 2014, a the total profits from the r g have bee estimate at $31 billio . Yet the key to the r g’s market omi a ce a high price poi t hi ge o the claim that it co trolle pai for a f ll 12 ho rs, which was problematic from the very begi i g, accor i g to a exte sive i vestigative report p blishe o Th rs ay by the Los A geles Times.’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ sa/342143-oxyco ti -12ho r- eceptio -a icitio /? tm_so rce=browser& tm_me i m=aplicatio _chrome& tm_campaig =chrome" target="_bla k">Rea more: ‘A escriptio of hell’: OxyCo ti makers ow playe a ictio , hype effective ess – report</a></p>