OxyContin maker will stop promoting opioids to doctors

New York • The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, a surprise reversal following lawsuits that blamed the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic.OxyContin has long been the world’s top-selling opioid painkiller. It generated billions in sales for privately-held Purdue.The pill, a time-release version of oxycodone, was hailed as a breakthrough treatment for chronic pain when it was approved in late 1995. B