{"title":"FDA approves OxyContin for children 11 and older","authors":"M. Jenco","doi":"10.1542/aapnews.20153610-22a","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent approval of OxyContin for some children gives pediatricians an additional way to help them manage severe chronic pain, according to AAP experts.\n\nHowever, physicians should be cautious when prescribing the drug, an extended-release version of","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AAP News","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/aapnews.20153610-22a","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent approval of OxyContin for some children gives pediatricians an additional way to help them manage severe chronic pain, according to AAP experts.
However, physicians should be cautious when prescribing the drug, an extended-release version of