Mental Health News

March 04, 2005

OxyContin Addiction Raises Questions

"June Dahl, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said OxyContin is part of a larger family of drugs that’s a necessity for pain control among cancer patients and those recovering from surgery. OxyContin and each of the other drugs are individually important, because some patients react differently to different medications."

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