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Study: New med relieves OA pain as well as oxycodone

The experimental pain medication tapentadol relieved osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain as well as the narcotic oxycodone in a recent study. The Phase II clinical trial also found that the 200-mg dose of tapentadol had fewer adverse side effects than a comparable dose of oxycodone. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has applied for approval of tapentadol with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

(Doctor's Guide News) UPDATED 02/18/2008
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