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HR 4956 111th Congress House

Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2010

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for the relief of severe-only instead of moderate-to-severe pain, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationPrescription drugs
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Mar 25, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 25, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2010 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), within 90 days, to take such actions as may be necessary to modify the approval of, and limit any subsequent approval of, any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hychloride to use for the relief of severe-only pain instead of moderate-to-severe pain.

Applies any such modification to drugs introduced into interstate commerce 180 days after enactment of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · May 18, 2010
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2010
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Mar 25, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4956: Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4956/
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"H.R. 4956: Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4956/.
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H.R. 4956, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4956/.
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