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Abuse-Deterrent Formulation of OxyContin Allegedly Responsible for Increase in Heroin Users

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.– An “abuse-proof” formulation of OxyContin may have helped reduce the number of patients abusing the drug, but Dr. Michael Lowenstein , medical director for WAISMANN METHOD ® opiate detoxification and treatment, is voicing alarm at recent data showing it may have consequentially resulted in a sharp increase in heroin and other opioid drug use. “After the […]