[blattimwind]

> Remember when Oxycontin was supposed to be a pain pill that was "impossible to get addicted to"? Yeah... I'm trusting this "relief measure" about as much as I trusted that line in the 90s.

Huh? Oxycodone is extremely addictive, just like every other opioid. This has been well known since always.

[0xcde4c3db]

I don't know that they ever flat-out phrased it as extremely as "impossible to get addicted to", but Purdue Pharma definitely made puffed-up claims that the extended-release nature of OxyContin drastically lowered addiction potential compared to immediate-release opioids. They were fined $600M for aggressively misleading marketing about its addiction potential and reduced side effects [1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/business/11drug-web.html