Oxycontin overdose

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Avatar m tn I need answers!, i swallowed 56 x 10mg oxycontin, 56 x 20mg oxycontin, 84 x 30mg clonazepam, and roughly 60 x 30mg duloxetine, this was on aug 13th 2010.....i'm still here...wtf !....how can my body deal with such a high amount of drugs......my doc seems to think they stuck in my gullet and did not get absorbed........this is an insult to my intelligence !.......can you please provide answers please.
356518 tn?1322263642 t stop taking medications on the list without first talking to their doctors, the FDA advises. Among the drugs included on the list are Oxycontin (concerns: potential misuse, abuse, and overdose), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers (cancers in young adults and children), Cymbalta (urinary retention), and Heparin (anaphylactic-type reactions).
Avatar f tn some would argue that as hydro is their doc...and oxycontin has no tyelonol///pers do...so oxycontin can be abused more easily..ie snorting and shooting...neither r a picnic to get off of...at 12 days u have a good bit of clean time...what were the reasons u quit 12 days ago??? they havent changed and it will take some time for ur brain to heal..u r possibly depressed and using to avoid the doomer feelings u r having...can u hang tight?
Avatar f tn Does anyone know if an overdose of oxcotin can cause kidneys to start shutting down? My mother who is elderly and very small and frail was given oxycotin for severe pain for gout. She slept for 4 days straight and they couldn't wake her up in those 4 days. Now, we\re told her kidneys are starting to shut down. We know she was given too much oxycotin as we heard one of the doctors in the ER mention the amount she was given.
Avatar f tn I was reading up the effects of crushing up the oxys and it read that doin so would or could result in an overdose.. i am in the process of tapering off... i was just woundering just for peice of mind what the dose would have to be to actually overdose... i am currently on 120mgs a day and dropping.. i am scared a night sometimes to fall asleep do to respitorie depression.. thanks any feedback would be appriciated.
Avatar n tn That would be like chewing an oxycontin. They are time released and you could overdose.
699217 tn?1323438700 I wanted to know what the difference is between hydrocodone and like-oxycontin or oxycodone, Percocet, tramadol, is this all just types of hydrocodone? All I ever took was hydrocodone....
Avatar m tn I have a friend that has spinal cancer and is on 10mg Oxycontin 8 times a day and 40mg morphine 6 times a day. Due to his illness I want to make sure that when I count his pills that he will not take to much. I would like to know if anyone knows what the fatal amount of 10mg Oxycontin would be fatal. Thank you for your help.
Avatar m tn Recently I read that if you take more than 40 mg of OxyContin at one time then it can cause death or permanent brain damage. Well when I was ages 14 and 16 I took one of my mom's 80 mg OxyContin pill and I remember I felt like throwing up for like 16 hours straight. I took it in the evening, went to bed, and woke up the next day still very nauseous. I started to feel completely fine about 20 hours after I took it.
Avatar m tn There is a new Oxycontin on the market. You should not cut any type of long-acting medication. Oxycontin is a long-acting medication and thus you shouldn't ever cut it because you can die of an overdose. The new pill is more tamper-proof. Please be careful. Yes, the 80mg. tablet is an extended release pill that releases medication over a 12 hour period. Can you talk to your doctor about the questions that you have? Are you prescribed oxycodone?
Avatar f tn He had a reaction that I thought might be an overdose. He got dizzy, his breathing decreased and he was confused. I told me Mom to bring him to the ER. They gave his something to counteract the medicine and he was fine- thank God.
Avatar f tn Yes, 30 mg @ 100 pills a week. Unfortunately she passed away 4 weeks ago from accidental overdose from the oxy. A general practioner was prescribing this to her. From what I was told cancer patient don't even take that much. I'm pretty upset because I think the doctor should not have been giving her that amount. We didn't realize she was going on a weekly basis to get a script until we found all the receipts. I just don't know what to think or do.
Avatar f tn An overdose of this drug can cause what is known as "serotonin syndrome". Clinical signs of this syndrome can include: gastrointestinal signs like diarrhea and vomiting, hypersalivation, seizures, depression, tremors, a drunken walk, disorientation, difficulty breathing or coma.
6538759 tn?1386250196 This staggering number produced 16,651 opioid overdose deaths that year (more than 45 a day) - more OD deaths than from heroin and cocaine combined and up from 4,030 in 1999. There were also 885,348 emergency hospitalizations from overdoses in 2011 vs. 289,498 in 2004. The total cost in health care from painkiller abuse: $72.5 billion. The costs of the average worker’s compensation claim in 2011: $13,000. The cost of a claim related to long term painkillers such as Oxy: $39,000.
Avatar f tn Hello, I have been on Oxycontin for a few months now (very low dose) and notice it only works about 5 hours. If my doctor increased my dose would it work closer to 8-12 hours? (I have been taking 15mg every 6 hours). I am thinking if I just take the whole 30mg maybe it would last longer than taking it in halves and when I reach 8 hours take break through meds. Anyone know if you have taken a higher dose if it last longer?
Avatar m tn Reason is that with so many fractures, it really becomes difficult to manage the pain. And you sould be careful about the drug overdose. By the way what medicines are you on and are you planing to get your bones fixed?
Avatar m tn t mean to change the subject with this question, but you said he died from a massive heart attack from mixing heroin and alcohol. Can mixing alcohol and oxycontin give you a heart attack too? How does that happen because I always thought upper drugs gave you heart attacks because they speed up your heart.
Avatar n tn i would like to know if 20 milligrams of xanax would be an overdose? not for me my sister in law took it. plus other meds from here doctor and pot .how dose one still be alert and breathing?
2080475 tn?1332126191 opiates are the devil ive been hospitalized 10 times due to either overdose of oxycontin or withdrawl! my last overdose put me in a coma for 8 days! that would scare anyone from using again right? wrong 1 month later got back to buying oxys off the street cunning and baffeling!!!
Avatar f tn Within, the last three years I have had 6 knee replacements and 2 staph infection removals in the same knee. I started with dilauid  10mgand then my surgeon put me on OxyContin 10mg. However, my pain became worst so I was sent to a pain management doctor who know has me on 15mg OxyContin and 15mg morphine er.
Avatar f tn My 17 year old son died of an accidental drug (Oxycontin and Xanax) overdose. Under other conditions listed (in the report stating the conclusion of the final cause of death) is Cardiomegaly. Is Cardiomegaly caused by drug abuse/overdose itself? Does Cardiomegaly happen right away (within 12 hours) as strictly being caused by the overdose or over a period of time (getting worse and affecting one as a disease might)?
Avatar f tn Hi, I've just quit oxycontin 40 mg 2x a day for severe back pain.. . I was abusing them,and not for the first time. It has been a living hell. I wound up at the hospital after my husband called 911 because I took an overdose of different meds that didn't put me dowm.
Avatar m tn yeah I was looking for something stronger after smoking weed several times a day for a year it dose pretty much nothin now and when I got a bunch of free oxys about 90 at first.
Avatar n tn adddiction is a very serious subject, i have had a cousin pass away due to heroin overdose after being perscribed 80mg oxycontin when he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. he eventuly turned to heroin when this pain panagment doctors office was clossed down.No othe doctor would prescribe him that medication at that streghth so he turned toward heroin. I will however say that psychologicaly i was feeling like in needed oxy for about a day or two.