OXYCONTIN Reviews (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (417 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OXYCONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR OXYCONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Herniated disks | Perdue owns RHODES PHARMACEUTICAL and it is garbage but cheap for pharmacies. Do not take from these manufacturers. Making many ppl sick. | Too many additives from the makers of this drug. Not effective. Report to FDA. Help remove this drug maker. | F | 51 | 2 months 10 mg | 4/7/2022 | 1 | Chronic Pain | When I first started taking it, it gave me horrible headaches but really helped with managing my pain. When my alarm clock went off if the morning to get up for work, I would have a pill sitting on my night stand and take it before getting out of bed. After about 30 minutes, I was not only pain free but had awesome euphoria! I was ready to tackle the day and simply put, felt great! About 2 years ago, my pain management doc lost his license to prescribe opiates. I went thru hell! I was suddenly cut completely off and unable to find another prescribing doc. I made it thru the withdrawals however and after about a week, I was doing ok but the pain came back with a vengeance! I UNFORTUNATELY found another pain management doc willing to prescribe and put me back on maintenance. I don't know if anyone else has experienced the same as myself but I would argue with anybody that within the past 2 years, they are simply not the same! The ingredients can't be the same as before and the color even changed. I am totally aware that you build up a tolerance to this devils pill but I also know the pharmaceutical companies have done something to change the effects of them.. I feel this medication has "taken my life" from me! I stay horribly depressed, constant panic attacks, no energy at all and zero motivation. I just want to stay in bed all the time but unable to rest! I feel that my body is shutting down and deteriorating very quickly. I could go on and on endlessly about this h | REFUSE TO TAKE IT UNLESS YOU HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS AND ONLY FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME! Doctors just don't tell you the road you're headed down! | F | 59 | 10 years 30mg | 4/30/2017 | 1 | ulnar nerve compression from burns | Severe constipation, dry mouth leading to 7 cavities in front upper teeth and only had 4 cavities total prior in my 56 yrs alive. Tummy pain daily, takes 2+ hrs for any pain relief, yet stops working after 4hrs. Sweats, especially at night soaking pjs and dripping from hair (unsure if due to withdrawal as these occur 12 hrs after last daily dose). Have counted 11 pills in toilet, in their entirety, and could read OP on some of them. A few rats given these on a 2 week trial is not sufficient info to determine the safety of Oxy OPs. Anti-freeze and rubber are not meant for consumption, regardless of amount. The OC's worked miraculously great for pain and since I had been on them for only 2 mos., I didn't expect the withdrawals and horrible side-effects when switched to the reformulated OP version. The daily withdrawals in between dosages and no longer being able to have a bowel movement without using Fleet, and having your teeth rot is NOT worth the minute pain relief. | I was on the OC version a couple months prior to reformulation. The OPs do NOT work a fraction as well as the OCs did. Never experienced euphoria, but am in deep depression and constant pain. Need to switch meds due to adverse side effects but am allergic to morphine and the Fentynal patches so am at a loss as to what to try next. I have empathy for addicts (especially their loved ones), however, it is UNFAIR that I'm paying the consequences for their choices and now my Dr is fearful of prescribing opiates and weaning me off these OPs with no idea what to replace them with. The fraud related to Purdue and some government officials around Oxycontin makes me fearful that we don't yet know the entirety of potential harm that this drug can do, but no doubt the makers are well aware, just as they knew that it was NOT a 12 hr analgesic, but 6 to 8 hours pain relief at best. When they can send men to the moon, seems ridiculous that there isn't an effective drug to provide complete pain relief or to cure cancers. There needs to be an option that prevents abuse, but allows the analgesics to be released from the Oxy. If you've not yet tried Oxycontin as of March 2017, DON'T start on it! | F | 56 | 6 years 20 MG 3X day | 3/16/2017 | 1 | pain | Flashes daily, suicidal thoughts; depression, can't sleep, constant pain; worse than when was on short acting oxycodone | A living he'll since changed to this drug; pain is worse. .Hot flashes are driving me crazy. .nightmares are bad and suicidal thoughts and sudden depression. .get me off this nightmare drug. .I was fine on previous medications. .and took my previous Dr's so long to stable me to be taken off my stable meds to go through he'll now | F | 52 | 10 days 40 mg | 3/26/2016 | 1 | To help with extended pain relief | No pain relief! Headache Skin patches that itch n split open. Problems urinating. More pain than before taking them. Sleeping disorder List goes on First time taking it n don't want again. | F | 62 | 2 weeks 20 mg | 1/7/2016 | 1 | I have a cyst on my L5-SI very pain | In the past two weeks I feel like I have gotten sicker with each day and no relief I'm done with it !!!! | F | 45 | 2 weeks 10 | 11/10/2015 | 1 | blood clots in my legs | Hot flashes and extremely exhausted | F | 35 | 1 weeks 40mg | 6/5/2015 | 1 | cervical spondlythesis, DDD, Lumbar | I was on 20mg twice a day and it felt like I had no pain control, only felt sick, so doc upped it, and these abdominal cramps are horrible! It doesn't help pain at all! I feel sick and have to take breakthrough med to get any relief! I am angry that the docs are prescribing this new toxic plastic untested crap to us with real pain!! Especially when they are able to use the old one! Its rediculous that we all have to be punished and grouped together be ause of the abuse problem! And big pharma of course is right there to profit, with another mess! | F | 52 | 10 days 40 | 1/19/2015 | 1 | cancer pain | The old oxycontin was a fantastic painkiller.since the change to op I have never been so sick in my life.my stomach is in constant severe pain.i am always nauseous with shocking dizziness.i feel as if I am being poisoned.i am about to change to the new sandoz oxycodone and hope i will be able to return to a normal pain free life once again. So sad that the genuine people in need of pain relief will have to go through the hell of these toxic tablets. | F | 44 | 8 years 60mg | 12/23/2014 | 1 | Botched pelvic surgery and penile e | Had surgery and it went we'll for a while, now years later I have been in severe pain so in unbearable that I can not function. , eat, sleep,work,talk , pee or anything. Had penile reconstruction and now having major problem. Dr put me one oxycodone first then oxycotin20 mg. and I'm dying in pain. It doesn't work and think aspirin would be stronger. Need to know if others are having. This issue | Would like to know if I should tell my dr to put me back on oxycodone | M | 44 | 3 days 20mg | 11/4/2014 | 1 | Lumbar Microdiscectomy | The side effects were worse than the pain... Constipation, diarrhea, flu like symptoms, headaches so bad my eyes hurt, itchy skin, numb arms... I hope to never go on it again and I don't see how anyone could get addicted to it! It is awful! I took 80 mg for 2 days, then 60 for 1, 40 for 1, 20mg for 1, and 10mg for 1... I cannot believe I had withdrawls just from that... Its brutal stuff, don't take it lightly!!!! | F | 25 | 6 days 80 | 4/23/2014 | 1 | Back surgery | I had minor constipation. The reason I am giving such a low score is the withdrawals a person will go through when quitting. You think you hurt now? The pain will be 100xs as bad. You will want to die. Seriously, don't ever take this medication unless you have a terminal illness. | F | 45 | 6 months 80mg | 2/15/2014 | 1 | Back, knee hand arthritis severe | Take one every 8 hours : Max 3 a day nothing work does not help my pain go away! I also have oxycodoene generic actavis 30mg take every 4-6 hours, 4 a days. Oxycodone 30mg IR work great while oxycotin CR 30mg OP works nothing! | F | 63 | 2 months 30mg | 1/19/2014 | 1 | Chronic pain | This drug will destroy your colon....will cause bowel issues. End of the story.... you notice it now or you notice it too late. Save your stomach | M | 30 | 2 months 10 2X day | 8/7/2012 | 1 | chronic pain | Nausea, dizziness, anxiety, headache, brain "zaps", sensation of falling, leg cramps, muscle twitches | F | 40 | 3 days 40mg 2xday | 6/12/2012 | 1 | Herniated disc,ddd, surgery | These pills improved my mood and gave me energy which in turn made me not care that I still had back pain! I never once took more than prescribed dose. If anything I took less than prescribed because I didnt want to end up a drug addict....but I did anyway! I'm extremely strong willed and healthy. I'm a runner, which probably hurt my back even more running with a herniated disc but that's how determined of a person I am. These pills are impossible not to become dependant upon. Your body physically starts to need it to function! I only recommend this drug to hospice pts who are going to die while still on it. I am 4 days clean and it's been hell!!! Cold chills, sweaty, severe depression, extreme fatigue!!! I'd choose the back pain if I could go back in time! I chose to stop taking it due to successful back surgery one month ago. My dr is very careless in prescribing this drug.It's legal heroine! Avoid unless terminal! | F | 36 | 7 months 30 | 6/9/2012 | 1 | Spinal disc degeneration | Update 5/24/2012: I changed the rating for this medication to 1, as I now need to use 8 Norco 10/325 MG per day for pain. I also use Kenalog-40, which helps with the inflammation caused by the damage to my spine. Oxycontin used to work great, but when the formula was changed, it effectively became useless, along with being extremely expensive. | M | 53 | 4 years 80 MG 2X day | 5/24/2012 Patient History | 1 | herniated scoliosis, osteoarthitis | indigestion, swelling in feet and ankles,withdraw symptoms, length of time to be effective at all, | The analgesia takes too long to be effective, must have rescue medications, | F | 47 | 30 days 80 3X day | 5/5/2012 | 1 | No cartilage in both knees bad back | Was started at lower dose but gradually stop working and had to increase to control pain now go thru withdrawals constantly Am now taking suboxone oxy is pure HELL never take it ever or you will be SORRY | M | 52 | 10 years 60mgx3day | 3/15/2012 | 1 | Fibro, Arthritis | Euphoria, severe constipation, dopey feeling, nodding, extremely dilated pupils no sex drive | This drug is evil! I do not know how they can even prescribe this! Taken for a year, and switched doctors and was immediatley not given any scripts (Was getting a script for the month) It turned me into a drug seeker, because I was so sick from withdrawals. They are horrible. It is the WORST feeling you will ever go through. I WOULD RATHER GIVE BIRTH 20X A WEEK THEN HAVE WITHDRAWALS. I've withdrawaled longer than a week. You get restless muscles you want to crawl out of your skin, anorexia, you get goosebumps, diarea, vommiting, hot and cold flashes, just feel like you have a flu. I would tell anybody if they have arthritis or fibro use anti inflamatorys. DO NOT USE NARCOTICS. YOU ARE IN FOR HELL IF YOU DO. I had to go to a suboxone clinic, and wean myself off. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. IT IS HELL, and if you abuse it your face starts to change after years of abuse. Not mine, but I know many people who abuse the medication and they look horrible | F | 29 | 1.5 years 10 mg 1X H | 1/26/2012 |
OXYCONTIN (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Oxycodone belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. The higher strengths of this drug (more than 40 milligrams per tablet) should be used only if you have been regularly taking moderate to large amounts of an opioid pain medication. These strengths may cause overdose (even death) if taken by a person who has not been regularly taking opioids. Do not use the extended-release form of oxycodone to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional ("as needed") use. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)