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Your patients may not have to face chronic pain alone There i thera s no AB-ra peuti ted ce OPAN A® ER quivalent to with I NTAC ® OPANA® ER (oxymorphone HCl) Extended-Release tablets, CII with INTAC® Technology are the only oxymorphone extended release tablets that are designed to be crush resistant.*2 *The clinical significance of INTAC® technology or its impact on abuse/misuse liability has not been established. Generic oxymorphone HCl ER products are available but are not designed to be crush-resistant and are not therapeutically equivalent to OPANA® ER with INTAC® Widely available on managed care plans for 9 out of 10 covered patients.3 INDICATION OPANA® ER is an opioid agonist indicated for the relief of moderate to severe pain in patients requiring continuous around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time. Adverse reactions reported at (≥2%) in placebo-controlled trials were: na