OXYCONTIN Reviews (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (417 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OXYCONTIN with similar:
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| 2 | Curious (at first) | Vise like prostate, had to push like mad to piss, dialated pupils, constipation, 45 minute wake up time every day standing in the shower till the warm water ran out, never eating, ect. | I'm at day 16 clean after a 2 year nightmare with this drug. It's cost me nearly $60,000. <--- READ THAT SIXTY F'ING THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS. I never snorted it or chewed it. I swallowed it just like your supposed to. I bought it all on the street. Withdrawl off of this is drug EQUAL to HEROIN because it is HEROIN. Its an Opiate just like Heroin in pill form. LISTEN, this drug should not be messed with. I'm not kidding. If your taking this for a real reason, fine. If your not, brother, get ready for the f"ck-up-your-life ride of a lifetime. This drug destroys everything you have. Pucker-up and kiss it all goodbye. I was taking 5 80mg daily, ( you know, the blue pill ). P.S. Get to REHAB, if your stuck on these things get help. It's worth getting your life back. There is help out there, use it. | M | 36 | 2 years | 4/4/2006 | 5 | Ehlers-Danlos; facial pain 24/7 | Anorexia; nausea/vomiting/edema;severe insomnia | My pain specialist prescribed Oxy time-release when Merck-Frosst stopped making Leritine. It is excellent though it does not provide relief for the full 12 hours. I also take Statex (morphine quick-acting) for breakthrough pain and Zofram for nausea. Despite the side effects, Oxy is an excellent medication when taken properly. I have been disabled all my life and doctors have told me that narcotics taken in the absence of pain make you high; when taken for pain, no such euphoria presents itself. I guess this is why recreational users experience what they do. I recently was given a license to grow and use marihauna to complement my treatment and stay on a maintenance dosage. I do not have an "addictive personality" so it is easy to go "cold turkey" whenever I wish to decrease the dosage; however, I have learned the hard way (emergency admission) that gradual tapering is the only safe way medically to withdraw from Oxy. I discovered that you and be physically &qu | F | 53 | 5 years | 4/3/2006 | 4 | pain relief post open heart surgery | It isn't strong enough. I would have preferred Dilaudid or morphine in a tablet form because I have been through a month of unnecessary pain and gone without sleep night after night as a consequence. Time for the FDA to get off the backs of sick people - all in the name of the children. We deserve great care and are not getting it. | Read some others and the lady that is suggesting that everyone gets hooked on this sort of medication is flat out wrong - as you can see from others. But I ask myself would I rather be dependent on a pain killer or go without and live in misery. My choice would be to work with a doctor to find the best for me - without FDA interference and in NJ, state interjection into doctor/patient relationship. Some people get hooked on booze but because it provides huge revenues to governments that seems to be OK. I for one don't want to have that even as a choice but I can see it happening if we don't let those folks know that we need care. If teenagers want to do stupid things, nothing is going to stop them other than proper education both at home and school. Teenagers do NOT rule the universe and yet our government seems to believe they do. I have arthritis and cannot begin to understand why all of the medication bottles are difficult - sometimes impossible for me - to open and use. Thi | F | 63 | 30 days | 3/10/2006 | 4 | post open heart surgery | see above rating. | Re CONSTIPATION: A good doctor would be advising you folks to add a stool softener to your medication list and to take it when you believe you need it. Doctors don't make house calls any more so this one you or your care giver has to and can handle just fine by using common sense. Re STOMACH UPSET: Try taking one or two ginger capsules that are sold in the vitamin area and over the counter. I have had Crohn's disease for 25 years and have yet to find anything that is as effective as ginger at settling your stomach. There is a web site called The Ginger People and they sell over a dozen delicious ways to take this natural "medicine" if you want some pleasure and don't want to add one more pill! I have used ginger with my physician's blessing for over ten years whenever the need arises. It works and it is inexpensive. | F | 63 | | 3/10/2006 | 4 | Chronic pain; degenerative joints | Very dry mouth, sleepiness; does not totally stop pain but has alleviated it enough so that I can stand long enough to take a shower at least | F | 51 | 2 years | 3/4/2006 | 3 | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | Nausea, headaches, dizzyness, itching, "stuporish" | I take it every 12 hours. Takes the edge off pain when pain isn't too severe. When pain is severe, doesn't really help. Even with oxy, can't get comfortable sitting, standing, or lying down. When I get up in the morning, I can barely move due to pain - Oxy helps me get moving faster than any short-acting med. BTW, I really don't understand how this drug could be "fun" as I am completely unaware of it changing my mood or making me feel good. Given it's high potential for addiction, I'd say get your "fun" from something else! | F | 48 | 1 years | 2/24/2006 | 5 | FMS, corneal erosion, bone pain, | constipation that is the only side effect I have experienced as opposed to the synthetic pain meds, or nsaids. The synthetic pain meds and nsaids have very dangerous side effects. The two major anti-inflammatory meds that have been recently taken off the market put so many holes in my stomach the Gastro doctor could not count them all. | I now take 320mg, three times a day. I have been diagnosed so far with, Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain, herniated L4, L5, C2, T5, T6, DDD, Osteoarthritis, painful nodules/lumps/somethings/ under my skin and spreading, Lipomas, IBD (which it helps with the Diarrhea), Rheynauds Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel, TMJ, and I cannot remember the rest. I am now under the eyes of the Mayo Clinic who has figured out that I have a Pituitary, Hypothalamus, Adrenal Gland, thyroid etc.. problem. They are trying to figure out where it started. I have documented severely low blood glucose levels, which can cause physical pain also. I would have not made it this far, searching for the cause of the beginning of the hypothyroidism and missing menses. If anyone wants any information on the Mayo Clinic, you can email me at: [email protected]. I know how to get in without a physician refering you, and I will give you an unbiased opinion on how to proceed with the consults there. It is a good place to go to if you | F | 41 | 6 years | 2/10/2006 | 5 | Severe advanced Lupus, Fibromyalgia | I have read through most of the ratings on this page. I have not experienced any side effects. I am on 80mg per day, but have enough on my rx to go to 160mg per day if needed for breakthrough pain. Some days, I havent taken any, and havent felt any side effects or withdrawls. Although, im sure if I went more than 1 day, I would feel it, I know my body is already addicted to some extent. However, it is worth it to me, for the break in pain I get. | Before going on this medication, I was very worried about all the negative things I had heard. Also, during my teenage years I had a friendship with heroin, that I quit cold turkey when I was 17. After thinking it through, and talking it over with my husband, I decided to give it a try. At the moment, I am dying of lupus. I may have 5 years if im lucky. I will be on oxycontin for the rest of my life, I wont have to deal with the withdrawl or anything like that. Even being addicted wont be the end of the world. If it makes my last few years here more manageable, and enjoyable, then thats good enough for me. If I can get up out of bed and walk, and leave the house and enjoy being in my husbands company, then it's working. I don't care if it's messing up my sleep pattern, or if im technically addicted. my alternative is to be stuck in bed all day and night barely able to move. Sucking on a morphine lollipop which isnt much better than oxycontin. So for me, I will be on it for t | F | 27 | 6 months | 2/1/2006 | 5 | ruptured cervical & thoracic discs | constipation, alleviated by fruits, tea and stool softeners | greatly improved my quality of life | M | 33 | 3 years | 1/16/2006 | 1 | 2 failed back surgeries, FM, DDD | Brief stage of euphoria followed by severe addiction, itching, long term mental disfunction(memory, attention/focus,bizarre behaviors, constipation & urinating difficulty, breathing problems, heart palp's, alternating intense states of drowsiness/insomnia, weird leg sensation. | This drug is the worst drug ever made. It almost killed me, and have never totally recovered. (5 yrs since last pill) Doctors didnt know what they were doing with this drug until 2004-5. They (& manufactr) have since cleaned up their act on a limited basis, but many people have paid the price. Do not take this pill, unless you are certain you only have 6 months to live and no other pill gives you pain relief. 280 mg. daily | F | 58 | 10 months | 1/16/2006 | 5 | RA & osteo arthritis, fibromyalgia | some constipation. Also, briefly at first- itching & slight nausea but went away in less than a week. Not significant long term. | Like so many others, this drug has allowed me to get my life back! After years of being essentially house bound and in constant agony, and going from dr to dr trying to figure out what was wrong, after trying every otc drug, all kinds of "therapies" that only made me feel worse, and of course being told either it was "in my head" or else "learn to live with it" (grrrr) I finally found a doctor with the compassion to really listen and HELP! Though I started early on with the combination drugs containing an opiate and acetomiophen or such as percocet and vicodin, I was limited in getting relief by the high levels of the NSAIDs so after much discussion decided to try just the opiate via Oxycontin. I really can't praise it enough. I have also tried the duragesic patch and some other opiates, but the oxycontin has the least side effects and works the best over all. It was so good to have a life again! WE even moved to Florida for a chance to feel even better ou | F | 53 | 3 years | 12/11/2005 | 5 | chronic neck & back pain, arthritis | none really. the one side effect most people complain about...constipation... was even a benefit to me because I had chronic diarrhea from IBS real bad, but the oxy fixed it! And the horrible gut pains I had too! | needless to say i have only praise for this drug. i was out of wotk for 5 years because I could barely move. looking back, it is funny that i was scared to try it because of the bad press this drug has suffered at the hands of the pathetic attention seekers and other lowlife, I just wish there was something we could do to reverse it and let the world know what we, the people who have benefitted so much from this drug, have to say about it! Worse yet, how could the DEA have such influence over legitimate doctors perscribing it? It is totally inhumane to let the actions of a few scumbags make the rest of us suffer needlessly! The excuse is they are trying to keep it from being abused. Well guess what? Drugs have been and will always be abused, take away oxycontin, and they will just find something else to get high on! did prohibition stop people from getting booze? no, it just made more people want it and made bootleggers rich. this stupid drug war is really a war on us pain patients. my | M | 55 | 5 years | 12/11/2005 | 1 | severe hip and knee pain | constipation; exhaustion; total loss of appetite (lost 20 pounds in two months) actually felt like I was dying | now in final process of taper. Doctor said he had same symptoms when he was on drug after heart procedure. He doesn't know how so many people tolerate it as well as they do. I can't WAIT to be off it altogether. | F | 64 | 2 months | 11/29/2005 | 5 | Spinal Fusion after accident | Just the usual - annoying constipation (alleviated by stool softeners) and occasional itchiness (alleviated by benadryl) | As I began on 40mg 2x/day and have in the past couple of months gone down to 20mg 2x/day, I really feel that this drug has helped my recovery from surgery. I take percocet occassionally for breakthrough pain while on the oxycontin, but this happens less and less these days. These NARCISSITIC IDIOTS who abuse narcotics make it difficult for everyone everywhere to obtain decent relief from pain. Pain robs you of your dignity, your family, and your life. I wish every prescription drug abuser would be eaten up with guilt with every pill they steal from those of us who might actually be helped by the drug. | F | 42 | 6 months | 11/27/2005 | 1 | For fun | Dizziness-Depression-weird heartbeats-anxiety attacks | I moved to another state when I graduated from high school. I was around new people AND new ways to get high. I had never done anything this serious and got REALLY sick my first time. I didn't do it for 4 months and one day, i just decided to do it again. I only did it for about 4 days and I got into alot of trouble and I am now facing 2 felonys for it. I wasnt the type of person you would see in jail..or at least I thought that. I spent 2 nights in jail and that was enough for me. Luckely, I got a break and I am getting a chance to start over. I'm only 19 and my party days have come to an early end. Nobody trusts me. I feel like when they look at me...thats all they see. I've only been clean for a week and I'm having horrible withdrawal symptoms. I feel weird inside all the time. I go days without any sleep and thats only because I had always had something to make me tired. I still have a chance of going back to jail for a long time and that stays in my mind. This drug got me into ALO | F | 19 | 5 days | 11/24/2005 | 5 | Lower Back Pain 2 Failed surgeries | When I first started the medication I was drowsy. Have been taking it for 5 years and I am not sleepy any longer. | One the best long acting pain medications for chronic pain. The DEA treats people that take this drug like Heroin addicts and so do most of the Doctors. Why is it in our country is it a crime to be in pain? The medication is dirt cheap yet the price it sells for is outrageous as a result of the Government DEA actions and slime ball attorneys that have sued the manufacturers. It is deplorable that 70 million Americans are in pain yet the US Government treats them like slaves by making pain medications hard to get. What does this say about our country. | M | 55 | 5 years | 11/1/2005 | 5 | kidney stones & Car Accident 1991 | No side effect. feeling of being energized at times , espically in the am and mid afternoon They dont interfere with my sleep and they also help cure restless legs I have tried everything and oxycontin was the only medication that controled the rls | I can now work part time, and have energy due to the pain being under control | F | 38 | 4 years | 10/8/2005 | 3 | Central Sensitization Syndrome/ | Some Vomiting, Sweating, Mood Swings, Euphoria, difficulty urinating | I have some quality of life now, instead of being bed/couch bound unable to walk because of severe pain from serious assault leaving me with soft tissue injuries that did not heal because of lack of proper diagnosis from medical profession. Six years later after CAT Scans, MRI and Xrays my injuries were discovered but too late for treatment leaving me with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain associated from lack of care. Proper medication has seen me work and play for the first time in years, I have a life to a degree again. Though only on 10mg twice a day which is entirely inadequate for my level of pain, taking Endon 10mg three times a day was far more productive for me, let me live normaly again. This is the second week on oxycontin, I must say I have reservations and have noticed severe mood swings affecting me, which puts me off using a higher dose, though I do suspect the lower dosage may be contributing to my stabilty because of severe pain still experienced. I after read | F | 50 | 2 weeks | 9/25/2005 | 5 | Severe Arthritis | No side effects because I take it the way it is supposed to be used. | OxyContin has played a crutial role into getting my life back to somewhat normal, and there really is no other good substitute for the drug. I would like to say, however, is that I'm really discusted with those people who misuse the drug, putting it at risk to be taken off of the market to satisfy there selfish desire to achieve cheap thrills. To you high school punks who think it's "cool" to illegally obtain, disribute, and abuse this valuable MEDICATION, I can GUARANTEE you that you WILL go to jail, and you will be unable to use any narcotic pain killer for actual ligitimate reasons because YOU WILL BE LABELED by every doctor, hospital, and pharmacy, which is really going to be rough on you because you will CRAVE the drug for the rest of your life, and you will have no access to it at any time for any reason. And if I EVER see anyone who is in illegal possession of this drug, I will do whatever it takes to make sure you are given a maximum prison sentence, and I will ask | M | 43 | 2 years | 9/11/2005 | 1 | Psoriatic arthritis | irritable, groggy, hard time urinating, unable to stay awake, erectile disfunction, addiction | This drug was prescribed to my husband for psoriatic arthritis and has ruined our marriage, and the healthy childhoods of our chiildren. Although he is able to "function" at work during the day, as soon as he comes home, he is unable to carry on conversations, has no memory, and can't keep his eyes open. Sometimes he tries to "act" aware, but just ends up bugging his eyes out and drooling. This medicine is way to strong for the average person and should be reserved for people who are dying of cancer and can't be out driving. I don't allow him to drive with us in the car. I fear for lives on the road everywhere because I know personally of at least 15 people that are on this drug, looking just like my husband and out driving around. | M | 38 | 3 years | 9/6/2005 |