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While I was in the hospital these past couple of days, they started me on Oxycontin 40mg sustained release tablet. I've previously been taking percocets and I'm finding that, the longer I take them, the less of an effect they have on me, which I understand is totally normal. At the hospital, they were giving me the 40mg tablet every 6 hours and I literally felt in a constant daze - which was fine, when I was confined to a hospital bed!

It has been 6 days now that I have not taken anything except Advil for pain (seems I have a constant headache), and I think I'm getting back to normal. My question is this: was I actually addicted or was this just a "bad habit". I don't actually "crave" the drug (I know I can't get my hands on any anymore so I don't really think about it). The most I took was about 80mg daily for about one week. I have not told my doctor about what I have been doing.

Yes hello. I quit taking oxycontin cold turkey about 2wks ago. I also did a detox diet for seven days. I drank lemon water and ate brown rice chard and beets for seven days. I was taking 80mg of oxy for about 2mos so not too much. I didn't have any withdrawal symptoms except for insomnia. I haven't been able to sleep in two weeks. I thought it was becuase of the withdrawals so last night I took some percocets to try and go to sleep this didn't help at all.

I was a recluse on pills, but now that I'm off of them I'm much more active and while I really have no movement in my right arm because it basically screwed down to my side it feels so much better. I take two Advil every morning and that gets me through the pain that I recieve from my shoulder. I hope this makes sense. Maybe I'm just different from most people, but I can truly say coming off of pills has greatly reduced the amount of pain that I feel.

hello, i am new and i am trying to come off of oxycontin.i was taking loratab and got to where i had to take so many that i started taking oxycontin .i have been taking oxycontin for about atleast six months.i have a husband and two children. my husband has never took meds in his life.he wont even take advil unless he is hurting bad.i feel very guilty because i take all of our extra money to support my habit.i got off of tabs cold turkey before and it was hell.

About three yrs ago I tore the miniscus in my right knee and was prescribed 750 mg vicodens they hardely helped with the pain and my doctor moved my script to 40 mg oxycontin which helped greatly. I was taking my meds as directed at first but soon went through my monthly script in 10-14 days.I was buying 80's from a work friend and after my surgery was well into the thrawls of addiction. The withdrawels were hell but I made it through cold turkey .Now I've started again.

Hi, Im 16 years old and i'm an oxycontin addict. ive been using oxy's for about 4 months almost every day insufflating about 20-40mg's a day. recently ive decided to quit for personal reasons, its my 2nd day off of them now and ive been experiencing pretty severe depression, anti socialness, tiredness, and anxiety. how long do u predict it will take for the depression and anxiety to go away based on the frequency and dosage of my abuse?

I wont bore you with my story but been on and off pain meds for 4 years and now i want to get completly off. My most recent battle is with oxycontin for the last month were I was taking 150mg a day and was afraid to sleep in the fear I wouldnt wake up. I need some advice on getting off this ****. Im down to 40mg today and plan to go to to 20 on tuesday and wed. 10mg thu and friday 5mg sat - mon and then all the pills are gone. What should i expect?

Once I have recovered I will be sure to return the favor. First off, I am 27, my name is Joseph and I am addicted to Oxycontin and Oxycodone and am about to cold turkey detox. Currently I am taking (and chewing) approx. 200mg of Oxycontin/Oxycodone a day. I have been on this regiment for about 2 years now. Today is May 27th (Wednsday). Tomorrow will be my first day sobber (Thursday). I am going to do this at my friends house for 7 days. He is a nurse and has off for this period of time.

My name is David and I'm addicted to oxycontin and withdrawing as I type this. Ive been abusing them for about a year by snorting them. It all started when a friend wanted me to try them. Ever since then I have been buying them off the streets and getting high nearly every day. I was recently laid off from my job so I knew I had to quit but I had NO idea the withdrawals would be this bad! I've never been addicted to a drug and never thought I would be. This is day two and my whole body aches..

It will let up soon. I too have had a couple rounds with the lyrica as well..In 3 maybe 4 days you "will" notice some good coming back. I'm just over 3 months away from a 300mg plus oxycontin dependency..It did a taper down quite a bit ahead of time but where your at now is very similar to where I was at. Just let the healing take place. Try not to focus on "when will it stop". And read down a few posts.

It took the doctors 2 years to figure out that it was my kidney that was causing all my pain, during these 2 years I was sent to a pain specialist that did multiple spinal nerve blocks and nerve burnings which none worked. I was put on Oxycontin 20mg 2 times daily. The pain was getting worse and worse because the kidney was free floating in the abdomen and the urinary lines were being pulled on I was moved up to 80mg of oxycontin 3 times daily.

After 3 days of waking up in pretty servere pain and realizing that I wanted less Tylenol and something that would get me through the night for pain managment, my doctor prescribed Oxycontin (10mg, time release) as a baseline and then Percocet 10mg/325mg for when I needed a pulse of relief. For the next 2-3 weeks I was taking 1 Oxy during the day, 2 Oxy's at night and then about 2-3 Percocets total (taken in half increments) for a total daily intake of about 60mg of hydrocodone.

Are you taking oxycontin or oxycodone? If you are taking oxycontin, PLEASE DO NOT CUT THE PILLS INTO PIECES! I think it must be oxycontin you are taking, since oxycodone doesn't come in 20mg pills, it comes in 5, 15 and 30mg. Oxycontin and oxycodone are the same drug, but the oxycontin is the time-released version. If you break those pills, or even if the coating on one is chipped, it's dangerous to take them because you will overdose yourself.

Try some OTC pain meds like Mortuin, Aleve, or Advil for the pain...you can take up to 800 mg. 3x day for a short while......keep posting...it helps to occupy your mind w/ something else if you can....

I took my last dose of OxyContin almost 10 days ago. I was prescribed it for Extreem back and neck pain due to an MVA. I started out 80mg 2x day. Then went to 60mg 2x a day. Then the last time I saw my doc I told him to decrease again to 40mg 2x A day. Well stupid me went through the percsription WAY TOO FAST. I went through a months worth in TWO WEEKS! I was in so much pain at the time I did not care about the consequenses. Anyway......

Today is day one off oxycontin. I was snorting about 5 80's a day. I want to stop so badly. It is painful to type this right now but my body hurts so bad, my eyes are so watery, my legs wont stop twitching, i am sweating and so hot and then freezing cold the next second. My stomach hurts so bad I think I might throw up at any second. But I want to get through this so badly.

I have been taking Oxycontin for probably the last 4 weeks anywhere from 80-160 mg a day, and in the past week I have probably ingested 400 mcg of fyntnal. Ya I know what an idiot. I want to lead a normal life, I'm hurting so many people. I've kicked a hydro habit of about 20 norcos 10mgs a day in the past and it was tough, the most brutal WD symptoms were the cold sweats, waking up having to change my shirt and sheets.

As far as other side effects, well of course there is the liver which you mentioned and the kidneys. Thankfully there isn't tylenol in the oxycontin, but the tylenol with percs is surely compromising these organs' well being. My very good friend, a percocet abuser, just got off a dialysis machine 2 days ago, for failed liver and kidney function. He is an otherwise healthy 32 year old man. Then there are changes that occur to the brain, that in many cases can be permanent.

Maybe a dumb question? Ive always used oxycontin which doesnt have advil/tylenol, but I am curious all the people on here that say they take anywhere up to 30 vicodin/perc/lortab/norco pills a day, how do they not OD on advil? Isnt that like over a few thoursand mg's?

I stopped cold turkey taking 40mg of oxycontin twice a day and 15mg oxycodone 4 times a day. The first 2 days weren't all that fun but now I'm totally over it. Why is it not dragging out for 2 weeks for me? I admit I just took as prescribed but I did that for over a year. The pain is now *WOW* I sleep very fitfully from pain but I think I'll get better at that. How come for me it was over so easily? Is there something different if you abuse?

I went to my GP complaning of no sense of smell, saw a surgeon and surgery was reccomended, I was given a prescription for Prednisone, a steriod, this gave me some sense of smell, and here's the but, I had the operation and still could not smell, so more Prednisone, well the upshot is that the steriods have caused me Osteo=Necrosis, this is when the heads of the long bones die, so have now had core decompression on one hip and the other totally replaced. Oxycontin.

Finally about a year ago went and got every test possible for gal bladder, liver, upper/lower gi, heart angiograms (I've had 6 with 9 stents, and pain is like angina but my Heart Dr says I'm clear now ONLY 40% closed, but no blockages. Anyway my General Practicioner Dr put me on Oxycontin thinking it better than taking Advil, Asprin, Tylonal in large amounts. Started 20mg 2xday Nov 2008, 2mos went to 40mg 2xday, 2mos 60mg 2xday, and for the last 3 months 80mg 2xday.

I am obsessing over using the oxycontin that I was prescribed for a chronic pain sydrome. You see, I am in constant agonizing pain and was told that I would get pain relief from sub. I am not at all. I want off of this drug. The thought of just taking oxy to rid my pain is overwhelming me. I can't sleep, hardly eat and on top of this the sub gives me bad stomach bloating and constipation. If I go back to using the oxy, I risk a real possibilty of losing my job.

I've used Oxycontin for the past 10yrs to help with pain but in the last couple of years I had to give up my job as a mechanic (on disability now), been through a divorce, lost my house and don't see my kids as often as I would like along with many other life problems which caused me to over-use and abuse the Oxy's to the point where I now take about 7-8 40mg pills a day, crushing every one of them which at one time eased my life but now I've realised that I should'nt have done it.

I went on a trip to a remote house boat with freinds and discovered what WD really are. I'd been using oOxycontin up to 300 mg a day for about 2 years and while on the trip i thought it would be ok to break my 40 mg pills into 4ths and take them because i was running out with no chance of refill before the trip. The WD started and the whole 4ths of a pill thing was out the window.

So - my wife says you all may be able to help me. Been trying to get off oxycontin - today is 14th day. Can't sleep - *****. Started drinking a bit this weekend. Hate that b/c I don't really drink. Been taking extra vitamins - tried a few sleeping pills. All ***** - no help.

I just found out last week that my fiance has been snorting oxycontin for the last 8-9 months. I found out because he was lying and I accused him of having an affair with a coworker. She told me the truth that they were not sleeping together, but were snorting oxycontins a few times a month. After he was "caught" he told me that he would do it sometimes 3 times a day, but would detox for a week or so.

put me on 2 80mg of oxycontin per day, and 1 10/500 of lortab every 4-6hrs. as needed for breakthrough pain. In the five that have gone by, I've stayed on only taking 2 of the oxy's per day, but have escalated up to 10-15 lortabs per day! About 2 weeks ago, i decided this was crazy, i'm killing myself! So I cut back on lortabs and now i'm taking about 8 per day. My question is #1 i have no insurance, so who would help me? #2 How bad is this affecting my body ( liver, etc.)?

I have the same attributes. I have been taking oxycontin for disc bulg for the last month because of the worst chronic pain I have ever felt. I stoped taking the pills the day my back started feeling better. After weening for 3 days, I have been clean for about 3 or 4 , . My body is so weak, I can not sleep, and am so irrateable. How much longer will this last and what can I do without taking drugs to get my life back?

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