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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 02 > Studies Downplayed Opioid Risks

Studies Downplayed Opioid Risks

By Peter Whoriskey / The Bulletin
January 2, 2013

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Over much of the past decade, the official word on OxyContin was that it rarely posed problems of addiction for patients.

The label on the drug, which was approved by the FDA, said the risks of addiction were "reported to be small."

The New England Journal of....

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