OxyContin is a powerful pain medication first introduced in 1995. Since then it’s been a godsend to people suffering from trauma, injuries, muscle pain, dislocations, fractures, arthritis, lower back pain, and pain associated with cancer. However, it also has mood altering
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properties that make it a prime candidate for abuse. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll go to Alaska’s capital city and hear about the fight to keep young people away from Oxy.
We’ll also hear about an east coast conference on opiate abuse...and we’ll hear from Dr. David Kessler, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on another serious addiction issue...America’s addiction to overeating.
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