Sunday, April 11, 2010
Oxycontin To Be Reformulated
KENTUCKY...
The Federal Drug Administration has approved changes to reformulate OxyContin in design, making it harder to crush and more difficult to dissolve. Many who abuse the drug either chew or crush and then snort the pills or dissolve it, mix it with water and inject it. This abuse causes the active ingredient to be released immediately into the system rather than over the course of 12 hours as intended when introduced for chronic pain suffers in 1995. The new design, which will be placed on the market this summer, will have the active ingredient form into a gel when dissolved in liquid, blocking or making it harder to inject or snort.
The Federal Drug Administration has approved changes to reformulate OxyContin in design, making it harder to crush and more difficult to dissolve. Many who abuse the drug either chew or crush and then snort the pills or dissolve it, mix it with water and inject it. This abuse causes the active ingredient to be released immediately into the system rather than over the course of 12 hours as intended when introduced for chronic pain suffers in 1995. The new design, which will be placed on the market this summer, will have the active ingredient form into a gel when dissolved in liquid, blocking or making it harder to inject or snort.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:58 AM 
