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These closely-related medications have been in the top 10 drugs involved in overdose deaths from 2011 to 2016, and continue to be some of the most common sources of addiction. Because physicians prescribe these drugs, many people don’t fully understand their addictive potential.
Oxymorphone is a schedule II opioid analgesic. The original drug was approved for medical use in 1959 but only came in injectable and suppository forms. In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved immediate-release and extended-release tablets to be taken orally. The trade name for these tablets is Opana, and the release of the tablet format coincided with a jump in addiction rates. From 2010 to 2011, the number of emergency department visits triggered by oxymorphone use skyrocketed from 4,599 to 12,122.