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OxyContin in Florida and its Abuse
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Posted On :
Jan-15-2012
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The abuse of prescription drugs represents close to 30% of the overall drug problem in the United States, a close second to only cocaine, according to the DEA
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The abuse of prescription drugs represents close to 30% of the overall drug problem in the United States, a close second to only cocaine, according to the DEA. Some states now participate in federally sponsored prescription monitoring programs that allow doctors and pharmacists to view a patient's prescription drug use history before writing or filling a prescription – a measure that can drastically reduce illicit means of getting medications, such as forged prescription papers or doctor shopping. Florida is one of 18 states that have not implemented such a monitoring program, and pain pill clinics in Florida now do a very lucrative business providing opiate medications to out of state visitors.
Some facts about the availability of prescription drugs like OxyContin in Florida:
There are 89 pain medication clinics in Broward County, Florida
According to a series of reports in the Miami Herald, some pain clinics in Florida are owned by ex-convicts
Oxycontin in florida doctors prescribed OxyContin at five times the national average
The top 50 OxyContin prescribing doctors in the United States all practice medicine in Florida
An 80mg OxyContin pill that is bought for less than $5 in Florida can be sold at the street level in Tennessee for $80.
Some pharmacists in states that border Florida have stopped filling out-of-state prescriptions.
The FDA has approved a oxycontin new formulation that has been designed to help discourage misuse and abuse. The reformulated OxyContin is intended to prevent immediate access to the full dose of oxycodone via cutting, chewing, or breaking the tablet. Attempts to dissolve the tablets in liquid result in a gummy substance that cannot be drawn up into a syringe or injected. It reduces the likelihood that this drug will be misused and abused, although it can not completely eliminate this possibility as OxyContin can still be abused or misused by simply ingesting larger doses than are recommended.
The FDA is requiring Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, to conduct clinical trials of the new version of OxyContin, called OxyContin OP, before the company can claim that it is less prone to be abused. Changing the formulation of their drug was a big move and ultimately it will save lives.
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