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Discover how Oxycontin is a legally prescribed pain reliever, and how it can lead to deadly dependence with our new Addiction is a Tablet Away Brochure. Learn how opioids can be legally prescribed by a doctor for intense pain, such as when a patient has undergone surgery or suffers from a chronic disease. However, this drug is highly addictive and can cause nasty side effects. Anyone who takes this prescription drug is in danger of becoming addicted, and one in four patients taking OxyContin for long term opioid therapy develops an addiction. These pamphlets address the risks of misusing or abusing this highly addictive drug.

Each trifold includes the following information:

• Get general definitions and background information about what this drug is
• Details on how the brain functions while on this opioid
• Short and long-term effects this opioid can have on the user, both mentally and physically
• Addresses addiction and how it can start
• Withdrawal symptoms that can occur after users quit
• Overdose symptoms, and how breaking or chewing can lead to overdose
• A brief history of the opioid epidemic and OxyContin’s role in it
• A summary of the desperate lengths users might take in order to obtain more pills
• Three additional resources for readers to find more help and information
• A personalization area for you to place a custom message and/or your organization’s logo

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Sold in Packs of 50 and minimum quantity is 100.

This brochure is also available in Spanish.

If you like this oxycontin addiction brochure, then check out more of our Prescription Drug and OTC Abuse Prevention materials.

For more information on the Opioids Epidemic you can check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention link here: https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/epidemic.html