Residents of Nova Scotia are against OxyContin makers

Canadian Journal of Pharmacists published an article about a class action suit filed in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in late September against Purdue Pharma LP who makes Oxycontin, a pain killer. About 100 residents of atlantic Canada are participated in this. The lawsuit contends that Purdue Pharma knew the powerful drug was highly addictive, but continued to aggressively market it to physicians and patients while downplaying the risks. Accoriding to Halifax law firm Wagners, which filed the claim, numerous people with no previous substance abuse history have become seriously addicted to OxyContin.

There was a class action suit filed already in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in June and the Atlantic Canada will be partnering with this.Oxycontin was introduced to the Canadian market in 1996. Itseems, Purdue Pharma pled guilty to charges of knowingly and fraudulently misbranding OxyContin as being less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications in May 2007 in a US court. This company agreed to pay $634.5 million in penalties to US federal and state governments. Let's see what happens to this famous painkiller "oxycontin".