Facts about OxyContin (streetname - HillBilly Herion)

[LynneSin]

http://www.factsaboutdrugs.com/oxycontin.htm

Oxycontin Facts

• OxyContin, approved by the FDA in 1995, is a time-released form of oxycodone, an opium derivative, which is the same active ingredient in Percodan and Percocet.
  
• The powerful prescription pain reliever has become a hot new street drug that has resulted in more than 120 deaths nationwide.
  5mg of OXY has as much active ingredient (oxycodone) as One percocet.
  
• OxyContin has been referred to as "hillbilly heroin" or "the poor man's heroin."
  
• OxyContin, marketed by Purdue Pharma L.P., has been linked to addiction, suffering and death of patients using this prescription painkiller.
  
• Addiction and abuse of the drug, crime and fatal overdoses have all been reported as a result of OxyContin use.
  
• OxyContin is intended for use by terminal cancer patients and chronic pain sufferers.
  
• It has been reported that OxyContin's sales exceeded $1 billion in the United States in the year 2000.
  
• Purdue Pharma temporarily suspended shipment of OxyContin in 160 mg dosages to help curb abuse.
  
• Doctors, pharmacists and law-enforcement officials say that the manufacturer of OxyContin has overpromoted the benefits and utility of the drug without providing enough warning about the potential for abuse.
  
• OxyContin abusers either crush the tablet and ingest or snort it or dilute it in water and inject it.
  
• Individuals addicted to OxyContin will crush or dilute the tablet to override the time-release action of the medication which causes a quick, powerful high.
  

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This is some serious strong-ass crap. If Rush is taking this stuff he's no better than some street junkie all strung out on herion

[GOPisEvil]

1. One of the areas in which I work is Medicaid fraud...

...we get tons of referrals based on people obtaining drugs such as this and re-selling them. OxyContin, oxycodone and hydrocodone are some serious f-ing meds...might as well do smack, same thing.

The biggest one currently is liquid cough medicine with codeine that the college kids pour into punch. :shrug: Anyone ever been to a cookies and punch mixer at Rusty's? :D

[VermontDem2004]

2. dupe

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[VermontDem2004]

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[VermontDem2004]

3. Around here

OxyContin is sold for $50-$75 for one pill!!!! Also my friend's dad who broke his veterbrae on a work related incident takes OxyContin as a prescrybtion. Lots of people in my area take that drug, it is addicting from what I know.

[ClintonTyree]

4. My Doc.............

suggested I try this as a maintenance drug (I take Norco now, which is bad enough) for chronic back pain. I told her I didn't want to get near that stuff after all the negative things I've heard about it. Used correctly, it is a miracle drug for some because of it's timed release effects. Chronic pain is terrible. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I doubt this is Rush's excuse though, he seems healthy enough, moves around well, doesn't use any assisstance in walking etc. It's quite clear he's an abuser, and getting off of the stuff is going to pure hell for him. Some other right-wing nutbag is going to be doing his show for a while.

[Maine-i-acs]

5. It's so addictive and dangerous ...

That some docs refuse to prescribe it.

And several pharmacies refuse to carry it out of fear of robbery. They post placards at the door saying there's no Oxy inside.

But Purdue won't consider not pushing it. A billion dollars a year can wash away a lot of conscience, and make some internal studies disappear.

They will give a few thousand to some remote locations in the country to set up addiction help centers...a drop in the bucket.

[Interrobang]

16. I've been on its weaker cousin, Percocet...

...when I had my gall bladder out, post-surgery, and thank goodness!

My fiance has chronic pain, and his doctors don't even bother with OxyContin anymore -- he's on fentanyl patches and pain sticks both. (The pain sticks are 5 MICROgrams -- not MILLIgrams, like Oxy, MICROgrams. That's some serious shit!) Personally, I'm glad. If he had to suffer through that kind of pain untreated every day, he'd be no use to anyone, including himself, and no one could stand to be around him (even me).

Besides which, who cares if someone who legitimately needs a drug, and gets it on prescription, and is expected to be on the drug long-term, is addicted to it or not? Compared with some kinds of chronic pain, addiction is a trivial thing to keep under medical control, if it's properly supervised. ("Harm reduction" programmes do it all the time.) However, there's too much drug paranoia in the US for any sort of programme like that ever to be implemented, just a lot of F.U.D. and disinformation.

[DoNotRefill]

6. I've actually spent time on Oxycontin due to my medical condition....

and I found it to be vastly overrated as far as recreational drug use goes. There are a LOT of other drugs out there that are much stronger and cheaper on the street. And people who'd pay $75 for one oxycontin pill are fucking NUTS. Street cost around here is $5 a pill...and that's outrageous. My last perscription was under $6 for 30 tabs, a 5 day supply.

[NicoleM]

9. abusers don't take it as prescribed

They crush it and snort it. That way they get the high all at once.

[supernova]

7. Cancer pain

What's really sad is Oxycontin is one of the few things that can control for pain from very advanced cancer. Same thing with Oxycodone. I would hate to see it's availability limited so that these patients would have a tough time getting it. (Eventhough, the Purdue Pharma rep was a real, repetative pain in the ass.)

This just reeks. I have been skipping the Rush threads, is this the stuff he's accused of abusing?

[Mari333]

8. It almost killed my son

I had to watch him detox off of it this summer...and almost die from an OD...and waste tons of his money..
and the sad thing is, he started taking it after his Vicodin prescrpt ran out ...he is only 20, and has a bad back, really bad back..
I made him move out on his own...I couldnt take one more day of worry..He is learning how to be an adult now, and I pray he isnt using this stuff anymore..
I am in counseling to deal with it, (learn not to worry so much), and let him learn to grow up..Its pretty hard, and I sure dont want to lose a son, but I know if he is on his own its the best thing for him to get the hell out of this town we live in, where illegal drugs are found everywhere..Hillbilly Heroin it is, and believe me, thats who sells it.

[Chovexani]

10. Thanks for the info

Isn't this the same stuff Noelle Bush was busted for trying to get? Or am I getting my prescription drugs confused?

[Maine-i-acs]

15. Noelle was into Xanax

At least that's what she got caught with. Oh, and crack when she was in rehab.

[Chovexani]

17. Ah ok

Thanks for clearing that up. I always manage to get the two confused.

[OneBlueSky]

11. when used properly, oxycontine is an effective pain therapy . . .

I've been using it for some time now for chronic pain under a doctor's care . . . it's the same stuff you get in percocet (oxycodone), only in a time release formula . . . instead of taking medication every four hours, you can take it every twelve hours and avoid that up and down, up and down all day long . . . those who use it for a high either crush or dissolve it to override the time release mechanism, which is it's chief advantage . . . from the perspective of a chronic pain patient, it's great stuff . . .

[Chico Man]

12. It is usually priced at $1 / mg on the street

So those 160 mg pills that have been discontinued would go for $160 a pop.

I think 10 mg -> 40 mg pills are the most common.

[papau]

13. from Bartcop

[Chovexani]

18. Bwah!

Ye Gods I love Bart. He's a national treasure.

I can't WAIT for tonight's Daily Show. Jon (#1 guy in my TV boy harem) is gonna have a field day.

[LynneSin]

Medical vs. Street Use

OxyContin is suppose to have great uses for those who have severe pain especially with cancer. The drug actually is designed for time release so when you pop a pill, the drug is released slowly into your blood stream for like a 12 hour period.

This is NOT the method of use for Street Users of OxyContin. They do not want a 12 hour time release of the drug. They want the whole drug in one shot so they crush the drug and then snort or swallow the crushed tablet thus removing the time-release mechanism and getting the whole drug in one shot.

I read on another website that 5mg of OxyContin is like taking one Percoset. Imagine you have one the the 160mg doses of OxyContin - that's taking 32 Percosets all at one time!!!!!! No wonder this drug is so popular on the streets.

[amazona]

21. when I was on percocet...

...all I did was vomit. It's scary. I hope I never have a need for that again.


i realize that's a rare reaction

[bleedingheart]

23. same for me

I barf if I take Tylenol 3...

although I did have a morphine drip for my back once...now that did help...but I don't like that feeling of lack of control.

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. Would this type of drug

affect your moods and attitudes? Maybe this is why Limpballs is such a racist loud mouth.

Who knows, maybe if he gets straightened out, he'll realized what an asshole he really is and change his ways? Well, you can hope, can't ya?

[linazelle]

24. I took Oxycontin last year when I got a tooth/gum infection...

I was unaware of its power. My brother-in-law, who'd undergone back surgery and had leftover pills, loaned me some pills over New Year's weekend until the doctor's office opened. I tell ya, they pain went away totally--unlike when I took ibuprofen and boy did mellow me out. It's easy to see how anyone would get addicted to them.

To answer to the question whether they change your mood, you bet they do. Rush, being the scumbag that he is, probably had to take them to subdue the psychic pain he felt from continuous lying.

When I finally saw the dentist and told him I'd been taking Oxycontin, he hurried up and handed me another prescription saying Oxycontin was too powerful.

[regnaD kciN]

19. It figures...

...that, if Flush Slimeball were to become addicted to heroin, it would be the "hillbilly" variety!

:evilgrin:

[TrogL]

20. Don't be ridiculous

Ahknaten is on it and he's fine. It's a heavy-duty pain killer. Better Oxycontin than morphine.

[proud patriot]

22. Is this the same drug Nicole Bush has a problem with ?

I'd like to know :hi:

[MaryBear]

25. No. (see above)

[proud patriot]

26. Thanks GrandmaBear

:hi: