OxyContin

I have used this generic brand name of oxyneo for a few months now and it has helped my chronic pain for my lower back since I have curved spine. And I have taken this recreational this drug when not on script Andi have found it to be helpful. No I didn't take no illicit drugs from the street, my grandma used to take them when she was alive now is passed away. These pills have helped me where as T2 or T3 did nothing for me but mildly gave me pain relieve. I found that it helps to drink the brand name coke a cola when taking your pills instead of water.

Less than a month after my 35th birthday, I went to my Dr because I had a breast lump and was also having really intense pain in my right ribs and lower back. I had tripped in my backyard a few months prior and figured that's what the pain was and since I was only 35 I figured the lump was just a benign cyst that would go away. Turns out it was more serious. A LOT more serious. After a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After surgery and a full body pet scan I was diagnosed stage 4 as the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes and my bones. I can't begin to describe what it feels like to have cancer eating away at your bones but it is a pain so intense that without OxyContin, I probably would not want to go on living. It's been a little over 3 years since my diagnosis and because of this medication I have been able to actually have a decent quality of life. I'm not even 40 and I have 3 children who need me. Without OxyContin my kids wouldn't have a mother, they'd have a shell of a human. I would be bedridden and miserable. That is not how I want my kids to remember me. My only complaint? The occasional pharmacy technicians who treat me like a piece of trash drug addicted junkie. It's absolutely shocking that anyone would treat a stage 4 cancer patient like trash for being on this medication. If you work in a pharmacy, please, get to know your customers that take this medication. Metastatic breast cancer can be and in my case is an "invisible Illness". You wouldn't be able to tell that I have terminal cancer just by looking at me and because of that I have had a few awful experiences while picking up my prescription. Don't assume. I am 38 now but I look about 28. Please treat people with kindness because the customer you're judging might not look sick on the outside when in reality they might be living with terminal cancer. A terminal cancer patient should NEVER be made to feel like some sort of junkie. This medicine is literally meant for people like me. Other than the stigma and occasional judgement, when taken as prescribed and for legitimate reasons this medicine is truly amazing and let's me have a decent quality of life while I'm still living.

Oxycotin has always helped me with my my pain

Broke spine use the slow release and the shorter quick release for break through pain. Managed carefully I'm now back at work full time got 98% movement back and got rid of my strong corset. Now weaning myself off slowly haven't found a problem except constipation which you get with all analgesics

I have been taking oxycontin at various different strengths for over 15 years. I have not had any problems with my kidneys or liver, however, if I had taken other drugs I am sure I would have issues with either my kidney or liver function. It is a great drug if you take it carefully and correctly.

This medication helps to maintain a level of pain control without the peaks and valleys you experience with IR medications. How ever there is a need for an IR medication also.

I am a young 49 who has been suffering with Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, ...... ok this goes on for a bit. I inherited it from Ma

Ive been on this pain Med with one other for 6 years. I used to take hydrochodone 10 MG 6 times a day for head aches. Well I had to get a new Dr. and he refuses to give me the OxyContin and all I’ve done is sit for 2 mos gaining weight and my quality of life sucks. I hate the people that have abused this Med and ruined it for A patient of a disease that NEEDS it to actually takes it on time and has a life..

For almost 20 yrs. on oxy.. 6 pills a day .. Ostia. Disk degeneration from many accidents . Severe pain left foot ,ankle ,leg an hip joint ..neck a shoulder severe pain from 3 whiplash accidents .. I have never abused the oxy ..after almost 20 yrs. of use I canâ??t take a whole pill at once ..I take 1/2 a pill every .. hour. That way I can tolerate the pain I still have , an live a normal life..donâ??t know what Iâ??d do without them.. an in all those years I have tried every other pain pill out there .. so if you respect the oxy .you can live a some what pain free life..

i was on this med in florida came to iowa and they won't prescribe them to me so i suffer every day in severe pain can barely walk no quality of life

I couldn't get relief from other medications and oxycotin worked perfectly. When the pain was gone, I stopped using it and rid of the remaining pills. I'm aware of oxycotin being addictive, but it's not automatically addictive, if you use it correctly and responsively. You don't necessarily get high from it, unless you abuse it, like other drugs.

I fell and factored my neck and severely damaged my spinal cord. this medicine is the only thing that makes my life bearable.

Ovwr the years ive had 3 major back surgies and the first complicated by mrsa in my spine which led to 4 additional surgeries to clean the infection out.. i am lucky to be alive to say the least.. i have been on oxycontin 30mg 2x daily and 10/325 percocet for almost 5 years now. I believe my body is tolerant to the meds and i need to be bumped up .. thing is my pm doctor refuses to go higher and i need help asap i just had a 3rd multi level fusion l3-s1 on jan 22nd .. can i double dose the 30mgs at once or stagger them 4 hrs apart to get better relief im just looking for help with this pain as its no way to live...

It worked great for me it took my pain completely away and I could go on with my day. My insurance said they weren't going to pay for it Amy more so they said to try xtampza. My pain never goes away. My anxiety is off the charts. I just got it under control my hair is falling out I lost a inch in front. I can't eat my legs are shaking all the time my hands shake I feel Luke I'm going to explode. Oxycontin never made me feel like that. Just cuz my insurance doesn't want to pay for it I have to go through all this I wish I could sue the insurance company! Well thats my story I wouldn't recommend that drug to anyone I want what works oxyontin I've been on it for 18 years and had a life now I don't have one

With the “Crisis” I doubt anything ANY Chronic Pain Patient’s have to say will matter that much. But, because the Pharmaceutical Companies and the FDA’s lack of proper warning about the high potential for permanent chronic nerve, tendon, muscular, neurological, etc, damages, I have now, as of 2012, been victimized by their lack of due diligence to protect me, you, even our pets from ALL FQ Antibiotics, All Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics. They are only now finally requiring there to be further black box warnings of the potential permanent damages, and only now recommending they be reserved for ONLY the most life threatening illnesses, not reoccurring UTI’s, Sinus Infections, & other much less severe illnesses. To date, MANY Drs STILL believe the potential for damages is rare. When in fact, the Research is proving otherwise. Unfortunately, too late for many of us. And to literally add insult to the Injuries Big Pharma, & our FDA have allowed to happen to me/us, NOW they are trying to take away some of the FEW meds that actually gives us some pain relief & QUALITY of LIFE! No one is arguing that the Meds are being abused by some. BUT, research is PROVING that MOST Chronic Pain Patients ARE taking our Meds responsibly, being carefully managed by our Drs, & following strict protocol. YET, despite being responsible patients, who research shows benefit from this and the similar meds, OUR Government is working to take away these Quality of Life Giving Meds rapidly, whipping up a media frenzy about the “Crisis”. When the majority of the overdose cases are of people who obtain meds illegally. And, it is suspected the other money making reason for removing these Beneficial Meds, is really so the Pharma Co’s can force us to use the NEW, improved version of Pain Med they have to offer us, less addictive they say. Conveniently leaving out the fact that these Meds are FAR more expensive! My review is a warning that IF U take away these LIFE GIVING Meds, the SUICIDE RATE WILL increase

I HAVE HAD 3 BACK SURGERIES, AND A RECENT NECK SURGERY "GONE BAD". I OPTED FOR A PAIN PUMP AND IT HELPED SOME, BUT I STAYED ON 3/80MG A DAY, AND WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK FOR 16 YEARS. 2 YEARS AGO I STARTED GETTING NECK AND ARM PAIN, MY NEOURO SURGEN TOOK AN MRI AND SAID THE RESULTS WERE VERY BAD. I WOULD NEED SURGERY, AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. HAD NECK SURGERY, AND MY DR. SAID MAYBE 2 DAYS IN HOSPITOL.I HAD THE SURGERY AND THE NEXT MORNING COULDNT FEEL MY LEGS OR ARMS. HE TOOK ME BACK TO SURGERY FOR A CLOT IN MY NECK. THAT 2 DAY HOSPITOL STAY TURNED INTO 1 1/2 MOS. IN THE HOSPITOL. HAD TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN AND HAVE NO USE OF RIGHT ARM. FROM THE NERVE DAMAGE BOTH OF MY ARMS HURT SO BAD THEY FEEL LIKE THERE GOING TO EXPLODE, OTHER TIMES THEY FEEL LIKE THERE ON FIRE. MY ARMS ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY WIEGH 200 POUNDS EACH .NOW THEYRE SAYING I HAVE TO COME OFF THE MEDICINE?(OXYCONTIN).THE OXYCONTIN IS THE ONLY REASON I HAVE HAD SOME TYPE OF LIFE! I TAKE IT IN THE MORNING ALONG WITH 800 MG. OF IBUPROHEN, AND 600MG. OF NEOURONTIN JUST TO GET OUT OF BED! ALSO, I HAVE NEVER ABUSED, LOST, OR MY DOG ATE IT, MY MEDICATION! I HAVE NEVER FAILED A DRUG SCREEN IN 15 YEARS! GOING TO SEE PAIN MGT. DOCTOR IN 2 WEEKS???

It has been the only treatment I have received that allows me some pain relief. I have no trouble taking it 2 times a day and it last longer. Compared to taking an immediate relief pain medication I would feel better for short periods of time and suffer until the next dose. I do have an immediate release medication I take for break through pain. My pain is better controlled on this medication. Before being prescribed oxycotin I felt hopeless and would dread getting up and going to the bathroom. Those days are rare now. I hope the opioid epidemic doesn't cause me to be denied the treatment, oxycotin, that provides me with a better quality of life.

I was on many medications for my osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia but since this crisis I have been weaning off of them and now I have no quality of life, my legs feel like someone is walking on them with boots. I get my injections that last about a week, knees last about 5 months. But I am 60 years old and yes I know I am dependent but I would rather be dependent on these than sitting in my chair or bed all day, wanting to do something but just don't have the energy to deal with the pain as it comes from doing some chores, or even gardening. This medication last longer than the Oxycodone's but no they take me off of these. Now, I know there is a crisis, but it's the illegal fentanyl that is coming into our country that is killing people. The doctors have stopped prescribing these meds to everyone, so why do the people with chronic pain have to be taken off of them when we do everything that our doctors ask of us. This is not a One Size Fits All solution, we are all different. I don't take them for a tooth ache or a pulled muscle. I can't turn my neck because my C2,C3,C4 are so bad. I have stabbing pains, pins and needles, have had a nerve burned but it's back again and arthritis in my knees. I don't like what they are doing to us, but at 60 years old, I feel like I don't have any more good years left. People were dying of heroin in the 60's and it didn't get this far. Something has to be done, because we all can't go off these meds, there will be more suicides than ever, people will want to die instead of dealing with every minute pain. I hope these people know what they have done to the real pain patients. Go and get the illegal fentanyl off the streets, leave us pain patients who are responsible alone.

this worked ok,but the oxycodone woked a lot better and I used for 12 years with no problems.my doctor I went to for about 5 years closed and moved to florida.the Percocet made me able to live close to normal as I will probally ever get.

I was on Lortabs for about 10 years for Fribrimyagalgiabut it wasnâ??t working well after that length of time. Switched to Oxycontin last year and it isnâ??t working as well now either. I was prescribed 4 a day as needed. Now if I am late on them my arms and legs start aching and wonâ??t stop until I take the next dose at the right time.