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That wasn't a lie. Tolerance is an issue with any narcotic medicine - from amphetamines to opiates. Many patients, whether they take Oxycontin or Vyvanse, will
by AndrewUnmuted 6y ago
That wasn't a lie. Tolerance is an issue with any narcotic medicine - from amphetamines to opiates. Many patients, whether they take Oxycontin or Vyvanse, will eventually complain that their tolerance will make that claim untrue. It doesn't mean the chemical isn't in their system.
- GordonS 6y agoTolerance is a separate issue than the one I brought up. The issue of lying about the length of action is not related to tolerance - even patients new to OxyContin complained. I was prescribed OxyContin myself for a while, and know very well that it only works around 6 hours for me, just the same as other ER opioids.
- AndrewUnmuted 6y agoThanks for this follow-up, I did more research and came across this information [0] on Wikipedia. I am not aware of how anyone would be able to give a guarantee on duration of action. I'm not a doctor, so this could simply be naivety, but how could they possibly make the claim about how long the medicine would work, when all they know is how long the drug takes on average to be ingested and secreted from the patient's system? In my personal experience, I have never been able to feel the effects of opioid medicines as long as the prescribing doctor said to space out doses. Though I have never been prescribed OxyContin or anything that powerful, I fail to see how requiring companies to "guess at" things like this is anything beyond a way to scapegoat a company post-approval when the FDA finds it convenient. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone#Duration_of_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone#Duration_of_action