Research on "OxyContin" by Simon Lalone https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw Made with ♥ en-us 2019-10-11 13:52:03 UTC 2019-11-11 16:36:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Ingredents simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408654645 butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), hypromellose, polyethylene glycol 400, polyethylene oxide, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide.]]> 2019-11-08 14:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408654645 Uses and Effects simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408656850 Used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer).

The effects are this drug is very addictive and if you try to stop it suddenly you can have  restlessness, mental/mood changes (including anxiety, trouble sleeping, thoughts of suicide), watering eyes, runny nose, nausea, diarrhea, sweating, muscle aches, or sudden changes in behavior.]]> 2019-11-08 14:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408656850 Popularity simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408661031  By 2004, OxyContin had become the most prevalent prescription opioid abused in the United States.]]> 2019-11-08 14:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408661031 Cited Sources simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408663702 “Oxycontin Oral : Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Pictures, Warnings & Dosing.” WebMD, WebMD, 2019, www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-2798/oxycontin-oral/details.

Van Zee, Art. “The Promotion and Marketing of Oxycontin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy.” American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, Feb. 2009, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/.

Kovanis, Georgea. “Michigan Involved in Settlement Talks with OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma.” Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sept. 2019, www.freep.com/story/news/health/2019/09/12/michigan-purdue-pharma-settlement/2303618001/.]]> 2019-11-08 14:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408663702 Addiction simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408665238 Lifetime nonmedical use of OxyContin increased from 1.9 million to 3.1 million people between 2002 and 2004, and in 2004 there were 615 000 new nonmedical users of OxyContin.]]> 2019-11-08 14:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408665238 Treatment simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408667050 It is very difficult to quit cold turkey. So doctors will keep lowering your dosage until you are off of the drug completely. ]]> 2019-11-08 14:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408667050 Michigan Connection simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408668751 "I believe Michigan residents are best served by an infusion of funds into our state as quickly as possible so we can begin providing relief to our hardest hit communities and to provide assistance to those who are suffering from addiction," Nessel said in a prepared statement.

Kovanis, Georgea. “Michigan Involved in Settlement Talks with OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma.” Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sept. 2019, www.freep.com/story/news/health/2019/09/12/michigan-purdue-pharma-settlement/2303618001/.]]> 2019-11-08 14:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408668751 World Connection simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408668942 "Cristin (who asked to withhold her last name) is among the millions of Americans who became addicted to opioids after prescriptions for medications such as Oxycontin (oxycodone HCI), Percocet (oxycodone and acetaminophen) and Vicodin (hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen) became widely available to pain sufferers in the 1990s and 2000s. People who could no longer get pills sometimes turned to heroin, also an opioid, which is cheaper and may be easier to find."

“Overcoming Opioid Addiction: A Woman Shares Her Story.” Yale Medicine, 28 Feb. 2017, www.yalemedicine.org/stories/overcoming-opioid-addiction/.]]> 2019-11-08 14:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408668942 Final Thought simonclalone60 https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408669440 My overall thoughts on this type of drug addiction is that it is absolutely horrible especially because many victims of this addiction did not go out looking for drugs but instead were prescribed them to deal with pain after a surgery or medical event and then became addicted. In my life I will try my hardest to stay away from drugs.]]> 2019-11-08 14:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/simonclalone60/k6o6kmuqqopw/wish/408669440