Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in full Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, Dostoyevsky also spelled Dostoevsky (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russiaâdied February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg), Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together ...
On December 12, 1995, the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid analgesic OxyContin. It hit the market in 1996. In its first year, OxyContin accounted for $45 million in sales for its manufacturer, Stamford, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. By 2000 that number would balloon to $1.1 billion, an increase of well over 2,000 percent in a span of just four years.
In effect, the difference between oxycodone and OxyContin has more to do with how they're formulated and the effects each drug produces. OxyContin/Oxycodone Effects OxyContin is a form of oxycodone. Opiates work by attaching to certain cell receptor sites located in the brain, along the spinal cord and along the gastrointestinal tract. These cell sites secrete the body's own pain-relieving chemicals, also known as neurotransmitters, on an as-needed basis.