OXYCONTIN Reviews (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (417 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OXYCONTIN with similar:
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| 4 | Failed back syndrome,sciatic nerve | On the Purdue brand I felt NO side effects, I have been able to return to work and school and have a family, they have JUST switched me over to Teva generic, I am having severe stomach cramps, nothing is helping them go away. i can barely eat a thing and i am missing going out right now w/my family because of the pain I'm in from it:( | I am hopeful to hear that only Purdue will be making it again. then my insurance has to cover it at the regular copay. i will hope all the other posts are correct in their statements. i can barely think about going through this agony the rest of the year. i may have to bite the bullet and pay the higher amount so i can function. | F | 38 | 5 years | 6/3/2007 | 5 | Ankylosing Spondylitis and more. | Constipation, somnilence... when I first started the drug, I had a crushing headache and nausea, but that's over now. | This drug helped me get my life back. I went from being unable to feed myself or walk my own service dog, to able to be a productive member of society where I live. I am holding down a job now, which is something I couldn't do before. This is in part, due to Oxycontin. | M | 26 | 2 years | 6/2/2007 | 5 | Chronic pain from osteoarthritis | None | My doctor had me try about a half dozen other pain meds, and NONE of them did anything to relieve my joint pain (feet, knees, hips, elbows, and hands). The next med we tried was Percocet, a.k.a. Oxycodone. Now we were finally getting somewhere. The Oxycodone relieved some of the joint pain. Pain relief is what I hoped for when I tried all those other meds which did absolutely nothing for me. After taking Oxycodone for several months, I told my doctor I was still feeling joint pain, especially in my fingertips. He then bumped my Oxycodone up to 4 pills a day. I tried that dosage for awhile, and that 4th pill didn't make any difference. I went back to my doctor once again. I told him the Oxycodone was giving me pain relief, but the relief was of short duration. I had to keep making a choice between when I'd hurt, and when I'd get relief. That is when the doctor put me on OxyContin, a time-released medication that is supposed to relieve pain for up to twelve hours. Well, that did the | M | 55 | 3 years | 5/29/2007 | 1 | Chronic leg and back pain | I never really ate much and weighted 135lb most of my life and now 190lbs. I might of lost some weight since being weened off 3 weeks ago because the constant diarrea and vomiting. is now the problem | This drug at a high dose 180mg day may wreck your life more then just help with pain can. I'm done with this Oxycontin BUT? If anyone knows about how long this diarrea and vomiting lasts I'm on my 3th week please email me. Thanks Dave from PA. | M | 8 years | 5/29/2007 | 5 | Lumbar Fusion, DDD, Chronic Pain | Constipation (severe), both drowsiness and insomnia (rx sleeping pills do not help), depression, withdrawal, concentration and mood problems | This medication is very good with dealing with the pain. I take 40mg x 3 (20mg for breakthrough pain) and feel the withdrawal if I do not take the next doasge on time. I have never gottten "high" off this drug, because I have severe pain. I lost over a year of my life - bedridden until I found this drug and a doctor to prescribe it. It is a double edged sword though. It will take away the pain but can make you severely depressed and devoid of all feeling. Ain't no sunshine with or without it. My doctor told me that I might need 1-2 weeks of detox to get off O.C. Read that again. My doctor told me that. I went for a 2nd oppinion to make sure the dosage was not excessive and that doctor wanted to take me off O.C. immediately. Then I would be bedridden again after 2 failed surgeries. Be careful! Even though we are not doctors we must know when to say stop, or not to go up to the next doage level even if allowed. The body will need more amd more to treat the same amo | M | 36 | 3 years | 5/27/2007 | 5 | Back Pain,Knee Pain,Arthritis.Fybro | None | I have tried numerous other drugs with no relief.I have had a spinal stimulator implant,morphine pump.I get the best relief from Oxy.After years taking it,my tolerance does build up and the dosage needs adjustment.This goes for all opiates and pain Patients.Thank God for OxyContin. It gets a bad rap,due to abuse . | M | 55 | 6 years | 5/24/2007 | 4 | lamenectomy rods, plates, screws | I have marked severe right and left stenosis of the lumbar spine. I took Ovycontin from 1997 to 2005. I was taking 80mg x 3 a day when I switched to mscontin. The cost was over $800 for 90 80 mg generics. Frankly, the oxycontin was stronger then the mscontin but it is not as clean on ones system which is why I decided to switch. I worried about my liver. | I went cold turkey off the oxycontin for 29 days prior to being switched to mscontin. I experienced stomach cramps and of course pain from the lumbar spine that the medicine was to control. I would not recommend trying this. Overall it was a very effective pain med but it did make me nervous at first. | M | 59 | 8 years | 5/5/2007 | 5 | migraine | itchiness | Fifteen mg of this medication keeps me out of the ER and UC when I have a pain level 7-8 migraine. I pray that doctors stick to their oath to help people in pain...and not give in to the current rx pill addiction crisis the media and government have created. | F | 24 | 6 years | 5/2/2007 | 1 | Recreationally | Euphoria, itching, constipation, chills, and nausea. | Contrary to what people may have said in this forum, Oxycontin is a terrible drug. No matter how infrequently you take it, you will form some sort of dependency on the substance. THIS IS PHARMACEUTICAL HEROIN. I had the misfortune of watching several lives get progressively worse due to this drug, myself included. I would take no more than 100mg a day, in 5mg, 10mg, 20mg intervals. While I readily admit that I was abusing the drug, a family member of mine who was taking it for severe back pain developed a similar tolerance, dependence, and addiction to Oxycontin. Withdrawal sucks: like I said before, it is essentially pharmaceutical heroin. With that, coming off the drug is a rather difficult process; diarrhea, nausea, vomitting, and chills. After coming off the drug, I looked back at my five month addiction and had a very faded memory of everything that had gone on in my life. Definitely not worth it. To those of you currently prescribed oxycontin, keep it away from children, especial | M | 19 | 5 months | 4/16/2007 | 5 | 2 bulging disks | some drowziness, some constipation | I started taking oxy for two very painful bulging disks. This has helped me get my life back. I take it three to four times a week. I do not take it everyday so I can avoid becoming addicted. I take 20mg. I can understand how this medicine can cause addiction. But the relief from pain is worth the risk. I have a great doctor who understands the importance of pain managment. I have taken both the generic and the real thing. I find little difference in either one. I know that by the end of the year the original makers of the drug, Perdue Pharma, will be the only ones making it again. This is due to court issues over pat rights. Anyway I have found this sight helpful and wanted to share my own experience with others. Hopefully this will help others. I only took oxy after hydrocodone had little ability to stop the pain. OXy has really worked for me. If you are afraid to take, you need to weigh the risk of addiction over the risk of constant pain. | M | 38 | 4 months | 4/13/2007 | 4 | recreation | euphoria, relaxation, tiredness, respiratory depression, itching(like really itchy all over body) | This medicine is highly addictive. Do not take on a daily basis as tolerance and dependence quickly develop. DO NOT drink alcohol/use sedatives while taking oxycontin. Life-threatining respiratory depression can occur. | M | 20 | 4 times | 4/9/2007 | 1 | broken back | this drug will take most of the pain away,however it will not cure you. They will keep giving you more and more as you need it.This drug will take your life and soul in the long term.You will get hooked. When you detox you will freak out. The side effects are hell. | Do not take this drug. Every 20 mgm pill equals 3 perceots. So they had me on 40 mgs 3 times a day. do the math. Thats 18 percs a day.I self detoxed. The only way I beat this beast,was by working out,gallon h2o daily,sauna 200f 20 mins every day for 30 days untill i just started to become normal again. I still only sleep about 3 hours a nite. The reason they call these Pain Killers,is that they will kill you. | M | 53 | 12 months | 4/9/2007 | 4 | chronic back pain | sleeplessness; loss of appetite. panic, racing heart | F | 54 | 5 months | 3/30/2007 | 5 | Empty wallet since there are no more generic pills being sold and name brand will cost $700 for my script compared to the normal $100. Nausea and upset stomache on the TEVA brand. No side effects on any of the other ones | I posted in here before ( gave a 5 rating both times, but that is only for the effectiveness of the drug, not the price ). But I am posting again because very soon there will be no more generic oxycontin brand available which means that 90 20mg pills will go up from around $100 to around $700 which is completely unreasonable for ANYBODY'S budget. I just got my script filled and they said all the generics were bought out by TEVA. So I filled with those pills which costed about $220 (over $100 more than I usually spend). I tried them and they do not work nearly as effective and they make me sick. I call the pharmacy to try to get the brand name and they say it will be about $700 and I need a new prescription from my doctor. I call my doc and I tell him i'll bring in my old pills and dump them in the trash at his office in exchange for a new prescription and he won't do it most likely because of strict government drug laws. At my next doc visit i'll be discussing switching to an alternati | M | 23 | 6 months | 3/29/2007 | 5 | chronic pain | tired, constipation | I read all of your comments with extreme frustration. The people that are taking this med for the righ reasons gave it a 3-5. The people who abuse it have negative things to say. This is supposed to be a rating for patients on the med. After reading some of your posts, I would be scared to death to take this med. I can say it saved my life. I went from crawling on the ground to walking. I also have dropped dosages and increased dosages with little problems, under doctor supervision. I have never wanted to abuse the drug. I never run out of my script early. I don't feel the need to have more. I need this drug. I am frustrated with the people who continue to abuse it. They need to realize what they are doing to chronic pain, they are ruining it for us. Please, if you are in chronic pain do the research, don't listen to the people on a site. Ask your doctors, nurses, other chronic pain patients. You have pain rights, you need to feel as if your pain is being helped. For m | F | 40 | 2 years | 3/20/2007 | 5 | SLE, MS, Leukemia, Spinal Tumors | When I first started the med it caused severe anxiety and clausterphobia. Now it sometimes causes massive headaches and addiction. I am very willing to deal with any side effect from this drug it has saved my life. | I am not a believer in medical science anymore. When I first got diagnosed w/SLE I was not on any meds never even had a drink of alchol i was 21yo. I went into the hospital w/chest pain and found out that my pericardium was filling up with fluid. They treated the pericarditis and tested me for Lupus and it came out possitive. I then came down with vasculitis about 1 month later and was having gran maul seizures so the put me in the hospital and started chemotherapy (Cytoxin)and put me on Oxycontin 20mgs. every 12 hours this was not enough so the doc's then decided to keep me in the hospital and give me IV demerol 100mgs. every other hour this made me a zombie. I was in the hospital and on this dose for 6 weeks. When they got me off the demerol they put back on the Oxycontin 20mgs 3x a day. After my doses of chemo for 6 mos. I was getting very numb in my face and limbs and my right side was very week. They then said I had a very rare case of cross over disease that happens one in a mill | M | 32 | 10 years | 3/16/2007 | 5 | shattered ankle, severe arthritis | makes acid reflux symptoms worse | I have to take two 80mg 4 times daily, but it does do the best job on the pain out of all the medications that I have tried, and I've tried them all. I just wish people woudn't abuse it, it makes things worse for the people that really need it. I'm afraid that it might not be available in the U.S much longer if this continues (which it will, of course) | M | 39 | 5 months | 3/14/2007 | 5 | Chronic Upper Back Pain | Constipation | This is a great pain killer. I too wish that people would not abuse it though. I'm tired of people looking at me like I have three heads when I drop my script for 40mg 3x/day off at the pharmacy. I can't believe how many people are so ignorant of pain management, even new pharmacists. I've gone off of it 5 times with very few problems with withdrawals when I had an epidural steroid injection that actually worked. If you are having a hard time stopping the medication, you are probably stopping it too fast. I recommend abstaining for as long as you can stand it (say 12-24 hours), then taking about half the previous day's dose. I abstain for another 12-24 hours then take half the previous dose again. Once I settle down to 20-30mg then I have to slow down on the taper. Just make sure you have some Immodium for the runs. Also, it is quite helpful to have some muscle relaxers like Flexeril and a benzodiazapine for the anxiety. I've been able to stop from up to 240mg per day in abo | M | 37 | 3 years | 3/14/2007 | 4 | back and neck injury | no side effects-usually takes the edge off, most of the time. when it starts wearing off, I experience a burning sensation. | 2 level cervical fusion, 2 level 360 degree lumbar fusion due to an on the job injury, falling 4 1/2 feet on my back. I take 40mg three times a day, with vicodin es twice a day for breakthrough pain.surgeries were unsuccessful; one of the titanium steel plates is pressing on my spinal cord, causing sciatic pain 24 hours a day. couldn't make it without this drug. | M | 60 | 7 years | 3/10/2007 | 5 | knee replacement | M | 63 | 90 days | 3/9/2007 |