New Painkiller Rekindles Addiction Concerns

New Painkiller Rekindles Addiction Concerns
The manufacturer, Zogenix of San Diego, went to court … of the painkiller that resulted in a wave of prescription drug deaths in the 1990s and early 2000s. (OxyContin is now available in an abuse-deterrent formulation.) Zohydro is pure hydrocodone …
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Prediction of ‘another whole generation of addicts’ in wake of Zohydro
But addiction is a problem that anyone who lives around … a day after lawyers from the state’s attorney general’s office and the company marketing the drug in the U.S., San Diego-based Zogenix, presented arguments. Predictably, Judge Rya Zobel …
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Federal judge blocks Mass. from banning Zohydro
The San Diego-based drugmaker is hailing the ruling. Patrick says he’s disappointed and the state will look for other ways to combat its drug abuse problem. The state argued Zohydro would exacerbate illegal drug use because it can be easily crushed …
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