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 | Severe Fibroymalgia & arthritis | Constipation and itching at times | I suffered from pain in all my joints, then it started going throughout my entire body. It feels like my bones are throbbing (like someone is hitting them with a hammer) and I would get symptoms like having severe flu. I could not sleep because the pain was worse at night and that affected every other aspect of my life. I would soak in water as hot as I could stand it at 3 or 4am to try and get some relief while praying for sleep. Then I would get a bladder infection from sitting in water so often. Then I would take antibotics for the bladder infection and then get a yeast infection from the antibotics. This was a cycle I lived for more than 20 years. I saw countless doctors and had surgery on my knees. (one doctor said my knees were the problem) Finally I was really at my end when I was sent to a rheumatologist who diagnoised me and put me on oxycontin. For the first time that I could remember since I was 12 or 13 yrs old I slept through an entire night. I have a regular, normal life now. For 7 yrs I have taken the medicine just as it is prescribed to me and have not had any problems. When I read some of these posting's and what people do, how they abuse the medicine that so many of us not only need but our life depends on it and knowing that they are putting us in risk of the medicine being removed, they make me sick. Just selfish, ignorant scumbags. One thing that I would like to find is a fibroymalgia support group, or perhaps an online site or blog where we could chat and learn from each other. If anyone knows of one or wants to start one please email me. Thanks, dominique | F | 46 | 7 years | 7/28/2005 | 4 | back & neck pain, fibromyalgia | Profuse sweating daily like clockwork...very embarassing, but worth it for the pain relief. Bad constipation at first, now just occasional. | 40 mg. 2x day. Relieves majority of my pain unless I'm having a bad fibro flare. I feel like I have gotten my life back and I can now function like a normal person. I worry my dr. will take me off this medication and I won't be able to function. | F | 41 | 3 years | 7/26/2005 | 4 | Menstrual Pain | Initially it caused a little hot flash and trouble urinating. This is like when you try to go, nothing comes out for a while and you get a squeezing, stinging feel that feels like a bladder infection. (After that, the urine *does* come out though, heh.) It also caused some drowsiness, and some head-floating feeling. Definitely gives you dry mouth, too. It was hours later that the stronger effect set in - strange anxiety, sleep disturbance, and a nightmare. | I took a low dose and it did eliminate 90% of the pain in about 30 minutes. This was great, but the side effects were troubling. It made me drowsy, but when I tried to sleep I was restless. After the pain relief started to wear off (in roughly 4 hours), I felt jumpy and would have little adrenaline rushes (?) in my chest at every sound. Strange and disturbing dream, and when I woke I felt jittery and my heart seemed to be faster for a couple hours. This anxiety lasted about 2-3 hours. So get ready for weird side effects initially, but it IS worth the pain relief this one provides. I'm just starting on it, and will post again when I know more. I think Vicodin is better, but this is an Ok second option. | F | 27 | 2 days | 7/22/2005 | 2 | Severe Pain, Disc, Cerv. radic C-6 | Ithcy nose about 1-2 hours latter, Not enough Relief at 160 mg / 12 hrs. Little better at 8hrs. 250lb patient. Did provide relief by itself. Constipation. Requires, attention to prevent toxic back up. Fruits,oils,nuts, teas,laxitives, Doctor precribed nothing for this or informed of side affect. IF YOU RUN SHORT OR REFILL PROBLEMS- SWEATS START DETOX, AS PAIN RETURNS A DOUBLE WHAMMY SUCKS. INJURY PAIN AND Unpreparred DEXTOX. I have been force this experience 5 times in 18 months, and Doctors and Insurance companies should be punished for this occurring. Holiday, vacation, not restocked. it is nothing to play with a patients life when they already are in inurious state of pain. Refills should be allowed to 3 x's for patient safty. | At least they begin to work on pain level for us pro athlete type worker with high pain threshold and when hurt forge on were most would give up. When I finally say it Hurts its already 8-10 on 1-10 scale of 10 the worse- Were I could barley drive to emergency room. Too Expensive, With Pharmacey Disp. bonus, makes them near $10 each @80mg if not buying hundreds at 4-6 per day makes getting inured very costly. I expect Pain Relief! Especially when out of work and having to pay $60 a day to get up to fight another day to get to therapy or just cope with pain due to lack of care/ intervention like Worker Comp delays destroying families. Is there better? Dilaudid 4mg 7 per 4hrs seems better than 160mg @12hrs Oxycontin. I weight 250-260lbs/ pending payability on off Oxycontin 2 years. oxycodon 5MG takes 8 @ 4 HRS FOR COMFORT. NOT DOPED OUT OF HEAD. Pain is worse. People really hurt don't get stoned from pain medicines FYI- It helps stay civil, when docs leave without having your refills and Work Comp delays, combative people are us being jerked around not getting care or pain relief to waste days of our life waiting for treatment. I have been short dosed again for two and a half months, this typing hurts. with my OTC's. I have multiple injuries, Bi-lat nerve impingment, C-6 radiculopatrhy, muscle syndromes, shoulder bursitis elbows knees, yadi yah, acute, current, chronic -waiting more than 6 months for care. I would like treatment to alleviate injuries that may not need surgical interventions, delays up the odds to be needed. IN the mean Time if i have to Waste my Life and business desires I at least want PAIN RELIEF. I am also a CMT Therapist, inable to massage due to the level of my pain and post action exasterbations that are minimal activity, but days of extra dysfunctional pain without enough quality and dose. Its not fair to withhold relief. post side afffects are bad enough, Found out when doc or Work Comp does not have renewals ready- withdrawels are 1-2 weeks of juice fasting, comfort massage etc. I look forward to being injured less to work again than stay on these drugs. Don't worry about addiction, Stop the pain -being addicted to that is worse than the medicine. its like cigarettes. If you WANT TO QUIT YOU WILL. WHEN MY INURIES ARE HEALED I WILL ENDURE ANY SIDE AFFECT OF STOPPING DRUG till next injury. | M | 45 | 18 months | 7/2/2005 | 3 | neck pain | I cut an 80mg in half, took half, felt better for a bit, but 3 hours later I was vomiting for 6 hours. | Please tell me why I was vomiting, and for so long, and what can I do next time to pervent this? | F | 46 | 2 times | 6/16/2005 | 5 | cronic lower back, hip and leg pain | first few days they made me sleepy. after that I felt significant relief, realize though that nothing will take away all of the pain. | it's difficult to get these medicines for the people who really need them because so many young and old alike are now ABUSING them (read the comments for any of the narcotic pain meds) a word of advise to those of you who just want to get high and don't care that it makes it difficult for those of us who do need them to get them REMEMBER THIS if you live long enough that is after abusing drugs for so long if and when you do become injured and NEED pain meds you'll have trouble getting them because of people like you and they won't work either because you'll have built up a tollerance. | F | 38 | 1 times | 4/29/2005 | 5 | Back Pain | Constipation, difficulty urinating. Almost no withdrawls when I quit after 8 months of use. | Took for 8 months for back pain and severe sciatic nerve pain. Started with 40mg/day, up to 160mg/day 8 months later. Was also taking lortab 10's 6/day. Kept increasing as my back condition got worse. Finally had back surgery (4th back surgery by the way). After surgery, I tapered off the oxy with relatively few withdrawl effects. Without the pain I felt no more need to take it. | M | 45 | 8 months | 4/20/2005 | 2 | pain | couldn't p | M | 57 | 5 days | 4/17/2005 | 1 | for fun and to get high | sweaty,nodding off, hard to piss, don't give a shit attitude | if anyone does read this, let me tell how badly it can ruin your life in such a short amount of time. i was a 3 sport athlete at my H.S. until i started snorting OC's. since i started nothing positive came ot of my life, i would lie, cheat, steal and pawn anything for those pills. i know over 20 teens in my area that are physically dependant on OC's like i was. not only did i lose interest in sports but lost over 20 pounds and lost my muscle mass, stamina and my determination to be a someone in life besides some loser OC head. my grades went on a steady decline between 10th and 11th grade. if i couldnt get oc's in san diego then my buddies and i would take the short trip over the border to mexico. not even a year and i needed the stupid little pill everday. that was until i got caught with one at school and then got arrested a week later with an 80mg. so within 1 wk i racked up 2 felony charges for a damn pill. ever since then i've been clean, the withdrawels are horrid and i admitted myself to the hospital for a day. i am currently in an out patient rehab and trying to recapture the life i once had. so if your thinking about taking jus for fun, go ahead if you want ruin your life. | M | 17 | 8 months | 4/14/2005 | 3 | To smooth out the edges | itchy, big rebounds, irrational behavior | Well, took one oxycodone and just had a pretty good day... 3 weeks later I'm popping 7 5 mills a day and wandering through grave yards to speek to the dead... well, time to get rid of this stuff!!! | M | 25 | 4 weeks | 3/31/2005 | 3 | FMS | constipation, sweats, warm high feeling | I took Oxy for 2 yrs....started out on low dose..10mg bid...then w/in a month up to 20mg tid.....at the end of my using it i was up to 80 in the am and another 80 in the pm. I just went thru the w/d's of this medication. People who praise this drug, should understand chronic pain. It is a life long in same cases ailment. So ask yourself do you want to be dependent to this drug forever. Has your script ever run out over a long weekend...Your w/d's start? Sweating, diarrhea, hot/cold flashes...insomnia.....leg pain? Man its a bitch...I got 16 days free of them...I had 700 tablets left in the pharmacy and cancelled them. I strongly advise anyone from taking this on a prolonged daily basis...Its a bitch to come off of... | F | 30 | 2 years | 3/28/2005 | 4 | bad back | only last aprox 4.5 to 5 hours | saved my life take four 80 mg tabs per day. | M | 55 | 3 years | 3/23/2005 | 4 | FMS | None | Oxycontin has been a lifesaver for me. With it I can work full time adn paticipate in many activities. Without it I have no quality of life. | F | 45 | 2 years | 3/20/2005 | 5 | chronic migraine | No side effects after first two weeks. | After seven years of struggling with pain, suicidal pain, hospitalizations, loss of normal life, depression and every kind of treatment, OC worked immediately. I still have rare breakthrough headaches but no depression or other side effects I previously experienced. I am a normal mother and wife now. I take OC 40 twice a day and do not ever abuse this powerful med. I thank God I have this chance to be PAIN FREE. | F | 46 | 1 years | 3/1/2005 | 5 | Pudendal Nerve Entrapment - PNE | Constipation and difficulty urinating. | This drug has truly been a godsend for me and my new wife. It enables me to work and have a life. I take 60-70 mg per day and do not look forward to when I have to wean off of it. For those of you taking this drug to get high, you're idiots. | M | 50 | 4 days | 2/26/2005 | 5 | | 2/25/2005 | 5 | chronic back neck pain,fibromyalgia | none | With Oxycontin I now have a life again.I have been on different pain meds for over 20 yrs with no help until 2 years ago when I started taking Oxycontin and got my life back.It makes me sick to read how others use this med to JUST GET HIGH and could ruin it for people like myself who need it just to have somewhat of a life style again not a HIGH.As for those who claim to have these horrible problems years later after being on the med for only for a few days come on!!!!! Your worse then the ones who want to get HIGH.Maybe MONEY?? LAWSUIT? | F | 40 | 2 years | 2/22/2005 | 3 | trigem. neuralgia, sev. back pain | lethargy, weakness, slowed thinking; constipation | I've had eight back operations. I had shingles last year in my face and have permanent neurological damage. My pain level was severe and constant. The base level of ALL pain (after fifteen years of back pain) was obliterated, so it seemed as if the lethargy was worth it. Eight months later, with a tolerance built up, I do not feel it's worth it to up the dose and lethargy. I am a writer by trade and I need to think. I appreciated the respite, but I'm prepared to readjust to the pain in order to feel my life as myself again. No regrets; the medication was a Godsend. However, getting OFF the stuff isn't a piece of cake. Remember that. Weigh the pros and cons of upping your doses in light of what it will take to wean yourselves off the drug, if you are likely to be in pain for life. | F | 53 | 8 months | 2/22/2005 | 5 | Feel Good | Euphoria, Tired, Hard to Urinate, Confusion | At my high school many kids are into taking Oxy. I have a couple of friends in particular who take a very large amount of it through ingesting and snorting, and neither have admitted to addiction. I am an athlete who will most likely compete in two sports in college, and am worried about problems, but it's a good way to get away from alcohol. Haven't drank in 2 months. | M | 17 | 3 months | 2/18/2005 | 5 | for fun | nightmares, sweaty all the time, loss of appetite | have a script for OXY 80's, 3 in the morning and 2 at night is my dosage. Love to get high off of them, usually end up railing about 5-8 80's a day, sometimes smoking them too (freebase off foil). | M | 25 | 2 years | 2/13/2005 |