Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc (ELTP)

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Purdue Pharma's Hysingla is only the fourth drug ever approved by the agency with claims that it discourages abuse and tampering. Purdue markets two of the other drugs, including a crush-resistant version of its oxycodone pill, OxyContin, and a combination pill, Targiniq, which includes an extra ingredient designed to block the effects of oxycodone if the tablet is crushed. These drugs, along with Hysingla, can still be abused when swallowed intact — the most common method for abusing painkillers





Kolodny also warned that Hysingla could potentially be more dangerous than Zohydro since the maximum dose per pill is 120 milligrams of hydrocodone, more than twice the dose contained in a 50-milligram pill of Zohydro. Drug abusers have developed various methods for unlocking the time-release formulations of prescription pain relievers and releasing the entire dose at once.