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OxyContin: What It Is, Side Effects, Precautions & Abuse
What is OxyContin used for? It is a painkilling drug. Opioids such as OxyContin attach to opioid receptors on nerves ...
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The Sacklers, Jewish family behind OxyContin, will pay $6B in deal that shields them from lawsuits
(JTA) – The Sackler family, the Jewish billionaires whose marketing of the painkiller drug OxyContin fueled the United States’ ongoing opioid epidemic, will receive full immunity from all ...
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Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...
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OxyContin maker files new bankruptcy plan, including up to $7 billion from Sackler family
The first wave of deadly overdoses were tied to OxyContin and other prescription drugs, and subsequent waves have involved first heroin and more recently illicit versions of fentanyl. The plan ...
WAVY-TV21d
Asking the impossible: OBX man with claim on OxyContin settlement
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (WAVY) — Blake Vuyovich said he was told his claim on the OxyContin personal injury trust was worth $5 million, but now, he’s not so sure, saying the rules have changed ...