For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis

Published on: 02/04/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

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

Other Related News

07/06/2026

The lifelong Cardinals fan has been spending his spring and summer between Oregon and St L...

07/06/2026

Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Saturday 11-0 winnbsp Logan Gilbert pitched 7 13 innings all...

07/06/2026

OSU release - CORVALLIS Ore ndash Travis Bazzana Drew Rasmussen and Adley Rutschman have b...

07/06/2026

UO release - EUGENE Ore ndash After nearly two weeks of competing with and against 53 of t...

07/06/2026

Unlawful Vehicle MPAccording to an entry on the MPPD log for July 2 957 am A St amp Spruce...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500