interesting. i think that when used properly, long acting meds like oxycontin and opana ER really are better at reducing the chance of addiction when using narcotics long term...the short acting meds give such ups and downs. I know for me the opana is much easier to deal with than the vicodin. Also, the absence of the tylenol is certainly a good thing.

i think the key point must be the part they mentioned about marketing to family docs who, unlike pain docs, are not used to treating long term severe pain and less focused on recognizing drug addictions.

hopefully it does not result in the removal/changing of these meds. certainly it would suck if people who really need them lose access to them.


interesting, though, thanks for the post.