Finally! OxyContin For Kids!

TYT: "The pharmaceutical company behind OxyContin is paying dozens of clinical sites to document the effects of the highly addictive painkiller on children as part of an effort to secure a Food and Drug Administration approval to label the drug for use by kids ages six and up, according to a report published by The Daily.

Though Purdue Pharma insists it is conducting the trials to ensure the safety of children currently being prescribed OxyContin "off-label" by doctors, some, including three physicians involved in the trials, said the company is more concerned about the impending expiration of the drug's patent, and is hoping to receive a six-month extension from the FDA..."* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.
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Great.. Never have I encountered a drug that made my tolerance shoot up so fast. I've never experienced withdrawal from any drug until Oxy. I'm not a damn doctor, but surely there's something with better efficacy and less heinous side effects that they can be shoving into our children?

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