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opioid addiction

Aug 31, 2016

NY county sues drugmakers over addictive painkillers

HAUPPAUGE — A suburban New York county struggling to curb an epidemic of opioid overdoses sued 11 pharmaceutical companies Wednesday, including the makers of OxyContin and Percocet, alleging they misled the public and doctors about the addictiveness of powerful prescription painkillers. Suffolk County filed the lawsuit against pharmaceutical giants Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin; [&hellip[...]

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