OXYCONTIN Reviews (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.5 (417 Ratings)

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OXYCONTIN  (OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Oxycodone belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. The higher strengths of this drug (more than 40 milligrams per tablet) should be used only if you have been regularly taking moderate to large amounts of an opioid pain medication. These strengths may cause overdose (even death) if taken by a person who has not been regularly taking opioids. Do not use the extended-release form of oxycodone to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional ("as needed") use.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR OXYCONTINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 5  chronic back pain severe euphoria and feelings of chronic detachment Oxycontin is a great medication as long as you have enough of it. You do not want to run out of Oxycontin on a rainy day. When you have it the world is a great place. I have written about it more at www,popsnuff.com M 46
160 mg 1X day
12/21/2012
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 5  Bad car accident None really, slight constipation This has been the only drug, besides Percocet that helps me with my chronic pain. M 45 3 years
60 mgs 2X day
8/31/2012
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 5  Chronic Osteoarthris Helps the pain - but not 12 hours maybe more like 6 hours. But I still only take 2 a day never more !!! F 56 6 months
30mg x 2
8/10/2012
 1  Chronic pain This drug will destroy your colon....will cause bowel issues. End of the story.... you notice it now or you notice it too late. Save your stomach M 30 2 months
10 2X day
8/7/2012
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 5  spinal damage/neck damage I was bedridden. I'm out of bed, doing simple daily things. Changed my life. Mild tiredness beginning.. 2 weeks after I was getting up. Later side effects of new formula were feeling it didn't work for a day out of 7. Like it had went straight through my system. I highly recommend for a individual needing help to move on with life with pain. F 40 6 months
20mg x3 da
7/29/2012
 4  pain from inoperable spine issues Brief period of drowsiness each time I increased dosage. Was able to stay on low doses for years and had only 2 increases. Mild constipation easily treated. This is NOT the same experience I had with oxycodone, the short acting version. Unlike the short acting version, I feel no "high", am completely lucid and able to function. This drug has allowed me to live a more normal life; without it I would be in daily agony and likely wheelchair bound. Many people confuse short acting oxycodone (fine for short term but has more side effects, including a feeling of need to increase dosage) with oxycontin. I have no need to increase the dose for years on end. (Initial increases were adjustments to get my level right). It is terribly expensive and almost impossible for disabled Medicare patients to afford once the hit the "donut hole". Misuse of this drug is a horrible disservice to those of us for whom it means a functional life. F 59 5 years
30mg 3X day
6/25/2012
 1  chronic pain Nausea, dizziness, anxiety, headache, brain "zaps", sensation of falling, leg cramps, muscle twitches F 40 3 days
40mg 2xday
6/12/2012
 1  Herniated disc,ddd, surgery These pills improved my mood and gave me energy which in turn made me not care that I still had back pain! I never once took more than prescribed dose. If anything I took less than prescribed because I didnt want to end up a drug addict....but I did anyway! I'm extremely strong willed and healthy. I'm a runner, which probably hurt my back even more running with a herniated disc but that's how determined of a person I am. These pills are impossible not to become dependant upon. Your body physically starts to need it to function! I only recommend this drug to hospice pts who are going to die while still on it. I am 4 days clean and it's been hell!!! Cold chills, sweaty, severe depression, extreme fatigue!!! I'd choose the back pain if I could go back in time! I chose to stop taking it due to successful back surgery one month ago. My dr is very careless in prescribing this drug.It's legal heroine! Avoid unless terminal! F 36 7 months
30
6/9/2012
 1  Spinal disc degeneration Update 5/24/2012: I changed the rating for this medication to 1, as I now need to use 8 Norco 10/325 MG per day for pain. I also use Kenalog-40, which helps with the inflammation caused by the damage to my spine. Oxycontin used to work great, but when the formula was changed, it effectively became useless, along with being extremely expensive. M 53 4 years
80 MG 2X day
5/24/2012
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 1  herniated scoliosis, osteoarthitis indigestion, swelling in feet and ankles,withdraw symptoms, length of time to be effective at all, The analgesia takes too long to be effective, must have rescue medications, F 47 30 days
80 3X day
5/5/2012
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 5  Had gallbladder removed Worked amazingly! Although I slept 20 of the 24 hours in a day. I was never in pain after the surgery. It did although make me very constipated(for a week) I occasionally take half of one for migraines... F 14 3 weeks
4/3/2012
 5  chainsaw injury cut lower calf left none sleep some times it works M 32 7 years
40 mg 4X day
3/16/2012
 1  No cartilage in both knees bad back Was started at lower dose but gradually stop working and had to increase to control pain now go thru withdrawals constantly Am now taking suboxone oxy is pure HELL never take it ever or you will be SORRY M 52 10 years
60mgx3day
3/15/2012
 4  severe burning pain thigh none back surgeon Dr. Nottingham took 8 hours when it was to be 4 hr to remove L2-3, L3-4 and he messed up something because could not move leg for a week in hospital. months later when feeling started to come back there was a burning horrible pain in left leg thigh. I have always had extremely high tolerance to pain meds and never had any reaction to taking cocaine. I haven't had any side effects at all and it works on the pain great. someone made a comment that they were tired of having to be the doctor and do all the investigating of everything and I totally understand because American doctors do not care at all anymore whether they can help a patient anymore. I had a classic case of sleep apnea for over 10 years and not a single doctor ordered a sleep test until I demanded it and found I have a severe case probably due to my throat being damaged from a tube being in my neck for 8 hours surgery. Nothing was in my records as to the reason my surgery took so long. F 61 7.5 years
320 mg 3X day
3/3/2012
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 5  Fibromyalgia,DDD, Arthritis As a single working mom of 2 girls with no support from anyone, this drug gave me the ability to have my life back. I could not function due to chronic pain and I could not even do the everyday things like house work, my job etc...Since being put on the med I can function to some what of a normal degree and feel like I can live again. Yes it may give some people side effects like any other med but the side effects way out the benefit in my case personally. You should not have alot of these side effects if taken porperly, eg: you only get the sweats when your with out the drug for long periods of time but if you have it when your supposed to that will not happen. The problem is people take more than they should and end up feeling like crap cause they ran out of it. Any ways I just wanted to wish everyone the best and good luck to those battling this problem... F 48 5 years
80mg 3X day
2/20/2012
 3  Harrington Rod and Fibromyalgia OP formula gives me an upset stomach, bloating and occasional headache. OC formula only made me feel normal. The new OP formula is about 70% effective of what the OC formula was. Therefore I'm in pain most of the day now and feel as though chronic pain sufferers are the only people being punished. Nothing else worked for me but the OC formula and now I have to just deal with it till someone comes up with a better solution or the old formula again. F 63 8 years
80mg 3X day
1/31/2012
 1  Fibro, Arthritis Euphoria, severe constipation, dopey feeling, nodding, extremely dilated pupils no sex drive This drug is evil! I do not know how they can even prescribe this! Taken for a year, and switched doctors and was immediatley not given any scripts (Was getting a script for the month) It turned me into a drug seeker, because I was so sick from withdrawals. They are horrible. It is the WORST feeling you will ever go through. I WOULD RATHER GIVE BIRTH 20X A WEEK THEN HAVE WITHDRAWALS. I've withdrawaled longer than a week. You get restless muscles you want to crawl out of your skin, anorexia, you get goosebumps, diarea, vommiting, hot and cold flashes, just feel like you have a flu. I would tell anybody if they have arthritis or fibro use anti inflamatorys. DO NOT USE NARCOTICS. YOU ARE IN FOR HELL IF YOU DO. I had to go to a suboxone clinic, and wean myself off. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. IT IS HELL, and if you abuse it your face starts to change after years of abuse. Not mine, but I know many people who abuse the medication and they look horrible F 29 1.5 years
10 mg 1X H
1/26/2012
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 5  neck injury Constipation, nausea M 31 8 months
40
1/21/2012
 1  Spinal cord injury Initial nausea, cloudiness, dizziness, fainting until my body was use to the drug. Then it made me feel all over fatigued and it eventually gave me an ulcer. OxyContin did not work well for the pain either. I was given 30mg three times a day. Eventually my body would go through withdrawal inbetween doses. It was awful. Then the makers of OxyContin changed the formula and within 3-5 months of the formula change this drug had given me a bleeding ulcer. The new formula did give me better pain control. I was switched to MS Contin, which is we much better drug for chronic pain control. I no longer go through withdrawal even if I fall asleep early and miss a dose. MS Contin is not as strong of a drug, but for some reason works better for me. My ulcer issues went away within a week of switching medications. F 38 3 years
30mg
1/21/2012
 3  Back pain Decreased sleep and withdrawl symptoms if missing one dose. M 30 6 days
90mg
1/15/2012

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