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Oxycontin is a powerful controlled-release pain reliever.
It is an opioid agonist and a schedule II controlled substance that is subject to abuse.
Oxycontin tablets are only to be swallowed. If they are taken broken, crushed, or chewed, they become rapid- rather than controlled-release, and the dose may be fatal.
Full prescribing information is available at:
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=3253
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Oxycontin is a very powerful drug prescribed by my pain management doctor.
Oxycodone is simply not as effective. Even increasing the dosage did not help. Chronic pain is not easy to live with but the money that is saved by using a generic is simply not worth it. My physician now writes DAW to insure that I get effective medication. I am not alone in believing this. The waiting room at the doctor's is full of people who have the same complaint.
The medicine works well (very) if you're not allergic to it, but if you are like I am you will bleed out of your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth and have to be rushed back to the emergency room.
My husband was prescribed oxycodone several years ago for chronic pain. The prescription has been filled with Endocet at our local pharmacy. When the prescription is filled with generic oxycodone at the healthcare facility (we are members of an HMO), the pain is worse and he says he does not feel "right." I think it is making him light-headed and upsets his stomach.
He is concerned about liver damage and addiction, but he rarely takes a whole pill a day. The dosage is 5/325mg. Most days he cuts the tablets in halves or quarters and takes them as needed. The prescription is for 1 to 2 tablets every 4 to 6 hours.