Published on: 02/04/2025
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By Damaly Gonzalez | Edited by Tina Vasquez
Before OxyContin hit the U.S. mainland market, the drug’s creator, Purdue Pharma, owned by the infamous Sackler family, tested the painkiller in Puerto Rico in 1989. The test subjects were 90 Puerto Rican women who consented to participate in the clinical trials while hospitalized and recovering from abdominal and gynecological surgery.
News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2025/02/women-in-puerto-rico-bear-unique-burdens-in-the-opioid-crisis.html
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