The Ongoing Pursuit of an Abuse-Resistant Oxycontin

icTendiche idea of creating a new formulation of Oxycontin designed to curb the drug's misuse was first presented to the public in the summer of 2001 following a number of news articles that explained how drug abusers could circumvent the drug's controlled-release design and ingest a pill's entire dosage of oxycodone by crushing or chewing the tablet. Although the plans for an abuse-resistant version of Oxycontin were first being developed in 1996, the pursuit of a formulation that is efficacious has been a difficult process that has cost the manufacturer …