Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death by Barry Meier, Barry Meier

Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death

Barry Meier, Barry Meier

336 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)

nonfiction history science dark informative fast-paced
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Pain Killer OxyContin, a potent painkiller containing opium-derived oxycodone as its key active ingredient, was first sold in 1996 as a treatment for cancer patients and other chronic pain sufferers. From the start, the drug's manufacturer aggress...

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