Title

"News" piece on the stigma attached to OxyContin use, which is taking its toll o

Authors

Lee Burnett

Source

Maine Times

Date

8-30-2001

Pages

5

Abstract

"News" piece on the stigma attached to OxyContin use, which is taking its toll on the people who most need the miracle painkiller. According to Sue Gold of Saco, leader of a chronic pain support group in southern Maine, misinformation about the drug is interfering with adequate pain management. Sales of the drug are falling off. In Maine, the state's Medicaid insurance program pegs the downturn this year at 5 percent. Producer Purdue Pharma is developing a new formulation, but it will take be least three more years before it reaches the market.

Subjects

OxyContin

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