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Many pain patients become dependent on OxyContin for more than pain relief and find themselves with a full scale addition that has led to severe and damaging consequences.
Once OxyContin enters the body; it works by stimulating certain opioid receptors that are located throughout the central nervous system, in the brain and along the spinal cord.
OxyContin addiction is serious and is very difficult to overcome through out-patient or home treatment.
OxyContin is available in tablet form in 4 doses: 10, 20, 40, and 80 mg.

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OxyContin Information

OxyContin Information
may be hard to
find since the drug is relatively new.
Street name for OxyContin are: Oxy, Oxy's , Oxyies, Oxycotton, OC's,
Killers, Oceans, O's, Oxycoffins, and Hillbilly Heroin.
OxyContin is a trade name product for the generic narcotic Oxycodone
hydrochloride, an opiate agonist. OxyContin is derived from thebaine
which is an element of morphine. Manufactured by Purdue Pharma LP,
OxyContin is a controlled release form of Oxycodone prescribed to treat
chronic pain. When used as prescribed, OxyContin can provide pain relief
for up to 12 hours.
OxyContin is currently under new development by Purdue Pharma who has
announced its plans to create a new formula for its popular painkiller.
They are hoping to make it less susceptible to abuse and addiction.
OxyContin has been used for everything from injuries, bursitis,
dislocation, fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, lower back pain and cancer
pain.
Specific antagonists have been developed to reverse the respiratory
depression associated with OxyContin. The two narcotic antagonists in
use today are naloxone (Navcan) and naltrexone. Naltrexone is used
primarily for the treatment of narcotic addiction to block the effects
of opiates, especially the euphoric effects experienced in opiate
addiction.
OxyContin is a schedule II drugs under the Federal Comprehensive Drug
Abuse Prevention and Control Act. Federal sentencing guidelines for
diverted schedule II pharmaceuticals are determined by the total weight
of the tablets, not the strength. Similar drugs of lower strength such
as Percocet and Tylox may weigh more then OxyContin, thus distributing
the same quantities may result in stiffer penalties than the
distribution of OxyContin.
Authorities in Main, in conjunction with the U.S. Government, launched a
new initiative in 2000 regarding OxyContin Abuse. The Maine Attorney
Generals Office has proposed legislation seeking to make possession of a
large number of OxyContin tablets a felony, such possession is currently
a misdemeanor.
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