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  • Drug Makers Hope to Kill the Kick in Pain Relief

    04/23/2004 4:22:42 PM PDT · by neverdem · 248 replies · 447+ views
    NY Times ^ | April 20, 2004 | SANDRA BLAKESLEE
    Worried that millions of Americans are using prescription opiate painkillers to get high rather than to ease severe chronic pain, drug makers are working on ways to prevent abuse. Cooperating closely with government officials and pain specialists, the companies are educating doctors, rewriting warning labels and tracking pills as they move from pharmacy to patient. They are also reformulating pills with added ingredients. One combination blocks euphoria. Another produces a nasty burning sensation. "The problem of prescription painkiller abuse is much bigger than people realize," said Dr. Clifford Woolf, director of the neural plasticity group and professor of anesthesia research...