(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved a short-acting opioid painkiller with abuse-deterrent properties, drugmaker Pfizer announced Monday. Oxecta, a new formulation of oxycodone, had previously been under development as Acurox, which included niacin to deter oral abuse. That version received a thumbs down from an FDA advisory panel in 2009....

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