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 | 24/7back pain, trigeminal neuralgia | minor constipation, some depression in mood, but not bad, and, of COURSE, I'm physically dependent | I've had nine back surgeries, have trigeminal neuralgia, neuropathy in both legs. Since being put on my 20 mg 1 X a day, I have been able to lead a quality of life I thought was gone. My back condition has deteriorated--calcification of scar tissue in the canal, deteriorating disks, arthritis--but the medication allows me to exercise pretty intensely, to enjoy gardening, to participate in life. Occasionally, I take three a day, when the pain is horrible, but other days I take ONE. And my breakthrough pain medication is from an entirely different family of meds and is milder. It's hard sometimes, not to want more, I'll admit. Yet, I've ben on this dose for three years and it significantly reduces my pain enough. I'll take "enough" and not expect entirely. It's dangerous. And sometimes I get off it for a week, toughing out the withdrawal--withdrawal only lasts about three days, really, and I didn't think it was unbearable. I check to see what my actual pain level is without it. | F | 56 | 3 years | 3/7/2008 | 1 | thoroplasty/ 360 fusion Lumbar | at first it was fine. I really couldn't tell one drug from the other the first mo. I had 6 of my ribs snipped and my rib cage rerotated as well as a 360 fusion @ L3-L4. One of many back surgeries I have had since I was 15. I was aware of the extreme addictive effects of this medication and begged my Dr. to put my on something else. He said there was no way they could send me home w/out the slew of meds (especially oxy). I was given oxy, dilaudid(morphine), Norco(hydrocodine,Valium,zofren,fierocet. Without those meds I would not have made it through the hellish first month of cring, moaning,yelling, and I slept upright for over 30 days. My Dr. was right. Its been 4 mo. (this is supposed to be a 6mo.recovery) I have destroyed realtionships with my mother, sister, and fiance who say I turned into a different person on these meds (well duh!!!) Even now my mother and sister don't speak to me. I would fall asleep during conversations, sleep for 24 hours straight, have burst outs of anger and | I know I am strongly hooked on the oxy(and dilaudid). Yet I do get tapered down every visit. I have been guilty of taking more oxy than I am supposed to feeling no self control thinking I will jump out of my skin if I don't have one. The Dr. tells me I cannot work yet I have pressure from my fiance and family to work. I am miserable and depressed. Although the oxy is a very effective drug when absolutly needed, it seems like the Devil himself invented this drug. It is ruining my life. | F | 28 | 4 months | 3/6/2008 | 4 | back problems | Severe chest pains, dry mouth, constipation, insomnia, sweating. | Works good on pain, but it felt like it was burning a hole right through my chest. At times I felt as though I were having a heart attack. The chest pain really was unbearable at times, I hope that it didn't do any permanent damage. Vicodin gives me chest pain also, but not quite as intense. | M | 36 | 2 weeks | 3/5/2008 | 1 | Medically Prescribed for back pain | Zombie behaviors, itching, horrible depression, loss of memory, confusion, loss of focus, terrible constipation, and on and on and on til I was no longer me. | If a doctor is prescribing this poinson for you, I feel sorry for what you will come to experience. Especially those of you who think it's a "wonder" drug. Just wait. Until you need more and more. Until the pills don't last the whole 12 hours. Until you'd like to try something else. Until you want to get off of it because it has taken over your entire life. I promise you; you will be dealing with the other side of this poinson drug and you will be sorry you ever took the first pill, begging God to help you through. It is inevitable. This is a defective drug that never should have made it to market. You are addicted, and addicted to the worst narcotic ever manufactured. Even worse than heroine. But you wont know that until you try to stop feeding it, or your doctor stops feeding it. All I can say is "I said the same thing: This drug is wonderful! It changed my life". And then slowly and insidiously it kept "changing" my life, day after excrutia | F | 60 | 9 months | 3/3/2008 | 5 | fibromyalgia, failed back syndrome | constipation, dry itchy skin, stomach cramps | oxycontin has given me another chance at life. without it I can barely walk or function. I have been taking it since 1999 and am taking 40mg twice daily. It frustrates me that people abuse it and cause those of us who really need it to have problems getting it. Now they have stopped making the generic because of all the abuse. Those of us who take it as prescribed now have to spend a fortune to get our prescriptions filled and it is not fair! Anyone who hasn't suffered with chronic pain like I have cannot understand what a difference this drug makes. I don't know where I would be without it. The side affects are worth the pain relief for me. | F | 44 | | 3/1/2008 | 1 | Post op for L4 L5 Fusion | I was put on oxycotin in the hospital 2 days after a spinal fusion. I was discharged 2 weeks later on 100mg per day long acting and 10mg for break thru pain. My post op pain was not that severe. I never felt euphoric but I did feel like I had a bad flu and had difficulty multitasking and focusing. When I tried to stop the medication I felt like I was going to die. Extreme anxiety, flushing, nausea, shaking, chest pain and joint pain. The prescrbing chronic pain physician was not supportive at all. I am a nurse of 25 years and felt helpless. I was sure I was going to die and called my primary physician who helped ween me. I could only tolerate a 10mg per week drop and had to take ativan to help. It was the hardest thing I have ever done! It took me 5 months to completely ween of all pain meds NOT because I had back pain but because of the severe withdrawl symptoms. It took 10 weeks to get off the oxy, then had to go to Lorabid, Vicodin, and final nothing. Twice I was in the ER with c | My recommendations for oxy is that it should ONLY be used when all other alternatives have been explored and the user never has to ween off of it, the withdrawl could kill you if not managed appropriately. We do not begin to understand all the ways this drug effects our system. | F | 46 | 13 weeks | 2/28/2008 | 4 | Foot sugery | Pain relief, drowsiness | Took this when I was having difficulty getting to sleep because of pain due to foot surgery. Would recommend it if you are in a good deal of pain, if not try something that isn't as strong. | F | 23 | 7 days | 2/19/2008 | 3 | post surgical pain, nerve pain | First week caused me to be drowsy. Constipation is only problem now. | Like other opiates body builds tolerance quickly needing more to have same effect. | M | 42 | 3 weeks | 2/17/2008 | 5 | Rheumatory Arthritis, Fibromyalgia | NONE! | I was in severe pain every second, of every minute, of every damn day of my life. I was prescribed Oxycontin, 20mg 3 times a day, I took it exactly as prescribed and my whole life changed! NO MORE PAIN-FINALLY! I could go off of disability and was able to go back to work and have a real productive life. Because of the bad reputation of this drug thanks to the drug addicts and those who abuse it "for FUN", my Dr will no longer prescribe me this amazing pain releiving medicine. I am now on Lyrica with no releif of pain in site, insane and ugly side effects and will probably have to go back on disability You Oxycontin abusers are destroying the lives of those of us who truly need this medicine to function as normal productive people in society who had no hope until this medicine became available. I wanted to thank the Oxycontin abusers for making my life, and the lives of those of us who need this medicine to function, A LIVING HELL! | F | 44 | 1 years | 2/13/2008 | 4 | foot,leg and ankle surgery | Constipation; increasing fiber helps this. | Before taking oxycontin my pain was so severe it kept me from weight bearing at all which was causing more stiffness and muscle dystrophy; since taking just a 10mg does has weight bearing and physio 100% more tolerable. I will add to the dumbasses out there that crush this drug for a high, you need to stop before they take this drug away to those that really need it. | M | 42 | 30 days | 2/8/2008 | 1 | i dont. mom does. | bad withdrawals, sweating, sick all the time, aches & pains, ect | this drug is horrid. i know so many people, who've abused it, and had their lives ruined. my mom started taking oxys 6 yrs ago and went to rehab for it. she started back up a yr ago... its hurting her marriage and relationships with the family. she keeps saying shes gonna get off of them but when she does the withdrawals are too much.. thats where all her money goes to. i pray for the ppl who abuse this drug, and i hope you all get help. is the high really worth all this? | F | 19 | 2 years | 1/25/2008 | 1 | pain before and after operation | disorientation, confusion, huge chunks of time amd memory disappeared, inability to express thoughts, stomach trouble, vomiting, terrible stomach pain, shaking so I couldn't write or use remote,constant rocking to try to escape pain,weight loss - 30 lbs in 4 or 5 weeks, | This must be the medication from hell, in my case. Since I started taking it, I've heard of several more people who have had exactly the same side effects. It worked on some pain, I had hardly any pain from the broken ankle - that was the least of my worries - but the pain from having my stomach lining stripped (now awaiting gastroscopy) was felt in full. I was taken by ambulance 5 weeks after starting this medication - suspected heart attack which turned out to be as a result from oxycontin ruining my stomach. I was unable to eat very much for over 4 months - warm food and drinks were out. Huge weight loss resulted. I ceased taking oxycontin on my own volition 5 weeks into the treatment - but it was 3 months before my stomach healed and any appetite returned. The cold turkey symptoms were preferable to the confusion and mental disorientation. How people could take this as a recreational drug is beyond me - it is pure poison - and the only time I have ever reacted badly to any | F | 62 | 5 weeks | 12/29/2007 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Many nasty side effects: constipation, night (and day) sweats, dry mouth, itchiness, sleeping problems, loss of sexual desire, and weight gain | To all the people abusing this: YOU ARE INSANE. This is not a drug to get hooked on, as when abused, it is reportedly worse than coke when trying to stop. To those like myself, who take it under medical supervision, there is a great difference between dependancy and addiction: we are dependant on oxy to help us get through each day without becoming overcome with pain, we are not addicted to it to get high. Without this drug, life would become unbearable. Sadly, only those in this situation can really understand. My greatest worry is what this is doing to my liver, metabolism, and other systems.... | M | 50 | 1 years | 12/20/2007 | 5 | Chronic severe pain | Constipation,nausea,possibly my hair falling out | It does take the edge off. I take 60mg 3 times a day. Although the pain is now tolerable, I still cannot walk farther than a few steps without the pain coming back fully. I am not sure if anything will make a difference for that. However, this plus oxynorm for breakthrough pain ,keep me out of bed. I live in Sweden, so if oxynorm is not familiar to you, that could be why. It is the non-time-release formula. | F | 47 | 4 years | 12/7/2007 | 5 | ms chronic pain | Constipation,easily cured with a high fiber diet, a bit tired for th 1st hour after administration, withdrawl symptoms if miss a dose | Great drug 4 chronic pain sufferes- without the unneccesary addition of the real dangerous additives in most other pain medication I.e. Tylenol , motrin, etc | M | 38 | 6 months | 11/27/2007 | 3 | Herniated L3-4 disk | Difficulty urinating Constipation | It has helped me a great deal, but I still require oxycocet for breakthrough pain. I am having surgery next week, which should provide relief from the intense pain I have been suffering for the past 5 months. This drug hasn't caused me any emotional problems and I don't abuse it. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 11/13/2007 | 5 | for fun | Euphoria! | Wow! What an amazing drug. I bought a pill off the st. and it was the best high I've ever had. I would take it on a daily basis for depression, unfortunately people don't respect individual choice and one is forced for manipulated doctors into prescribing if the streets are to be avoided. This is a beautiful, mind-numbingly powerful drug that really shouldn't be handed out by some white-coated, emotionally challenged doctor. | F | 21 | 1 days | 11/9/2007 | 4 | Degenerative Disc Disease:L5-S1 | Constipating. Makes me a bit tired most of the time. | It's a two-edged sword. I couldn't work without it due to pain, but very constipating, and makes me tired most of the time. My alternative is to go on disability. Who can survive on that? I've been taking this for several years. Have NOT had to increase dosage as warned about. Guess I take it for a good reason(pain), vs. "recreational". This is where 3 low back surgeries have left me. So, consider the surgery carefully! Don't be in a hurry. | M | 45 | 3 years | 10/28/2007 | 1 | Fibromyalgia, Lupus, SEVERE PAIN! | Serious memory loss, inability to concentrate or remember what I did two seconds ago,hair loss, weight loss from 135 to 98 pounds,mood swings,very very tired, no appetite, inability to digest food,constipation and four surgeries!!!!!itching,increased need for more to obtain same pain control! | Do not delude yourself,this medication WILL KILL YOU. Your loved ones will suffer.Forced to take OX due to insurance decision.As I write this I have just survived a near death experience DIRECTLY REALATED TO THIS DRUG. So states the surgeons report.8 days in the hospital fully prepared to die but not knowing it was this POISON.I am providing my email address as God has placed it upon me to reach others in solemn urgent warning!I am 51 years old,I am a Christian. This has been the most horrific experience of my once beautiful life.My beloved husband of 35 years has suffered the loss of his once vital life companion for the duration of the 18 months I took this tool of SATAN exactly as prescribed by the DR.I so trusted.Your pain relief is but a smoke screen,hell is around the bend should you continue to take this pharmaceutical HEROIN!Christian or not, I want to hear from others.I am free of this drug,but by no means well.I have a very long road ahead of me. My plans include legal action | F | 51 | 18 months | 10/28/2007 | 3 | | 10/22/2007 |