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| Web Pages |
| HowStuffWorks: OxyContin |
| Offers a question and answer about the drug oxycodone hydrochloride. |
| Oxycodone |
| Information from the RxList. |
| Oxycodone |
| Explores various issues regarding the pharmacology, uses, and problems associated with this narcotic. |
| OxyAbuseKills.com |
| Aims to bring awareness on how easy it is to overdose on the opiate OxyContin. Features background, personal stories, FAQs, overdose information, and details on how to battle it. |
| The OxyContin Controversy |
| Collection of articles related to this issue. |
| Pain Drug Becomes the Heroin of the Midwest |
| Article outlining the rise in the recreational use of OxyContin in Cinncinati. |
| OxyContin FAQ |
| Answers to regulation and restriction questions from the US Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration. |
| DrugDigest: Oxycodone ( OxyIR, Roxicodone ) |
| Information on dosage, usage, side effects, interactions, and drug comparisons, including generics when available. |
| Guardian Unlimited: Hillbilly Heroin - The Painkiller Abuse Wrecking Lives in West Virginia |
| Special report on the OxyContin problem in West Virginia, and the drug's addictive affects. |
| The Christian Science Monitor: Rise of 'Hillbilly Heroin' Creates Alarm in East |
| Mark Sappenfield's article discusses the drug's affects on the U.S, the pharmacy robberies it has caused, and the law suit against its manufacturer. |
| About.com: OxyContin - Painkiller Drug Addiction |
| Collection of articles and resources regarding the drug. |
| Washington Post: Fight Against OxyContin Brings Conviction |
| Josh White's article about the conviction of a woman for selling OxyContin and other painkillers from her Dale City home. |
| NCADI: OxyContin Information |
| Provides FAQs, general information about semisynthetic opioids and their addiction potential, summarizes evidence-based protocols for treatment, and provides referral sources for further information. [PDF Format] |
| The Leaf-Chronicle: Police Fear 'Hillbilly Heroin' Creeping up on Clarksville |
| Brian Dunn's article: "The drug works wonders on severe pain, but moved into the black market quickly after it got FDA approval. Early signs of its abuse in Montgomery County have surfaced." |
| CBC News: Hillbilly Heroin |
| Brief overview of the drug, links, and an interview with a former addict in RealAudio format. |
| Calgary Sun: Police Fear Spread of 'Hillbilly Heroin' |
| Tony Seskus' article: "An abuse epidemic of OxyContin is sweeping across the U.S. and authorities north of border fear it may spread here." |
| OxyContin |
| Brief information about the drug and its side effects. Includes photo. |
| Roxicodone |
| Full prescribing information from RxList. |