I became addicted to oxycontin, having began on endone (5mg
oxycodone instant release) 1 per day, and progressed within the space of three years to 6 x 80mg
oxycodone, taken not for pain anymore, but because I had developed a tolerance, and an addiction, to which it seemed there was no ceiling dose!! Scary!!! I knew I needed help, and eventually turned myself over to a detox clinic for outpatient treatment. The treatment was delivered with the mantra: SLOWLY DOES IT!!