II. Taking steps to stop abuse of OxyContin

III. Steps DEA is taking to stop abuse

IV. Steps OxyContin manufacturer is taking to stop abuse

The synthetic opioid OxyContin has become a drug of abuse, following in the steps of other prescription level drugs that contain Oxycodone. The recent death’s from the misuse of the drug has caused government officials as well as the manufacturer of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma; to take action in attempting to curb it’s abuse. OxyContin is an opioid analgesic in a time release form that when used properly releases a small amount of the active ingredient Oxycodone into a patients bloodstream. OxyContin is supplied in 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg, and 160 mg tablets. The tablet strengths describe the amount of Oxycodone that is released with each pill. The intended use of the drug OxyContin is to treat moderate to severe pain in cancer patients and o

Officials from the manufacturer of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma have teamed up with the Drug Enforcement Administration and have also began taking steps towards curbing the widespread abuse. In a recent interview with U.S. News writer Amanda Spake Purdue Pharma CEO James W. Heins had this to say:

In Cincinnati, one of the larger cities stricken with this epidemic of abuse, major attention is being paid to drug diversion. Cincinnati is the only city in the United States to have a full time drug diversion task force. The focus of the unit is doctors, nurses, and health care officials who divert drugs for their own personal use. In 1999, 30 percent of the 250 felony drug arrests in Cincinnati involved healthcare officials and 50 percent of those were related to OxyContin.

West Virginia, Mississippi, and Florida have also been chosen by the Drug Enforcement Administration to begin a pilot-monitoring program aimed at stopping OxyContin abuse. The program will be a computer-monitoring program that monitors patients with access to the potent drug. In Kentucky, the state where the number of OxyContin related deaths is highest, a task force has been created to address the ever-growing problems associated with OxyContin abuse. The primary tool of Kentucky’s task force is the state’s database of controlled-drug prescriptions, The Kentucky All Schedule Electronic Reporting System. It’s used to track prescription trends and stop “doctor shopping,” which is when abusers of certain drugs go from one doctor to the next complaining of symptoms and ailments in

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