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RSS FeedsWhy are these popular prescription opioids branded for a company that no longer exists?
(The Star Travel)

 
 

23 october 2017 12:40:12

 
Why are these popular prescription opioids branded for a company that no longer exists?
(The Star Travel)
 


When Kyle Bye is trying to score the prescription narcotic Percocet, he looks for three letters: TEC.The letters are engraved in bold capitals across the dime-sized white pill, a mix of oxycodone and Tylenol. The TEC name is among the most desired brands of prescription drugs in Canada’s opioid epidemic.The letters are also the marking of a drug company that has not existed in nearly 20 years.Harm-reduction advocates are concerned the outdated TEC branding is being used by the drug’s current manufacturer today only because of the prescription pill’s popularity on the streets, a charge the company says it not true. Some are calling on the government to investigate why the pills still have the old marking.A recent Star investigation obtained an email chain showing that the company that now makes these oxycodone pills has offered to pay an Ontario pharmacy group to stock its prescription medications, including TECs. The health minister said he takes the allegations of “illegal” rebate payments seriously and ordered the government to investigate. In a statement, the company said it follows Ontario’s laws and will co-operate with the province’s probe.Read more:Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisisInmates in Canada accused of running massive opioid ring from prisonFentanyl mostly responsible for new height in B.C. illicit drug deathsThis story is about the controversial, outdated branding on these pills — and why they are so attractive to illicit users.“I know what I’m getting when I ask for TECs,” said Bye, who lives in Toronto. “That’s the only thing I would buy. If it didn’t say TEC on it, I probably wouldn’t buy it.”The pills are officially known as Oxycocet and are a generic version of Percocet. They make their way from pharmacies to the streets in different ways, from fake prescriptions to robberies to patients selling their medication ...


 
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