OxyContin that's harder to abuse? FDA debates new version
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 15:21
in Psychology & Sociology
(AP) -- The government is evaluating a new version of OxyContin - the potent painkiller sometimes called "hillbilly heroin" - designed to be harder to abuse.
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