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Actiq Lollipop Lawyer

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Editor: Jamie Sheller
Profession: Attorney at Law

November 03, 2006

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Actiq Addictive and Often Prescribed For Off-Label Use

Category: Actiq News

Actiq is a powerful narcotic painkiller approved for use in cancer patients who suffer pain that other, milder narcotics don't relieve. Unfortunately, only about one percent of Actiq prescriptions are written by cancer doctors. The drug comes as a flavored lozenge on the end of a stick much like a lollipop, and while marketing prescription drugs for off-label use is illegal, Actiq's maker - Cephalon - admittedly markets the drug to doctors besides oncologists, saying that many cancer patients get treated for their pain by physicians besides their cancer doctors.

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