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 |
| 5 | Cancer pain/ spinal cord surgery | Constipation, dry skin | This drug works great for my pain which would be completely debilitating without it. It is sad that the drug gets such a bad rap because of the poor choices some people make. It is not the drugs fault that certain individuals choose to abuse it. That being said it is a strong narcotic and should be taken with care. | M | 38 | 3 years | 12/7/2009 | 2 | Back Surgery | None so far | I take 1 40 mg.pill in the am and 1 40 mg at night and I also take Norco for pain relief throughout the day along with Baclofen muscle relaxers...With all of this, I am still in MAJOR PAIN!!! I don't know what to do now??? Any suggestions would mean a lot!!And if you email me please put askapatient in the subject line so I know it is not spam - thank you so so much!! | F | 36 | 6 days | 12/5/2009 | 4 | neck back pain inj | sweats.chills ,depression | it does work will for pain, Just a question?, how bad are the withdraws...Thanks for everyone help | M | 42 | 4 days | 11/24/2009 | 4 | cancer pain | did relieve pain in the beginning but now it's not that effective. I need to speak to the doctor about this as I am now begining to feel breakthrough pain in quicker intervals. | F | 45 | 120 days | 11/20/2009 | 4 | cancer pain, malignant groin node | euphoria, fake sense of self | benefits FAR outweigh the pain! | F | 35 | 5 days | 11/8/2009 | 5 | Spinal fracture, disc bulges | No side effects, but withdrawal symptoms starting 24 hours after the last dose. Withdrawals included diarrhea, vomiting, cold sweats, chills, uncontrolled coughing, runny nose, sinus pressure...it felt like I had a cold, only 100x worse! | After an accident at work that left me with disc bulges on five levels (L1-S1) a Par's fracture on one level (L3-L4) and constant pressure on my sciatic nerve, I went through the regular ladder of pain control; Lortab, Vicoden, Percocet, and all of it was short lived relief. I finally convinced my treating physician to get aggressive with my pain, and he put me on oxycontin 20mg ER twice a day. An entirely different world opened up. I can now swim daily, make love to my soon to be wife on a much more consistent basis, and actually have FUN again with my two children. The pain is 80% controlled, and I have my life back. | M | 27 | 7 months | 11/3/2009 | 1 | Everything possible | Please please please im begging you please dont take this drug>>> i was put in a hospital cause i stopped using and almost died it is the worst drug! VERY ADDICTIVE! basically because of this drug it messed up my life! WOREST side affects ever when you stop using! I've been sober off this nasty drug since june 5 2008...good luck | F | 20 | 4 years | 10/2/2009 | 5 | Major 24/7 headache for 20 years | Nil | No side effects at all. A touch of the old constipation now and then but otherwise would never know I had taken it except for the magic relief it provides. I could not live without it but can easily control any cravings for it and rarely if ever suffer from the "gotta have it now" syndrome. I have become somewhat tolerant to it but refuse to up the dosage and am quite hapy simply having a drug that controls 75% of the pain. I have been on other addictive drugs but with simple will power have always been able to keep them under control. I see no problems taking it for the rest of my life til something better comes along. | M | 66 | 8 months | 9/27/2009 | 5 | Surgery | Drunk feeling, nausea | It makes you feel happy, no wonder it is addicting | F | 32 | | 9/9/2009 | 5 | RA, Lupus & Hernidated Disks | The benefits FAR out weigh any side effects | There are still days when I cannot hold a pen BUT I do not have the edge or the witchyness. I've taken Oxy for 4 years. 10 mg twice per day. I also take Lyrica (100 mg) 3 times per day & Norco for break thru pain. For the most part (95%) of the time I am able to function without debilitating pain - I've been on this regimate for 2+ years and my quality of life is much better. | F | 38 | 4 years | 9/6/2009 | 3 | chronic back pain | hot sweats,iching,extreme tiredness all day,trouble sleeping,terable withdrawel when dose wareing off. | i felt like i had new lease of life when i first started taking it,but did not know then that it would be running my life and become the thing that ruled it.i hate it i want to get off it so much but fear my pain will never be managed i dont want to become bed riden again ever.i am fighting depresion all the time and im living like a hermit only going out for esentials,i was such a outgoing person before now i panic when i go out.Itake 100mg a day in 2 doses of 50mg i now am on slow release tablets and these are 100% beter than imedeate release as i am not withdrawing every bloody 3hours,they have given me a new lease of life away from pain,but im not using it because of the depresion and panicy feelings i get when i am out caused by years of using this drug i urge anybody not to use this drug untill every other option of pain management as been assesed.Iam wondering if i could sue the doctor that put me on these,he prescribed them without even seeing me let alone letting me know what they were. | F | 38 | 4 years | 8/21/2009 | 1 | Amputation, Broken Bones, Trauma | sweating, over eating, insomnia, blackouts, always tired, itching and picking from skin crawling, irritable, constipation, | I was 22 when I started taking oxycontin and oxycodone. This was due to a work accident involving a rail car, and being ran over and drug down the tracks across asphalt. This resulted in an amputated left leg, broken bones, severe road rash from neck to feet and severe nerve damage from being twisted into a pretzel under the rail car. I though that was the worst thing that could of happen, but when the pain doctors went to send me home after two weeks, they put me on oxycontin and oxycodone. Due to such a high tolerance the doctors had me taking 1200 mg of these meds a day. I have spent nearly ten years on it, trying to wean off of it but the withdrawls were to much. This med has robbed me, my wife, and my kids of a life we all deserve. I never thought life was a problem while on it, other than when I was running out of meds. I took as prescribed stepping down to to 90 mg a day but couldn't kick it. I am now 2 weeks out of rehab, and 5 weeks without use and my life has been better those five weeks than it's been in years. I saw so many in rehab from this nightmare of a drug. I know there are people who need it, but I think there are too many that are prescribed it and then cut off and many of these people must use other drugs to try to get the same effect. I hurt all the time while taking it, but found after detoxing that the hurting was all in my mind from me wanting more oxy. too much to right here but if anything know that this med is a destroyer, of life, love | M | 32 | 10 years | 8/18/2009 | 5 | 6 Back operations | Short-term Memory loss, constipation, rotted teeth from ph change due to oxy | After suffering through failed spinal fusions and told I would need a morphine pump I found a surgeon who knew how to fix my spine for good. I went from taking the equivalent of 800mg daily of morphine over the years to 160mg oxy 4 times daily down to 160mg 3 times daily and today I can occasionally get to 80mg 3 to 4 times daily. This medicine has also saved my life by giving me the ability to interact with my family and be active once again. My doctor has also be great in allowing me to find the best combination the treats my pain. Generics are not as effective as brand i have found. However, oxy changes the ph in your mouth and I have to have all my teeth pulled because of it so beware! Curse the addict who has given oxy a bad rap. I have been accused of being an addict by a pharmacist who had no clue about pain management. I still believe I will continue to heal and reduce by oxy to a much lower dosage. It's not perfect but it has truly incresed my quality of life. | M | 48 | 9 years | 5/27/2009 | 5 | Severe chronic back pain | Constipation, itching, drowsiness | Finally after being forced to take Vicodin, Methadone, and MS Contin because of all of you asses abusing OxyContin my pain management specialist prescribed me OxyContin 40mg Three times a day and Roxycodone 15 mg 4 tomes a day for breakthrough pain. It is a Godsend. The NSAIDS I was prescribed initially after fracturing my spine caused 3 ulcers and were mostly ineffective. Vicodin was of limited use because the effective dose for treating my pain was damaging my liver because of the Tylenol it contains. Methadone and MS Contin caused such horrible itching that I was unable to take an effective dose. To all of you young stupid idiotic drug addicts STFU about Oxycontin. You have no business taking it and belong in jail. The stigma you all have placed on these very useful medications have caused untold suffering to chronic pain sufferers such as myself. I have never had "intoxicating" effects from any of the narcotic analgesics I have been prescribed. I have been given my life back. I can lie down and sleep for more than an hour. I can play with my children, go shopping, make love to my wife because of this effective medication. Thank GOD I have been able to find a pain specialist that can not be intimidated by the DEA and state licensing boards. To all that have caused us with a legitimate problem to have this medication delayed and denied us, what comes around goes around enjoy prison. | M | 39 | 1 years | 5/10/2009 | 5 | CRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE, | THE BENIFITS ALMOST OUTWEIGH THE DONUT HOLE COST, NOT REALLY, BUT CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THE COST OF IT, DID IT TAKE BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS TO CREATE THIS WONDER DRUG? I DO NOT GET THE SAME PAIN RELIEF-MEDICINAL BENIFT FROM THE GENERIC OXY/CRAP, & ALLMOST THE SAME COST! SO SIDE EFFECTS ARE IN MY WALLET ONLY AND ONLY BRAND NAME WILL REALLY WORK FOR ANYONE PRESCRIBED THIS MEDICATION, IT WORKS, HATE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT A CONTROVERCIAL DRUG.. YOU USE AND ABUSE, YOU DIE, YOU LOOSE THIS IS FOR CRONIC PAIN, IT HAS REALLY CHANGED MY LIFES QUALITY FOR THE BETTER....I LOVE IT! | MY QUALITY OF LIFE IS 60% BETTER THAN ANY OTHER CRONIC BACK PAIN MEDICATION, I CAN DRIVE MY CAR, WALK A LITTLE, LAUGH AGAIN. THOUGH, MY LIFE WAS IN BED, SCREAMING WITH PAIN OR DROOLING FROM MORPHEEN DRIP WITH HEADACHES FOR A YEAR, IT'S BEFORE I STARTED TAKING OXYCONTIN IN 03' FOR MY CRONIC DISK-DISEASE AND NOW, IDOT DR. MADE A NON-OPPERABLE KNEE (NECROSIS) HIS ORTOSCOPIC ACCIDENT... | M | 55 | 6.6 years | 4/21/2009 | 1 | chronic back pain crumbling discs | Actually, this happened to my mother, so I was observing these side effects; she herself doesn't remember them! She had sudden and profound memory loss, confusion, didn't make sense when she spoke, became a very scary driver, going the wrong way down a street for awhile -- disorientation. | While Oxycontin has been described as just a stronger version of Vicodin, without the acetaminophen, it seems to be different in some other way. My mother took Vicodin. OVer 10 years or so, she went from 500 mg. pills to 750 mg. piils, and increasing the number of pills taken over the years from 1 or 2 to 4 or 5 a day. Besides developing a tolerance and needing to increase the dose, the only other problem she had was constipation. No itching, memory loss, etc. It was my concern about her taking so much acetaminophen, along with another non-liver-freindly statin drug, that caused her doctor to switch her to smaller doses of Oxycontin. That's when her memory disappeared and my boyfriend kept singing "and then she got high"! She definitely cannot, and doesn't want to, take Oxycontin anymore! Luckily, a lot of what she'd thought was back pain turned out to be a hip problem, so after hip replacement surgery, she's taking twice daily doses of extra strength Tylenol, and NO opiate pain relievers. Goes to show that besides figuring out the appropriate pain killer, you also have to be sure to properly diagnose ALL possible pain sources. Opiate pain relievers apparently don't help bone on bone-type pain, so people keep taking more meds and over do it. | F | 80 | 4 months | 3/24/2009 | 5 | Fibromyalgia, DDD, arthritis & more | At first, some drowsiness, that went away over the years, otherwise, nothing, no itching, no nausea, no constipation, not a thing that other meds I have tried that didn't work have caused...like all of the aforementioned | This drug in extended release form has saved my life and made it livable for the past 9 years without ever any long term increase, except for broken ribs, fractured teeth. It is NOT for recreation, it's addictive and there is a problem in that some doctors will treat you terribly if they know you take it, even if it's prescribed for a long term condition(s). I was operated on without sedation, 3 procedures, 14 needles later into the facet joints of my spine and radio waves (like being electrocuted) this jerk of a Doc would not stop to sedate me, figuring I already "had enough"....it was a horrible experience & I reported him big time, however, I've had no problems in 9 years with the drug, my Doctor who prescribes it and have been on 60-80mgs a day for all these years, nothing for breakthrough but for muscle spasems, Robaxen generic, Ambian CR for sleep...the only problem is the "stigma" of having it prescribed and being treated badly by a few, just because it | F | 55 | 9 years | 3/7/2009 | 4 | Peripheral Neuropathy | fatigue, constipation | I've tried all the drugs used for PN, but either I was allergic to them, or They didn't help , until I was prescribed oxycontin.What really makes me angry is that In AZ, all patients that are on narcotics go into a drug data base where Dr's and pharmacists can look into .It helps slow down the recreational drug abusers, which is a good thing . The problem is , my internist has decided to black list me just because I have to take this drug, even though she's never prescribed it for me, I go to a pain clinic . She told me last time I was in there that this drug doesn't do anything for PN .I told her it helped me and she repeated what she said, and looked at me with a disgusted look that said she was accusing me of being a drug abuser ! I consulted my pain Dr, and he said unfortunately, there is a stigma attached to using these drugs . This isn't fair to those of us who really need these drugs, we don't get high off of them , we're in too much pain . | F | 63 | 2 years | 2/25/2009 | 2 | Post Op pain relief | Severe headache, constant urination, | Dr. and I decided to try a different medication than MS Contin. I personally had no relief from my pain, it might have been the wrong dose, 40 mg twice a day. The side effects were bad enough to convince me to go back to what works for me. My intention was to switch up meds to see if I was able to use less medication to control my pain. If you take this medication for fun please do not have kids, it is bad enough that we will have to take care of you with our tax dollars. Now imagine me taking a full bottle of OXYCONTIN back to the pharmacy to be destroyed,that little image is for costing me $50 to fill that perscription when all other meds cost me $10. | M | 44 | 2 days | 2/18/2009 | 4 | | 2/15/2009 |