Drug Ratings for ROXICODONEAverage Rating: 3.4 (20 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROXICODONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 2 | Foot Fracture | None | I only used this drug for 3 days, so take my review as you will. I broke my foot falling off the last step of the stairs in my house. I didn't even ask the ER doctor for pain meds, but he gave me a prescription anyway. The pain from my foot wasn't bad during the day, only at night when I had to keep my foot elevated. I took 12.5 mg of this and honestly it did nothing for me! I feel like I could get a better effect from drinking a glass of wine! I have heard this is very addicting so I am glad I didn't care for it. Actually what happened is that someone stole half of my bottle, I really don't understand it, why steal from someone else's prescription? I never thought anyone would steal drugs from me, so my advice is to keep this under wraps if you take it, you never know who might come up and steal it from you too! | F | 33 | 3 days 10mg 1X AN | 4/2/2012 | 5 | Severe pain from chronic illness | Mild constipation. Occasional false sense of well being. That being said, this drug has improved my quality of life, it really helps the pain. I'm very careful to NEVER take more than prescribed after reading some horror stories! | F | 26 | 3 weeks 10mg | 2/21/2012 | 2 | lower back pain | euphoria, constipation, memory loss, insomnia, irritability, addiction. | this medication is extremely addictive. the side effects outweigh the benefits. I would not take this again unless I was dying. | M | 23 | 4 months 30 MG 1X D | 8/29/2011 | 4 | Lyme disease widespread pain | Noticed even this small dose made me feel jittery. Thought it would pass as time went on. Instead by year 2, severe heart palpitations started, have read this is common w/long term use | Used as a breakthrough pain med. Worked well, better than most narcotics especially since Lyme Disease pain is almost impossible to control. No constipation, anyone having constipation on narcotic pain relievers simply need to add Magnesium Citrate at about 600 mg per day. It is estimated 95% of the population is mag deficient anyway and it is water soluble so goes right through you. Too much can cause diarrhea even on narcotic pain meds. It can be purchased at any vitamin store, much safer than rx'd laxatives and helps mildly to relieve muscle twitching and pain too | F | 47 | 2 years 5 mg 2X D | 2/4/2011 | 5 | DDD, Spinal Stenosis, Hern. Disc | Sleepiness, nausea, loss of appetite, occasional euphoria. | This medication has helped a great deal with my pain but the only complaint is that the relief is short-lived... at the most 4 hours. I have tapered off a few times because I don't want to fall victim to an addiction but as long as you are strong-willed and know the dangers of this drug it can improve your quality of living. | F | 41 | 8 years 30mg 6X D | 8/31/2010 | 4 | endometriosis | Very groggy, dry mouth, warm flushed feeling | It works for the pain for about 4 hours then BOOM it disappears and I need more. Only have to take during menstrual cycle. Hard to stop. Made me horribly constipated. Works well on the pain though! | F | 35 | 3 months | 11/10/2009 | 1 | back pain | This drug is extremely addicting. I was on 8 15 mg tablets a day, along with long-acting morphine and a muscle relaxant. Your body will continually crave more. I was eating them like candy. Trying to titrate down was basically impossible; I began to be afraid that I would die in my sleep. I had no life left. I ended up going to a detox place in Florida to get off the narcotics. I was there for 10 days, and after I got home I was still in major withdrawal, throwing up, hallucinating, everything including water tasted like cigarette ashes. It has been a month and 10 days since getting off that medication, and I am finally getting my life back. The amazing thing is, my back feels better now, without all that stuff. It is completely worth whatever you have to go through to get off this med, but the best idea is to never get on it in the first place. | DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION! | F | 53 | 9 months | 9/3/2009 | 4 | Occiptal and Trigeminal neuralgia | Difficulty pooping, general tiredness, and vivid day dreams of my cat flying when 30mg or more is taken at once. | The neuralgias set in after they removed a three inch tumor from the base of my skull. I take a stool softener for the poop problem. Rest when I feel tired and laugh like hell when I think I see my cat flying. This med gave me back my life. | M | 52 | 14 months | 2/7/2009 | 3 | rheumatoid arth,spondylitis,fibro | No side effects that I notice | It helps mild to moderate pain if you take 30mg. It does nothing fo severe pain. Enables me to cope with my severe pain 24/7. | M | 36 | 1 years | 12/20/2008 | 3 | Pain from Hysterectomy surgery | If you are going to go on oxicodone, you need to have some strong self discipline to not run out before your next refill! I have had a LONG and painful recovery from a total abdominal hysterectomy. Horrible addition to this drug now. I am in for a long ride when it is time to quit. I have a very hard time sticking to the doc's rules when it comes to tapering me off of the pills. The drive for the drug is overwhelming. I have run out a few times a day before my next script gets filled and the withdrawel is HELL. Can't get out of bed because you feel like crap. Dizzy and very lightheaded. I get totally and seriously depressed. I feel physically ill. Doc wants to taper me off SLOWLY, but I don't think that is going to work for me. I am way too addicted (and I am STILL in pain from my surgery so they can't take away the meds or I will be suffering with pain that is way to hard to manage with over the counter meds. Oxy causes constipation, anxiety (because for me I | At first when I got prescribed the Oxicodone I was excited, because I thought this was supposed to be a really great drug for pain management. WHAT A JOKE. It only controls pain 2-4 hours. Plus they say take 1 or 2 every 4-6. First time you take it you have a great high. After that, just pain management, that doesn't last long and is very hard to stay on top of. Not only that but I get the fun of having my husband trying to steal pills from me here and there and then I end up short before the next refill and the withdrawel for me starts to get really bad in about 7-12 hours. Then you feel sick to your stomach, fatigued, headache, basically your whole body hurts because it is literally aching for the med. And the depression is HORRIBLE. All I do is cry and cry. One because the pain is so bad and 2 because I want the drug so bad that it hurts! I thought it was hard to stop smoking! This is 100 times worse! Now being on this website i have learned that Clonazapam (from the v | F | 39 | 7 weeks | 10/30/2008 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Constipation (can be mediated with Colace or Miralax); slight nausea on occasion (can be mediated with Vistaril) | The most unfortunate thing about Roxicodone is that it doesn't work for very long. Four hours is about the maximum time between doses (although on rare occasions, some people can get six hours of pain relief from it). It's very inexpensive, which is why I take it instead of the extended-release version (I don't have health insurance). I've taken it off and on since 2002 and have never had an "addiction" issue, and can stop it just by tapering off gradually. My fibromyalgia tends to flare and then subdue, so sometimes I need a narcotic pain med, but sometimes I don't. My current dose of Roxicodone is 15mg every 4 hours. The most inconvenient thing about this med (in my opinion) is that your body develops a tolerance to it quite easily, meaning your dose needs to be increased to continue to be effective. If you take a "drug holiday", or switch to another narcotic for a couple of months, it will solve the problem and you can go back on Roxicodone at a lower do | F | 41 | 5 years | 9/12/2007 | 1 | CHRONIC BACK PAIN | ADDICTION, CONSTIPATION, WITHDRAWL | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG UNLESS YOU HAVE CANCER!! IT IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!! IF YOU START TAKING IT YOU WILL BECOME DEPENDANT ON IT!! GOING THROUGH THE WITHDRAWLS IS HORRIBLE!! FEEL LIKE A HEROIN ADDICT!! YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES WITH THIS DRUG --1)DEAL WITH YOUR PAIN, EXCERCISE, AND THERAPY OR 2) BE ADDICTED TO A HEROIN LIKE DRUG FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. I KEEP TELLING MYSELF I'M GOING TO QUIT AND KEEP TRYING BUT CAN'T DO IT. IT FEELS TOO GOOD!! AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO TAKE 5 DAYS OFF OF WORK TO LAY IN BED GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWLS!!! | M | 25 | 12 months | 7/13/2007 | 4 | chronic pain due to accident | headache, euphoria, insomnia but enjoyable...didnt care that I couldnt sleep. Hunger as if I had smoked MJ.I recommend Ultram (tramadol) because it it does not have the Spacey or foggy brain side effects. | switch to ultram! | M | 34 | 5 years | 3/29/2007 | 5 | PLEASURE | Slight retardation. | ROXANE.... YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY..... YOU DONT HAVE TO TURN ON THE REDLIGHT.... ROXY BABY... | M | 5 | 2 months | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Chronic Headachs & Back | Constant severe withdrawal syndrome (Unknown until later research revealed the problem) | Good medicine for very short time use or terminal cancer Only!!! This medicine was good but had to increase dose to help with the achs and pain it caused . I thought I had a type of drug induced lupus (BP MED) and raynaulds syndrome?? It was actually withdrawal syndrome!!! This is pure hell to come off of I am in the 10 day of withdrawal like heroin detox but last longer !!! Never will touch it again 5 years of hell started 7.5 then 120mg daily | M | 45 | 5.5 years | 3/7/2006 | 5 | pain | none | Oxycodone by itself is Instant Relief, works up to 3-4 hours, oxycontin is Extended Relief of same drug, lasting up to 18-24 hours, depending on patient. You have to weigh out whether you can live with the pain or not and just be honest with your doctor if you feel you are not taking your medication as directed or for other reasons -- because it would be a shame to have the BEST pain medications unavailable because of abuse etc. They are really given a bad wrap when narcotics are excellent medications when used correctly. Nothing else compares! | F | 39 | 30 days | 10/6/2005 | 5 | Back pain from accident | minor euphoria, constipation | This drug saved my life after my car accident. I was on it off and on for about six months, and have now switched to less addictive medicine...I do NOT want to become an addict. But it is very effective, just be careful with it. ***To all of the people out there who intentionally abuse these kinds of meds: PLEASE, do whatever you can to stop. Addiction is awful, I have seen it first hand in a few friends. There are people who suffer from debilitating, chronic pain, who must have opiates to function and enjoy a decent life. Rampant abuse may end up causing the government to deny this medicine and others like oxycontin to patients who truly need it. Please, for yourself and for others in real pain, please quit!!! | F | 21 | 6 months | 5/7/2005 | 3 | Back/Neck Pain Neuropathy | Insomnia, constipation, nausea | although it has some side effects it was a good all around pain killer. only lasts 2-1/2 - 3 hours before you need to re-dose as this medicine is not long acting | M | 33 | 1 years | 1/17/2005 | 3 | back pain | blurd vision'ringing in ears | M | 45 | 1 years | 3/25/2004 | 5 | Nose pain | None | Great pain reliever. During my battle with nose cancer, I found that the best pain killer was roxicodone. I was on 30mg 4x a day. | M | 33 | 4 months | 11/24/2003 |
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