OxyContin

Percocet and Oxycontin are brand names of two medications both containing the opiate/narcotic, oxycoDONE. The difference is that percocet is oxycodone and acetaminophen aka Tylenol, also sold in various dosages under names such as endocet or oxycodone/apap to name a couple. Oxycontin is the time released version of oxycodone containing no 'Tylenol'.

I have and it is probably safe, but this was under doctor's advice. Always check with your doctor when combining over the counter and prescription drugs. There are a great many possible interactions especially if you have certain medical conditions, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart conditions, etc.

It depends on whether you're opiate naive or opiate tolerant.

I am opiate tolerant, 20mg of Oxycontin would be insignificant. To my opiate naive grandmother, it could be an overdose, not fatal but symptomatic (nausea, dizziness, etc.)

Over the counter Diphenhydramine HCI 25mg is good to take for the itching and sleep disorders this medication can cause, as far as decongestants and such, I would ask your Dr., sometimes Oxycontin can make you hyper and you don't want to add the anxiety of pseudo ephedrine to that.

You can cut it in half, but it would defeat the purpose of "extended release"

You don't: Instead, you ask your doctor about using Ritalin, which is the same as Concerta (Methylphenidate) but without the timed/slow release.

Cotton fever is a colloquial name given to a condition that intravenous drug users may experience. The only certain treatment or cure for it is to get clean and stay clean. It only follows, don't do the drug and you won't suffer the ill effects.

If its the only time you smoked all month, 15-30 days.

5 milligrams of oxycodone and 325 milligrams of Tylenol.

Oxycontin withdrawls start within hours of not using the drug. The symptoms of withdrawls are similar to the flu, but about a hundred times worse. As a recovering Ox addict, the best suggestion I can make is not to turn to Suboxone or Methadone. You will have the same withdrawls coming off of those. Here are some tips to kick the problem: -Lots of water and 7 UP. This will flush the drug out quicker and shorten the detox period from 7 days to about 3. -Tylenol PM whenever you want. Sleep during the day, sleep during the nite, sleep all the time. Your body will detox whether you are awake or asleep. -Anti Nausea medicine is a good idea. -Some recommend Anti Diareah medicine, but I recommend buying more toilet paper. Get all that crap out, no pun intended, but seriously, the more you can flush out of your system the better. -Have supportive family or friends around to keep you from running out the door to get a quick fix. Because believe me you will be thinking about nothing but getting high, again this is where the sleep comes in. -Clonazepam .5mg will also help sleep, as far as I know you can mix the two (Tylenol PM and Clonazepam) together safely. But this may vary between each person, please consult a doctor before you do this. Also the Clonazepam helps take off the shakes and the cold sweats. -Last but not least, around day two you will experience the worst headache ever, nothing will help this, but you can reduce it. A cold pack or cold wash cloth on the forehead and back of the neck will help. The reason this headache happens is because Ox makes the veins in your head contract and become very small, when the drug is leaving your system the veins swell and cause this terrible headache. The cold on the forehead and back of the neck contracts the veins and shrinks them, thus helping with the pain of the headache.

hidrocloruro de oxicodona/acitaminofeno

Yes, but you need to be careful and do not keep taking more because it will hit you all at once

Oxycodone op, as opposed to oc, is an Oxy pill containing malincodt, or something similar, that causes the pill to gel upon ingestion, and is meant to limit the abuse of the drug. It prevents it from being injected or snorted or smoked, forcing the user (or abuser) to eat the entire pill at once, and causing the pill to retain it's time-release function. Even if it is cut up, or ground up, which is extremely difficult, each piece will gel individually and still absorb slowly over a period of eight hours. There are apparently ways of extracting the opiate from the pill, similar to freebasing, by boiling the pill in various liquids for various amounts of time. I intend to experiment with a few very soon and I will post my results here, so tune in regularly.

Um, Yeah defiantly do ... not ask long as most other drugs but yes..

It depends on the type of drug test. For a standard pre-employment type drug screen, oxycontin and hydrocodone are likely to show up as a single positive result for "narcotics" or "opioids." However, pain clinics may subject a patient's blood to more specific screening to guarantee that he or she is not using any narcotics other than those prescribed. In this case, hydrocodone and oxycontin may be detected separately.

Usually oxycodone has no effect on sugars.

Stress from surgery or pain can raise sugars.

Most likely if it is the more modern advanced drug tests then no it will show up differently.

I believe that they are. I just had a urine test and i had taken hydrocodone 3 hours prior to the test (prescription of course). Got the results back today and nothing detected. Another friend of mine is on oxycodone prescription and he was also tested. Oxycodone showed up in the test and he had to show his script. The same test for both of us and his was detected. hope this helps

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Yes, in the United States according to the National Controlled Substance Act, Hydrocodone in all it's formulations, is a schedule III controled substance. Medications like Tylenol 3's and so forth are also schedule III's. If you are prescribed the narcotic WITHOUT a non-narcotic medication (like Acetaminiphen) mixed with it in the same pill; it becomes a schedule II medication.

Extended release and controlled release, often designated in a medication name as XR, ER, or CR, are essentially the same thing. The goal is to take a quantity of medication and release it slowly over hours rather than immediately. This is done in a variety of ways in the manufacturing process, either by incorporating slow dissolving layers between quantities of medications to slow the absorption process, or through other means.

12-24 hours after consumption.

Oxycontin does now come in a 30mg and 60mg extended release form. The 30mg is similar in color to the 40mg oc's in that it is a brownish orange color and the 60mg is a bright red color. Also, their is an instant release form called roxicodone which is a small blue pill which is 30mg.

If you mean natural drugs that will help suppress the withdrawal symptoms, there aren't any. There are however prescription drugs you can get from your doctor that will help ease the withdrawal process, and most doctors are understanding if you ask for that help.

Withdrawal drugs essentially ease the withdrawal process by subbing for the opiate, but they can make you sick if you take them at the wrong time. I personally don't like using them as it's just something else in your system you have to deal with at some point. But each person is different, and it really depends on how you deal with withdrawal symptoms.

It's actually easier to do an incremental dosage reduction over time. Having been dependent on opiates for many years, and having had to increase and decrease my dosages many times over that period (10 years), I've used incremental dose reduction many times to lower my dosages. Usually it takes about 4-6 weeks depending on the drug. Since I use the strongest dosages of the strongest opiates, and have been using them for over 10 years, (I have major spinal problems and severe chronic pain), it takes a bit longer for me than it might for someone using less for a shorter amount of time.

In incremental dose reduction, what you do is cut the pill in half or in quarters. If you're using 2 pills per dose, just cut one down and add the 1/2 or 3/4 of one pill to the other. OxyContin is a bit harder if you're using the capsules, and the dosage dropoff is pretty steep (when the dose ends and withdrawals begin). If you're using the capsules and can't cut down the dose, extend the period between dosages a little at a time, and sedate yourself as described below for that period if you can.

First try taking half your normal prescribed dose, and see how you deal with the withdrawals. If it's too strong, then start with only a 1/4 reduction in dosage by cutting the pill in quarters and taking 3/4 of your normal dose. Take it for a week, then drop another 1/4. If the withdrawals are too strong still, then stay at 1/4 dose reduction for another week (2 weeks total) , then try again. When you can tolerate the withdrawal, then reduce by another 1/4, and repeat the weekly process. Keep doing it until you're completely off of the drug.

Since I'm retired on disability, I have the luxury of being able to sedate myself heavily and remain in bed when dealing with large dosage reductions and withdrawals. Since most people don't have that available to them, it might take longer or shorter amount of time to reduce the drug to the point you can stop taking it. Most don't have the luxury of that much time off. For me, IDR works well because there are times when I've had to ramp up my dosages significantly (double or more) such as when additional spinal damage occurs. After being repaired and recovery, I then always want to return to my original dosages or less.

There have been times where I've run out of my meds (even though I maintain a 1 month emergency supply it can happen) and had to deal with severe withdrawals. In those cases, I've used Flexeril or anything that would keep me in a sedated, twilight, or completely unconscious state. As long as your brain isn't awake and dealing with it, it's easier to get through it.

You still need something to help with the withdrawal pain though, and there are some OTC meds you can use.

When I do need it, I use Tylenol's Rapid Release Gel-tabs. They work within 30 minutes or less, and do a great job relieving pain and inflammation.

The other OTC med that I use a lot is Bayer Back and Body Aspirin. I find it works even better than the Gel-tabs. It contains a small amount of caffeine to stimulate a faster release through the system, but it's fantastic for pain relief when I don't feel the need for a much stronger drug like Percocet or I'm lowering my dosages.

If you can't do the sedation because for one reason or another, caffeine can sometimes help as it substitutes for the opiate. It's just something else to deal with, but it can help.

Something else that can help is Prednisone if you have access to it, but you really need to be careful and under your doc's supervision if you're going to use it during withdrawals to ease symptoms. It's not normally used for it - since I have Asthma as well, I always have it for emergencies. I found out by accident that it helps withdrawal symptoms quite well, for me at least, but it has its own set of risks. ___________________________________________________________________ If you are reducing dosage of Oxycontin you CANNOT cut the tablets. These are extended release tabs and if cut they will release all the oxycodone at once providing a possibly fatal overdose. Oxycontin is available (with combinations of available dosages) in almost every dose at 5 mg increments. The best way to reduce dosage or stop completely is a very slow (~5mg/dose/month) reduction. It will take several months but you will have a minimal of discomfort. The real key to being successful is to find a doctor who will really work with you and manage your meds. Trying to do it yourself, with out the right drugs in the right form and dosage is miserable and plagued with roadblocks to success. I know from experience as I too have been treated with oxycodone for a back injury for over 10 years.