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Congressman Calls for Restriction of OxyContin to Severe Pain Patients

By Lindsay F. Wiley [Bio]

April 4, 2003 - Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) has called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to restrict OxyContin prescriptions to patients with severe pain. Wolf has also requested that Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson take steps to warn the public about the dangers of OxyContin abuse. His letter to the agency cites a link between OxyContin and overdose deaths and robberies in his home state of Virginia and argues that "[t]he drug should not be marketed to treat moderate pain." Wolf chairs the House Appropriations subcommittee, which oversees the Commerce, Justice and State departments and related agencies.