What is Oxycontin? I hurt my back a few months ago and I'm in a great deal of p!


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What is Oxycontin? I hurt my back a few months ago and I'm in a great deal of pain?

The doctor put me on Loritabs and they dont seen to be working! A friend gave me a pill called Oxycodone but, I dont have a clue what that is and am scared to take it but,, if the pain keeps up like it is now Im might have to take it!


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Oxycontin and Oxycodone are the same drug, but two different preapartions. Oxycodone is an immediate release drug, meaning it works in between 15-30 minutes and lasts 4-6 hours. Oxycontin is an extended relase drug, meaning it works in about an hour and lasts for 12 hours. Oxycodone is the active ingredient in Oxycontin.

Oxycodone is slightly stronger than Lortab. If you have Oxycodone, it is either 5, 15, or 30 mgs if it is a tablet. It should work a little better for the pain. If it's an Oxycontin, it's either 10, 20, 40 or 80 mgs. If it's an 80 mg pill and you aren't used to narcotics, don't take it. It could kill you.

I take Oxycontin 40 mgs and OxyFast Solution (a liquid form of the tablets that is 20 mgs per mL) for chronic pain every single day. The Oxycontin keeps my base level of pain under control and the OxyFast is for breakthrough pain. Oxycontin isn't intended for short term pain or to be taken as needed. It's meant to be taken every 12 hours, whether you need it or not, for chronic pain only, to keep the base level of pain low. You shouldn't be taking your friend's medication, and your friend shouldn't be giving them to you. What if you had a lethal allergic reaction... what would you tell the docs at the ER about where you got it? If your doctor found out about it, he would probably stop prescribing you the Lortabs, and then you'd be in even more pain. If the mediction you're prescribed doesn't work, talk to YOUR doctor and try something else, but don't take pills that don't belong to you, it's stupid and dangerous.




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