Elite MENTIONED In Opioid Article!

Government Spending On Opioid Epidemic Creates Surprising Beneficiary

Thursday,April 28,2016

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On March 22, 2016 the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) said it would require opioid painkillers to carry a black box warning, as part of the U.S. government’s response to curbing the opioid epidemic [1]. Overdose on prescription painkillers like ‘Percocet’, ‘Oxycotin’, ‘Vicodin’ and illicit heroin, combined, led to nearly 26,000 deaths in 2014. Critics, however, say it may be “too little, too late” and point to the failure of the black box warning instituted in 2004 for anti-depressants, suggesting the label change is unlikely to adversely affect major opioid drug makers like Purdue or Endo, or newer entrants like Pernix or Elite Pharmaceuticals.  READ THE REST