Here’s what you should know:
1. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said to CNN that the agency is taking action to remove the medication if its potential risks outweigh its benefits.
2. Opana ER contributed to a HIV outbreak among an Indiana-based addict population in 2015, CNN reports. HIV spread among the addicts who were sharing a needle to inject Opana into their bloodstream.
3. The drug is approximately two times as powerful as OxyContin.
4. The FDA originally approved Opana in 2006.
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