Narcotic use has increased over the past decade, and that raises the risk of abuse. Now the FDA has approved a new formulation of the pain medicine OxyContin. The new formulation uses a resin to control the release of the medication, oxycodone, over a 24-hour period. This will make it much more difficult to break, chew, cut or crush the tablets and thus should prevent people from snorting or injecting the drug.
The People's Perspective on MedicineOxyContin Reformulated to Reduce Abuse
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