Pain Relief Network

Feb 22, 2004
By: Dan Tracy and Jim Leusner
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
For five days in October, the Orlando Sentinel ran articles about the dangers of the powerful painkiller OxyContin. Before the final story had been published, the newspaper was alerted to relevant omissions in its depictions of two people featured in the series.
But it took the […]

Feb 16, 2004
By: Howard Kurtz
The Washington Post (D.C.)
The Orlando Sentinel portrayed David Rokisky as a happy newlywed — “Life was perfect,” he said — whose life was ruined when he started taking the painkiller OxyContin.
Unfortunately for the Florida paper, Rokisky’s life had not been so perfect. He had pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy in a […]

Feb 12, 2004
By: Rep. Ron Paul, TX
Painreliefnetwork.org
Mr. Speaker, the publicity surrounding popular radio talk show host Rush Limbaughs legal troubles relating to his use of the pain killer OxyContin hopefully will focus public attention on how the federal drug war threatens the effective treatment of chronic pain. Prosecutors have seized Mr. Limbaughs medical records to […]