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OxyContin was submitted and justifiably approved by the agency as a 12-hour dosage form
Authors Fudin J , Raouf M, Wegrzyn E
Received 14 July 2016
Accepted for publication 19 July 2016
Published 7 September 2016 Volume 2016:9 Pages 609—612
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S117219
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Editor who approved publication: Dr Michael Schatman
Jeffrey Fudin,1,2 Mena Raouf,3 Erica L Wegrzyn4
1REMITIGATE, LLC, 2Stratton Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, 3Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Alvin C York Campus, Murfreesboro, TN, 4Stratton Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
Extended-release (ER) or long-acting (LA) opioids are increasingly used for management of chronic pain. Approximately 3.8 million patients receive prescriptions for ER/ LA opioids in the US.1 The number of prescriptions dispensed for ER/LA has more than doubled over the past decade, increasing from 9.3 million in 2000 to 22.9 million in 2009. Consequently, in 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for ER/LA opioids.2
Disclosure
Jeffrey Fudin is associated with the following: Astra Zeneca (Speakers Bureau, Advisory Board), Clarity (Consultant), DepoMed (Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau), Endo (Consultant, Speakers Bureau), Kaléo (Speakers Bureau, Advisory Board), Kashiv Pharma (Advisory Board), KemPharm (Consultant), Pernix Therapeutics (Speaker), Remitigate, LLC (Owner), and Scilex Pharmaceuticals (Consultant). This article is the sole work of the authors, and stated opinions/assertions do not reflect the opinion of employers, employee affiliates, and/or pharmaceutical companies listed. It was not prepared as part of the authors duty as federal employees. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.
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