AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Powerful painkillers carry potential for abuse, crime.
Byline: Bob Mims
Dec. 24--Actiq's rocket ride from pain to bliss can make it highly addictive, with a potential for abuse and even death, a trait it shares with other opioids such as OxyContin, methadone and endorphin. Although officials at Utah drug-abuse treatment centers say they are not seeing addictions locally, addicts can be found easily in certain Internet discussion groups.
Responding by e-mail, a man who identified himself as Timothy Case of Huntington, N.Y., said he became dependent on Actiq in 2002 while rehabilitating from a spinal cord injury. Eventually, he was taking the drugged sucker every four hours.
His Actiq use continued ...
- Cephalon Transfers Manufacture of ACTIQ(R) to its Salt Lake City Facility;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 2, 2003 700+ words
...expanded facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The...powder formulation of ACTIQ for the management...formulation, which the Salt Lake City facility has...expansion of our Salt Lake City manufacturing...increasing demand for ACTIQ, while enabling...
- Manufacture of Actiq transferred to Salt Lake City facility.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week April 30, 2003 700+ words
...that manufacture of Actiq (oral transmucosal...expanded facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The...powder formulation of Actiq for the management...formulation, which the Salt Lake City facility has...expansion of our Salt Lake City manufacturing...increasing demand for ...
- Manufacture of Actiq transferred to Salt Lake City facility.(Cephalon Inc....
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly April 29, 2003 700+ words
...that manufacture of Actiq (oral transmucosal...expanded facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The...powder formulation of Actiq for the management...formulation, which the Salt Lake City facility has...expansion of our Salt Lake City manufacturing...increasing demand for ...
- Actiq painkiller: Tastes like candy, packs a wallop.
- Newspaper article from: Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) December 24, 2006 700+ words
...Misunderstanding this is a frustration I have. Actiq has since been used in millions and...without a serious safety issue." Salt Lake lab: Cephalon, which is based in...reported 129 deaths associated with Actiq since it debuted in 1999. The company...
- Actiq(TM) Clinical Trials Demonstrate Efficacy for Breakthrough Pain; Data...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 20, 1997 700+ words
SALT LAKE CITY, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from pivotal studies of Actiq(TM) (oral transmucosal fenranyl...results are a subset of the Actiq New Drug Application (NDA...November 1996. In summary, Actiq provided better pain relief...
- Anesta Corp. Responds to FDA Letter on Actiq News Releases
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 5, 1998 700+ words
SALT LAKE CITY, June 5 /PRNewswire...of the efficacy and safety of Actiq (oral transmucosal fentanyl...completion of enrollment in the Actiq Phase 3 clinical trials; the...clinical investigators of the Actiq clinical results at the annual...
- Anesta Corp. Reports 2000 First Quarter Results; Actiq Prescriptions Increase...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 17, 2000 700+ words
SALT LAKE CITY, April 17 /PRNewswire...States marketing rights for Actiq(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl...for the sales and marketing of Actiq in the US. Abbott will continue to manufacture and distribute Actiq in the US. Actiq Quarterly...
- Anesta Reports 1999 Year-End Results; Actiq Pharmacy-Level Sales Up 61%.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 17, 2000 700+ words
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Anesta...resulted primarily from new revenue from Actiq(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate...deposit totaling $72,817,942. Actiq 1999 Performance Actiq was launched in the US on March 31...