What is oxycodone, the drug that triggered a crisis in the United States?

A mbadive demand has emerged in the United States against the Sackler family, owner of Purdue Pharma, the company that manufactures OxyContin. In this country, the scandal was born because the judicial initiative accused family members of violating different legislations and that it was now spawning a crisis known as "the worst drug in the world." history of the United States ".

In Argentina, this medicine is offered by Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals SRL, according to Clarín. This company is independent of American society and the relations between the two companies are few.

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In Argentina, Oxycontin is sold under prescription and, as it appears on the ANMAT website, it is available in tablets of 10, 20 and 40 mg. The price, as observed, varies between $ 658 and $ 1500 for thirty units.

Oxycodone is a powerful pain reliever that contains a strongly opioid derivative and must be consumed responsibly. For this reason, in Argentina, it can only be obtained on medical prescription. Medical contraventions include diarrhea, vomiting, insomnia and chills.

After the death of Michael Jackson, it was revealed during his autopsy that the singer had a large amount of this drug in his body.

Beyond this show star, the growth in the use of this drug irresponsibly has led Donald Trump to qualify this opiate crisis as a "public health emergency," since 39, there are more than 2.4 million people in the country. your country who are addicted to these drugs.