- Question about Oxy..?? 9th July 2006
... here goes:
I've seen so many people talk about oxycontin actually being heroin, and on these boards is the ... first mention I've ever heard of this.
Is oxycontin actually heroin, or is is comparable to heroin in ... easily addictive? Or, is the chemical make up of oxycontin the same as heroin?
Please don't think I'm really...
... dunno. But both ER doc and my reg dr. said oxycodone, oxycontin , both heroin. When my mom asked the doc at the ER...
... Oxycontin taken as pill form is not herion! Herion is somewhat...
- Pain & Oc's 9th July 2006
... seeing a pain management doctor for this? I know that oxycontin has left a lot of people with a bad taste in their...
- ((Help Again)) quick question... 9th July 2006
... last time he had an oxy? Doesnt matter oxycodone, oxycontin , they are both heroin. Pure opiates....
- addiction to pain killers 5th July 2006
... a year, a decade.
You mention taking a 10mg. Oxycontin but then said you are taking your Fathers 80mg. Oxycontin ... other addict, you will soon be taking 'a few' of his Oxycontin s. I'm assuming he gets them Rx'd because he is having...
... to 30mg. Was taking 90mg a day. Both oxycodone and oxycontin are heroin in a pill. And when you get off them you...
- In denial about addiction... 3rd July 2006
... prescribed just for the high. I didn't like percocets, oxycontin , or hydromorphone so I took them all back and always...
- Is there such a thing as a professional heroin addict? 1st July 2006
... looking for any glimmer of hope. I mean, he has been an oxycontin drug zombie since just about the time he turned 16...
- Son is home after 8 months and ex-girl is back 30th June 2006
... don't. My son has been clean from a huge heroin and oxycontin addiction for 17 months. The last 8 months he was...
- Hey everyone! Im Ok!! 30th June 2006
... The oxycodone are apparently every bit as bad as oxycontin , and I had a major habit going. About 90mg a day....
... how well put. Did your feet hurt too? It's bizarre. Oxycontin , Oxycodone, same thing. I think there needs to be...
- daughter slipping,help 29th June 2006
... I remember correctly, your daughter is addicted to oxycontin . What I can tell you is this is such a powerful drug...
- I just need a friend 23rd June 2006
... and accomplishment under my belt.. Yes, I kicked oxycontin ..... but did I?????
So, again......... I thank...
- Why do they do it? 21st June 2006
... still struggling with my teen-age son`s addiction to oxycontin . I never did drugs and cannot understand why this ... being in high school, we found out that he was using oxycontin . Before he was sixteen he was a full-fledged addict ... can`t understand it at all. Part of the problem is oxycontin . It is rampant in our schools. I don`t know how...
... diving head first into heavy-duty addictions like oxycontin . Kids come over in droves all doped up looking for ... come from? I know that my son`s crowd is mostly into oxycontin . They get started because it comes from doctors and ... there must be an open door pharmacy somewhere handing oxycontin out in bulk. The same thing is happening around the ... the FDA enforce the production and distribution of oxycontin ? If they do, somebody is seriously sleeping at the...
... kids. My son has/had a $120+ per day addiction to oxycontin . I am sure he got/gets most of his money from selling...
... a needle in their arm when I was 15.
However, oxycontin was very clearly the doorway drug for my son. He...
- Why Methadone? 20th June 2006
... My son has been addicted to opiates ( oxycontin ) since he was about fifteen. Now he is nineteen. ... of his young life nurturing a grizzly addiction to oxycontin and, of course, heroin - both which he injects.
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... that they want to get clean. The problem is that Oxycontin and other opiates are so powerfully addictive. Oxy...
... second day.I was also snorting approx. 240-320mg of oxycontin a day.I was sliding fast to a place of no return.Like...
... My son has been addicted to opiates ( oxycontin ) since he was about fifteen. Now he is nineteen. ... of his young life nurturing a grizzly addiction to oxycontin and, of course, heroin - both which he injects.
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- Beginning Subutex 14th June 2006
... When I first found Buprenex I was fed up with taking oxycontin everyday, I was fed up with addiction in general....
- have drugs made me dumb? 9th June 2006
... but mainly marijuana.
My son was/is addicted to oxycontin and other opiates. He was clean for several months ...
I do not know how marijuana affects memory, but oxycontin and opiate use certainly can wipe out a lot of memory...
- So I quit smoking weed yesterday. 8th June 2006
... just stick through it, just be glad its nothing like oxycontin or heroin... now thats some major depression there...
- Off anti-depressants, cant feel illegal drugs 6th June 2006
... depressants for awhile, and at the time i was using OXYCONTIN , and weed, and would get pretty high, well now im...
... depressants for awhile, and at the time i was using OXYCONTIN , and weed, and would get pretty high, well now im...
... depressants for awhile, and at the time i was using OXYCONTIN , and weed, and would get pretty high, well now im...
- Friend with Vicodin addiction, how can I help? 1st June 2006
... way, you might be interested to know that heroin and oxycontin ARE opiates. In fact, heroin and oxy are very nearly...
- bumping oxycontin 31st May 2006
... Joeyallin - great description of how oxycontin addiction creeps up on you and then takes over. It...
- i am very desperate does anyone know where i can get daugher help 30th May 2006
... And Will Take Anything I Think,her Drug Of Choice Is Oxycontin And Vics.my Daughter Had Been In A 5 Day Detox Program...
- Working on day 36 29th May 2006
... in the world when I found someone who would sell me oxycontin 40 mg. tabs for $10 each! And where did all the money...
- Last Dose Taken on June 17, 2005 27th May 2006
... about three years (Vicodin at first, then sniffing Oxycontin , then Suboxone maintenence at 8 mg per day) every...
- 22 y/o, chronic pain, but now I'm addicted...help! 18th May 2006
... right now. This is day 2 of withdrawals coming off of oxycontin /oxycodone. I don't know what to do anymore because ... codeine, Lorcet, vicodin, Fentanyl patch and finally Oxycontin . I've been on oxy for about a year and a half now ... pain rehab programs, chiro, epidurals, etc. but the oxycontin is the only thing that gives me some sort of a life...
... and it is a serious drug, but no more serious than oxycontin . At least you can stabilize w/o pain on meth. :) ...
- Day 23 Cold Turkey-Oxycontin 17th May 2006
... years, then started on pain meds.
I ended up at 480mg Oxycontin , & 480mg Roxycontin for breakthrough pain.
I started...
- day 3 no pain killers 16th May 2006
...
You want to know something? When I was abusing Oxycontin after it would wear off my whole body would hurt when...
- Another Victory, and Happy Moms Day! 15th May 2006
... So I leaned. She says, "I can get you 80mg oxys ( oxycontin ) for $30 apiece!"
"I'm done with those; I'm doing...
- The Methadone Clinic I've Been Going To 11th May 2006
... know, kind of treatment. I was snorting 320mgs of oxycontin a day (and more if I could get it, of course; some...
... methadone long enough to break the habits of using oxycontin (they say about a year, average) then I'll begin to ... won't be the end of the world. Having a 320mg/daily oxycontin habit, now THAT was the end of the world!
You ... that within like two years of watching that show, oxycontin addiction had me on my knees, just praying "a place...
... that within like two years of watching that show, oxycontin addiction had me on my knees, just praying "a place...
... feel like we have something in common as my DOC was oxycontin and I was right there where you were on snorting approx...
- Need some expertise! 8th May 2006
... narcotics. By the end of treatment I was taking 40 mg of oxycontin every 4 hrs. and 10 mg oxycodone every 3-4 hours....
- Please help with advice ~ want to get off meds soooooon!! 7th May 2006
... much is mental. The doctor wanted to switch me to OxyContin because of the "roller coaster" effect of the short...
- OxyContin Claims another Victim 4th May 2006
... was in nonstop pain and in her case I thank god for oxycontin , it took her pain to a level to a point which she ... hearing that another person died from drug abuse. Oxycontin is a drug which brings life back to many people who ... need. I know in my case, my friend who past away with oxycontin also was drinking, smoking alittle pot and doing ... they can.I know most drug abuser don't start with oxycontin and the title RE: Oxycontin Claims another victim ... Jerk for writen this but I have seen a good side of oxycontin when not abused.Missy you and your friend are in my...
- OxyContin and Suicidal Thinking 3rd May 2006
... is about oxy, but I cannot ignore the link between oxycontin and thoughts of suicide.
My brother did in fact ... take a shotgun and "end it all" because of his oxycontin addiction. He was - I know everybody says this, but...
- Hydro habit - STOPPING, Please help/read/post. W/D info 1st May 2006
... plan ahead like everyone says. I quit my 200+mg/day OxyContin habit Cold Turkey...after 2 days of agony I used some ... days use). I have been addicted to major amounts of OxyContin for 2 years. I have 3 weeks clean under my belt and ... capable of feeling and achieving things on my own. OxyContin and other opiates take away that confidence and trick...
- how do you know? 29th April 2006
... friendships were non-existent because my best friend was OxyContin . I was mean to my parents when I was sober(or in withdrawal ... Will I ever be able to "recreationally" snort an OxyContin ever again? Never.
Missy...
- Here we go again 28th April 2006
... Unfortunately a few months later my son got more oxycontin from a doctor. That was a few years ago, now he has...
- Hydrocodone and Itching 27th April 2006
... soooo itchy. I remember when I would take alot of Oxycontin at night I would lay down and always have to scratch...
- I See Clearly Now! 27th April 2006
... cold turkey...ANYONE can do it! My life was run by OxyContin for almost 2 years. It controlled every aspect of...
... financial...and I know better. Theree is not life with Oxycontin for me. Only a slow death.
Missy...
- When Will This Cloud Lift? 20th April 2006
... and now I have to find a substitute. Terrible, this Oxycontin !
Missy...
... for it. Of course, it was my own decision to try Oxycontin . I was not prescribed it. It became my sick obsession...
- Probably one of the last people you'd expect :-) 17th April 2006
... alas, here I am. I have taken and stolen Norco and Oxycontin from my husband (who really needs them) and the lying...
... this board). I quit cold turkey from a 1000mg a day oxycontin habit and IT WAS HORRIBLE. I will not sugar-coat...
- 1 week no OXYCONTIN CT 7th April 2006
... been through(and I've been through withdrawal of an oxycontin habit of 560mg/day cold turkey).
Ashamed N Scared...
- husband on suboxone- is heroin use still possible? 6th April 2006
... it religiously until Oct05. Then he relapsed but on oxycontin . I have to literally make sure he goes to his monthly...
- Vicodin-Husband 4th April 2006
... morphine) or even the patch (fentanyl).I'm not big on oxycontin because of the abuse that can come with it and he...
- tough love? or softly softly? 30th March 2006
... few months and then found a doctor to give him more oxycontin . After that I found his heroin and he detoxed again...
- You give me hope! 30th March 2006
... remember at the time I started taking morphine and or oxycontin , I thought what a great thing, not only is morphine...
- Daughter totally unstable....help with plan 24th March 2006
... t graduated to heroin. He was doing high doses of oxycontin , sometimes 3 or 4 --80's a day. He was getting them ... doses of xanax, klonopin and took over prescribing him oxycontin . She started to wean him off of oxycontin and that...
- Please Help Husband is dependant/addicted? to Oxy 21st March 2006
... supposed to. He is VERY addicted to primarily the Oxycontin and the Methadone. High doses of these drugs will...
- Oxycontin Addiction Question 18th March 2006
... Venture With And Just Found Out That He Has Been Taking Oxycontin For Back And Neck Pain Due To An Auto Accident For ... That He Had Been Sick Since He Has Stopped Taking The Oxycontin 1 Week Ago.
I'd Like To Know From People With ... Knowledge About This If A Person Taking Amounts Of Oxycontin That Would Put A Horse Out For A Month Can Just Quit...
... lie? What kind of life does he lead? Other than oxycontin have you ever had a problem with him?
I will tell ... you this if he was on oxycontin for a few years one week isn't enough. It would take ... black market.
All I know is if someone is hooked on oxycontin they will spend every penny they have to get more...
- Life after opiates: 8 months later 12th March 2006
... from an 800-1000mg a day habit on pain pills (mostly oxycontin , but any form of opiate worked well for me).
I certainly...
... from an 800-1000mg a day habit on pain pills (mostly oxycontin , but any form of opiate worked well for me).
I certainly...
- How Much Longer W/D Symptom Last? 9th March 2006
... My son is on 130 mgs of methadone (2 1/2 yrs.) from oxycontin addiction. He's wanting off and it's too hard for...
- Help ME! 8th March 2006
... kwears - 25yr recovering opiate ( OXYCONTIN ) addict. 35 days clean today.
I'm frm AR...
- Worried About Amount Of Oxys Daughter Taking 8th March 2006
... obvious. Drugs are not cheap, and on the average, oxycontin goes anywhere from fifty cents a milligram, to a dollar ... a milligram. So historically, people who use oxycontin , and who no longer can afford it's high, will turn...
- Not sure what to do 4th March 2006
... you are waking up with WDs. From what i read online OxyContin is a timed release formulation with a half life of...
... bad car accident, then had to detox off two years of OxyContin . She got her doctor to dispense suboxone and after...
- Fentanyl Patch for Withdrawal? 2nd March 2006
... anywhere strong enough to help with these terrible oxycontin withdrawal symptoms?
I'm about to give up on giving ... up oxycontin ... I've lost everything to it yet the symptoms upon ... enough so that I can go to work while getting off the oxycontin , anyone know?
Thanks so much for any advice you can...
... next day.
In trying to get my doctor to give me oxycontin , I told him the percocet (three a day) and Soma (two ... lasting long enough. He said he no longer prescribes oxycontin because too many folks abuse it, and he gave me this ... when I'm detoxing. Last month I deduced that from oxycontin I derive (a) energy and (b) a buzz. So I got some...
... 50. it would still only be as costly as one day's oxycontin money! And our insurance (TVA) is very good and will ... neighborhood, but not there, not yet.) Withdrawing from oxycontin is getting an invitation to hell, the only bright...
... tapered once it's successfully gotten me away from oxycontin . And I'd be saving $300. a week, just in cash (tips ... like I was before my brother died... and best of all oxycontin won't have taken the life of my parents only living...
... s the kicker:
I HAVEN'T HAD SO MUCH AS A CRUMB OF OXYCONTIN IN OVER 48 HOURS.
I've had 40mg methadone daily the...
... I do feel a personal victory in that I haven't had oxycontin in over five days, I know that the way I'm doing it ... I must go on with that knowledge. Putting an 80mg oxycontin up my nose and driving down to see his ashes used...
... I do feel a personal victory in that I haven't had oxycontin in over five days, I know that the way I'm doing it ... I must go on with that knowledge. Putting an 80mg oxycontin up my nose and driving down to see his ashes used...
... I hope the methadone will get me off this terrible oxycontin for good. And then I'll work on the taper from that...
... to do for that is to get through it without putting oxycontin up my nose. (Wow, doesn't that make it sound so simple ... , they don't realize that when I lost him I found oxycontin . I'd say I was addicted in better than two weeks...
- Ultram addiction 2nd March 2006
... come off of than some other narcotics like Vicodin or OxyContin . I don't care about a law suit...somebody just needs...
- how can i help my son 27th February 2006
... friends told my daughter he is taking percocet and oxycontin about 4 times a week.He goes to school for pharmacy...
... son to get clean, which he has been for a year. When oxycontin got too expensive he turned to heroin which is cheaper...
- Rapid/Ultra-Rapid Detox -- Info? 20th February 2006
... and nurses. It gave me my life back after being on Oxycontin for four years and also unable to taper off of Suboxone...
- In remission. Off Evil Oxy X3 days 19th February 2006
... :) I was diagnosed with MCTD. Been On OXycontin X 7 years. In remission. Off all drugs for MCTD. Was...
... me high and felt like I was a slug with no brain. Oxycontin was the only pill that did not have that effect on ... weight. I am only 105 pounds. So I went up on the Oxycontin 10 mg so I could take care of all of his needs and ... help with pain.
I began having problems on the Oxycontin in the a.m. It made my head feel strange. Not high...
- Please help me! 15th February 2006
... welll im a recovering addict of oxycontin , and oxy's are basicly 'the hill billy heroin' as...
- Are You An Alcoholic? Please Read: 15th February 2006
... that F......g cycle..... I have been clean off of oxycontin for going on 10 months!!!!!!!!!!! :) I have had...
... that F......g cycle..... I have been clean off of oxycontin for going on 10 months!!!!!!!!!!! :) I have had...
- 19/M ONE WEEK CLEAN OF OXY's, on zyprexa .. 14th February 2006
... welll, i finally did it, im clean and off of oxycontin . its been a week, each day gets better, cravings come...
- Recovering from oxy, started zyprexa 10th February 2006
... I am in recovery from oxycontin , 19/male. im attending sheppart pratt 4 days a week...
- Been On Norco For 2 Years-need Off 8th February 2006
... brother had gone cold turkey years ago. He was on oxycontin , vikes, everything and his kidneys actually shut down...
- Almost Eight Months Clean 7th February 2006
... Play music
9. Gamble (hey, it's better than sniffing oxycontin .)...
- My Story 6th February 2006
... arent working for you, there is this great drug called Oxycontin " So, That started with 10's 3 times a day, then EVERY...
- Need advice please......... 6th February 2006
... exactly what you feel like, i am a recovering addict of OXYCONTIN ... and every morning it took me hours just to get ... b/c hydros are a lot easier to taper off of then oxycontin , esp. with your small dose. your lucky that your only ... small dose compared to me, i would take 100-200 mg of oxycontin daily and was miserable everymorning or whenever i...
- drug addiction + suicide 4th February 2006
... anyways, im a recovering 19 year old male addict of oxycontin , and its hard, but u gotta take it day by day, when...
- Oxy withdrawl - used Hydros - They make me a different person. 3rd February 2006
... problem....sigh..... Good job on getting off the oxycontin ! It sounds like you won't have much of a desire to...
- 25yr old addicted to opiates 2nd February 2006
... any or all of the following to reach this dosage: oxycontin , Endocet, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone. I know now that...
... slipperyslope - I usually was prescribed 80mg oxycontin 2x a day and something for breakthrough pain (oxycodone ... oxycotin for the month, I would crush up 2 - 80mg oxycontin and 4 -10mg tablets of the above for breakthrough ... medication (in some cases she would even give me more oxycontin , but only 40mg tablets) until my next appointment...
... Hi Christy I have never taken Oxycontin so I didn't remember that it comes in higher milligrams...
... completley, i am 19 year old recovering addict of oxycontin , and its a horrible disease.. it just never ends,...
- Scared 2nd February 2006
... produce the most painless w/d....
cold turkey off of oxycontin is no joke, i swore i was gonna die, or was wishing...
- Nomoreocboy 2nd February 2006
... products that say they offer w/d relief. i was on oxycontin and now i can say that im 16 days clean after a year...
- Sad reminder 1st February 2006
... my next door neighbor.He past away last week due to oxycontin overdose.It really does happen.He was 22.I am hoping...
- Whats wrong with me????????? 30th January 2006
... this sounds just like me... im 19/m and addicted to oxycontin .. i tried 4 or more times to just stop, or taper with...
- My mom is in Rehab 29th January 2006
... pieces. My mom is 55 years old and in rehab for OXYCONTIN . She has lived with chronic back pain for [/FONT...
... pills!!!! She said that the second he said what about Oxycontin ? that it scared her but thought that because he's...
- CT tomorrow from Oxy's?????????????? 29th January 2006
... and of course the time release and widely abused Oxycontin . To be able tell you more I would have to know your...
... and of course the time release and widely abused Oxycontin . To be able tell you more I would have to know your...
- Help-day 2 sober after YEARS of 20+norcos a day 24th January 2006
... anything. I called my brother who cold turkey'd off of oxycontin last year or so (who was a complete a-hole at first...
- i know we made right decision 18th January 2006
... let him live at home while he was using 320 mg of Oxycontin a day and snorting 10 bags of heroin a day. I even...
- Senior needs help 14th January 2006
... bottles of pharmaceutical drugs get my eye: stuff like oxycontin , etc. I keep hoping something's going to get thrown...
... your desk and ask "Hey, before we just throw these oxycontin s out, Scot...do you happen to have any use for them ... never took them in excess...and until the dreaded oxycontin entered my life....pain pills were just "a part of ... some point--for me it was the availability of the oxycontin s--we realize that we DON'T have control any longer...
