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U.S. maker of OxyContin painkiller to pay $600 million in guilty plea »

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ABINGDON, Virginia: The company that makes the painkiller OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, has agreed to pay $600 million in fines and other payments to resolve the criminal charge of "misbranding" its product, one of the largest amounts ever paid by a drug company in such a case.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)DesertFlower
    DesertFlower
    May 12, 2007, 1:06 p.m.

    Good god it took them this long to figure out OxyCotin was as bad as Heroin. All they had to do was ask anyone that took it for any amount of time. Personally I think it is worse because if I were in active addiction and was going to commit a crime to get drugs I would do so for a pure drug like OxyCotin before doing so for a street drug that had been cut with god knows what. Im wondering why there is no talk of taking it off the market since being as bad as Heroin, which they band because its bad qualities being addictive, out weighted its good qualities.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)bullymamaina
      bullymamaina
      May 12, 2007, 1:55 p.m.

      Oxycontin killed my best friend!!! We had been friends for over 40 years...a friendship that meant everything to me. Personally, I don't think that 600 million is nearly enough to compensate for the pain and loss that those involved have suffered.

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