Purdue Pharma issued a statement Friday defending its best-selling painkiller, OxyContin, and criticizing a Los Angeles Times report that the medication wears off early in many patients, exposing them to increased risk of addiction.
OxyContin’s main selling point is that it relieves pain for 12 hours. The Times investigation found that when the effects don’t last, patients can suffer excruciating symptoms of narcotic withdrawal, including intense craving for the drug.
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