Rush's Hillbilly Heroin Company Faulted By Congress

The maker of OxyContin sent doctors promotional videos that made unsubstantiated claims minimizing the dangers associated with the pain relief drug, Congressional investigators said Thursday.

On the 1998 video, a doctor says fewer than 1 percent of people who take pain relief medication like OxyContin become addicted. That is a figure the F.D.A. says has not been substantiated, the report said.

The F.D.A. looked at the later video after General Accounting Office investigators inquired about it. The agency said it "appeared to make unsubstantiated claims regarding OxyContin's effect on patients' quality of life and ability to perform daily activities and minimized the risks associated with the drug."

The F.D.A. also publicly cited Purdue Pharma last year for overstating OxyContin's safety in print ads.

el - it also didn't warn of the likelihood of you becoming an addicted, overconfident, right-wingnut, blowhard.