New pain killer Zohydro making headlines

Zohydro to be Manufactured by Same Company That Makes Addiction Medicine

By Join Together Staff | November 18, 2013 | 2 Comments | Filed in Addiction,Government, Healthcare & Prescription Drugs

The newly approved pure hydrocodone product, Zohydro ER (extended release), will be made by the same company that manufactures Vivitrol, a drug used to treat patients addicted to opioids or alcohol, The New York Times reports.

https://www.drugfree.org/join-together/addiction/zohydro-to-be-manufactured-by-same-company-that-makes-addiction-medicine

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Judge hits state on painkiller ban

Boston Globe ‎- 6 hours ago

A federal judge said Tuesday that she will probably strike 

down Governor Deval Patrick's emergency ban on the sale of Zohydro, 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/08/federal-judge-expresses-skepticism-about-mass-zohydro-ban/GLZp14pW8lAWmAniElJYhL/story.html

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Super-Strong 'Zohydro' About To Hit The Street - HuffPost Live

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FDA-Approved Painkiller Zohydro Concerns Critics - WebMD

www.webmd.com/pain.../new-painkiller-zohydro-criticized‎

WebMD

Feb 27, 2014 - A new narcotic painkiller is due to come on the market in March, and critics want the FDA to reverse its approval of the drug, Zohydro ER.

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From the manufacturer

1. Zohydro ER (hydrocodone bitartrate) Extended-Release Capsules

   www.zogenix.com/content/products/zohydro.htm‎

   Zohydro™ ER is an opioid agonist, extended-release, oral formulation of hydrocodone bitartrate indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require ...

   ‎SUMAVEL DosePro - ‎Pipeline - ‎Investor Relations

Pain Scale

Chronic Pain Patient, first visit with Pain Management Doctor ~ SIGNING UNFAIR PAIN CONTRACT

Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't!
SIGNING A DRUG CONTRACT ~ FROM PATIENT PERSPECTIVE ~ GIVING UP YOUR RIGHTS

  Chronic pain patients are required to sign contracts with their pain management physician. Many of the stipulations in these contracts remove the patient's rights to privacy of their medical information as well as removing the constitutional rights that require law enforcement to obtain a warrant (meaning need to show probable cause to get such a warrant) in order to get the medical record. These contracts also often contain false information regarding what is drug seeking behavior, physical dependence, and tolerance to pain medication. Also they rely upon presumptive testing that is widely known to be inaccurate in order to deny treatment. Basically these contracts are set up in such a way that every chronic pain patient will eventually violate some part of the contract and lose treatment. Depression is NOT drug seeking behavior, it is a common occurrence with ANY chronic illness, not just chronic pain.

To learn more, including information about the so-called studies that the DEA rely upon to call prescription drug abuse an "epidemic" when the numbrs don't support it. To learn more about chronic pain, contracts, and more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04...
http://pain-topics.org/ for updates on studies http://updates.pain-topics.org/

To learn more about Richard Paey, an example of the unfair investigation procedures and prosecution on chronic pain patients see here:
http://www.november.org/thewall/cases...