https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm562401.htm

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested that Endo Pharmaceuticals remove its opioid pain medication, reformulated Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), from the market. After careful consideration, the agency is seeking removal based on its concern that the benefits of the drug may no longer outweigh its risks. This is the first time the agency has taken steps to remove a currently marketed opioid pain medication from sale due to the public health consequences of abuse.

 

NBA;

It is an effective analgesic, but there are many safer effective analgesics.  There have been to many opiate deaths.  When will we learn that buprenorphine is safe & effective for pain relief?!

Dr. Raymond Oenbrink