Re: OxyContin Problem- Not That Complicated

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Sorry about the double post, I don't think I hit the button twice,

but I am tired, so might just be losing my mind. If anybody sees it,

please send it home.

Thanks, MomBom

> This looks like it could be good news for many of us where pain is

a

> very real problem...

>

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>

> This Law Enforcement Issue Should NOT Drive Medical Policy Toward

> Those In Pain

>

> A great deal has happened on the OxyContin® front in the last few

> months. If you watch or read the news, you've seen stories about

> excessive abuse of OxyContin® and crimes committed by individuals

who

> would abuse this prescription drug for `fun' as well as commit

> felonies to acquire more of this very effective pain medication.

You

> also heard about arrests of doctors who were writing OxyContin®

> prescriptions for people they knew weren't in pain and convicted

for

> such behavior, doctors convicted of murder when their prescribing

> provided abusers with OxyContin® that resulted in death during the

> abuse, and more restrictive controls on the prescription of pain

> medications in some states.

>

> The following article will be published by MAGNUM, the National

> Migraine Association, very soon. It is pre-published here with the

> full permission of MAGNUM.

>

> http://headaches.about.com/library/weekly/aa-oxy-magnum.htm

>

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