Guardian Unlimited: Hillbilly Heroin - The Painkiller Abuse Wrecking Lives in West Virginia - http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,512026,00.html
Special report on the OxyContin problem in West Virginia, and the drug's addictive affects. |
HowStuffWorks: OxyContin - http://www.howstuffworks.com/question706.htm
Offers a question and answer about the drug oxycodone hydrochloride. |
MedlinePlus: Oxycodone - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682132.html
Features information about dosage, usage, warnings, and side effects. |
OxyAbuseKills.com - http://www.oxyabusekills.com/
Aims to bring awareness on how easy it is to overdose on the opiate OxyContin. Features background, personal stories, FAQs, overdose information, and details on how to battle it. |
Oxycodone - http://opioids.com/oxycodone/index.html
Explores various issues regarding the pharmacology, uses, and problems associated with this narcotic. |
OxyContin - http://www.streetdrugs.org/oxycodone.htm
Brief information about the drug and its side effects. Includes photo. |
OxyContin FAQ - http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/oxycodone/oxycontin_faq.htm
Answers to regulation and restriction questions from the US Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration. |
RxList: Oxycodone - http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/oxyapap.htm
Prescribing information from RxList. |
RxList: Roxicodone - http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/oxyco.htm
Full prescribing information from RxList. |
The Christian Science Monitor: Rise of 'Hillbilly Heroin' Creates Alarm in East - http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/07/12/p1s3.htm
Mark Sappenfield's article discusses the drug's affects on the U.S, the pharmacy robberies it has caused, and the law suit against its manufacturer. |