User Reviews for OxyContin oral

It helps somewhat but doesn't fully take care of the pain to where I can tolerate it.

I have chronic pain after a severe deep vein thrombosis and surgery which left my veins damaged and painful. I was put on oxycontin and over a year had my dose adjusted to 2x 60mg per day with 20mg of liquid oxycodone for breakthrough pain. Because I'm on blood thinners, opioid painkillers are the only option for me. This medicine does work to reduce pain, and it is easy to use in the sense that you just take a couple of pills. However, tolerance does build, or at least it did for me, and I had side effects including lethargy and dizziness. I hate the side effects and wanted to come off the medicine and see if I could get by with the pain - I feel as though my pain has become less bad, but am not sure due to the medication. The doctor said I have to come off really really slowly to avoid withdrawals. I have noticed that if I oversleep and therefore miss the usual time I take my morning OC, I feel very awful, it's a feeling I can't really describe, but it's terrible. On the one hand, this medication has enabled me to keep my job and get around for the past year, for which I am grateful, but I am scared about what it might have done to my brain in terms of physical dependence. My GP says it will take several months to wean off it, which is disappointing. I didn't realise beforehand that it could cause such bad withdrawals, I was told if you take it as prescribed you wouldn't get addicted, but they didn't qualify that you could still be physically dependent on the medication in the sense that you go through awful withdrawals without it, even if you aren't mentally addicted. So I wish I had known that before! Read More Read Less

I take the medication as prescribed. I find that I have to still take NSAIDS daily for inflammation AND headaches as I suffer from chronic neck pain and have so for over 6 years. However without the Oxycontin the neck pain is really bad!

I have been taking MS-Contin 600 mg per day for about ten years. I wanted to start decreasing the dose because I did not feel I needed these higher dosages anymore. I was down to 120 mg per day. My doctor decided to switch me to Oxycontin 30 mg three times a day. Since switching, seven days ago, I get so sleepy about 2 hours after taking it that I need to lay down. I am disabled; I cannot walk due to nerve damage in lower spine. I just do not think I should be getting so sleepy after taking this dose. I am wasting my days sleeping. I am wasting my life. I called my doctor to report this. I was advised to continue to take medicine without changes, and that I would get use to this after a few weeks. Does this sound correct to anyone else? Read More Read Less

I was prescribed Oxycontin for my Chronic Pain of almost 18yrs. My first dosage didn't adequately relieve my pain longer than 2 hours. My Dr upped the dosage to 60mg 2 pills, 2X per day. I am extremely nauseous w/ this med. I feel sick to my stomach 24/7!! I throw up almost daily.

It works for the pain, some what, better than others. I am one of those cases where the meds make me ITCH. I feel like I have little bugs biting me. I was at bingo tonight and wondered if someone there had given me lice or crabs the way I was itching. It is the meds. Checked the bad things, itching is a side effect. I also am having headaches, my eyes itch and Benadryl is not kicking the itch.

Has alot of highs and lows. Very constipating.

This drug works great. But coming off it sucks bad. IF you can avoid it avoid it!! the withdrawals suck!!!...ask for something else. I took it for back pain for over a month!! and it was terrible getting off it!!

im spinal pain try tramadol but tramadol mayself no good!

I've been on oxycontin for 8 years with also immediate release oxycodone. I have shingles and soft tissue damage. I exercise a lot I work full time and I try to keep a normal life the medication allows this because it keeps me relative pain free. I have to work hard not to increase my dose. Considering the options this is worth it.

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To "Just Me", Thank You for responding to my plea for help finding a pain management doctor. I really do appreciate you taking the time to post that information. I had almost given up what little hope I had left. I just want my life back.

To reviewer "Too much pain ..." who posted in Oct 2013, and has been having trouble finding a Pain Mgt doctor for over one year, try a referral to Dr. Mark Murphy, if you haven't already.

I have been on Oxycontin SA 80mg (2 tabs 4x a day) and Oxycontin IR 30mg (1 tab 2x a day) for breakthrough pain. I was the victim of a roadside bomb 8 years ago in April. At that time the old formulation was fantastic! Unfortunately, there are too many idiots out there that forced the creation of a Tamper proof tablet stamped with the OP instead of the OC. Rather than prosecuting and throwing the doctors and addicts that were knowingly using Oxy for recreational purposes in jail, the changed the formula that has been a nightmare for me! I have constant headaches, urinary problems and many others to numerous to mention. Now with the FDA approval of Zohydro ER, perhaps there is a chance of swapping over to a medication without paraffin and other ingredients in it that are doing who knows what to our bodies. All I ask is to keep your medication secure and away from anyone that could be abusing it. I know times are VERY hard, but DO NOT sell any of your medication to make a few extra bucks! You are only hurting those of us and even yourself from having even stricter regulations on a medication that some of use NEED to get through a normal day. It's the only medication that works for me, although I am going to discuss trying the Zohydro ER with my doctor during my next visit. We need to stick together to keep from looking for other methods of pain management that are illegal and you don't have a clue what you are taking. I wish everyone Good Luck so perhaps one day none of us will ever have to take these powerful but necessary medications just to live life normally. Cheers!!! Read More Read Less

I have been on Oxycontin SA 80mg (2 tabs 4x a day) and Oxycontin IR 30mg (1 tab 2x a day) for breakthrough pain. I was the victim of a roadside bomb 8 years ago in April. At that time the old formulation was fantastic! Unfortunately, there are too many idiots out there that forced the creation of a Tamper proof tablet stamped with the OP instead of the OC. Rather than prosecuting and throwing the doctors and addicts that were knowingly using Oxy for recreational purposes in jail, the changed the formula that has been a nightmare for me! I have constant headaches, urinary problems and many others to numerous to mention. Now with the FDA approval of Zohydro ER, perhaps there is a chance of swapping over to a medication without paraffin and other ingredients in it that are doing who knows what to our bodies. All I ask is to keep your medication secure and away from anyone that could be abusing it. I know times are VERY hard, but DO NOT sell any of your medication to make a few extra bucks! You are only hurting those of us and even yourself from having even stricter regulations on a medication that some of use NEED to get through a normal day. It's the only medication that works for me, although I am going to discuss trying the Zohydro ER with my doctor during my next visit. We need to stick together to keep from looking for other methods of pain management that are illegal and you don't have a clue what you are taking. I wish everyone Good Luck so perhaps one day none of us will ever have to take these powerful but necessary medications just to live life normally. Cheers!!!Read More Read Less

The old Oxycontin with the OC printed on the side used to work fantastic! Now with the new tamperproof formula, I get terrible headaches and a lot less pain relief. To all those who use this as a way to get high or abuse it in any way, STAY AWAY FROM OUR MEDICATIONS! How are we supposed to have any type of life worth living if you idiots make it impossible for us to get the medication we need. If you want to kill yourself then find another way!