OxyContin

The severity and length of withdrawal symptoms will vary from individual to individual.

Oxycontin is the time-release form of oxycodone, a semi-synthetic opioid analgesic usually prescribed for chronic and severe pain. Because it contains a larger amount of oxycodone, it has become one of the most abused prescription drugs in the United States.

Did you experience withdrawal symptoms when you quit or cut down on Oxycontin? What were the hardest to deal with? How did you cope?

A new version of OxyContin, packaged in a manner that supposedly makes it more difficult to abuse, is out on the market, but the jury is still out on whether or not the new pills will reduce abuse of the painkiller drug.

The manufacturers of the painkilling drug OxyContin claim they have come up with a harder-to-abuse version of the pill, but a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel wants more testing to make sure.

This NDIC bulletin addresses the diversion and abuse of the prescription pain reliever OxyContin and the impact of abuse, particularly in the eastern United States.

An explanation of how easy it is to overdose on OxyContin when it is combined with other substances, including alcohol.

Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, is developing a new painkiller which would less likely be a target of drug-abusers.

Overuse and abuse of prescription opioid drugs can have harmful ramifications for their legitimate and appropriate use.

Sometimes the person needs to be temporarily hooked to a ventilator to help him breathe until the drug wears off.

Withdrawal symptoms can include sweating, heart palpitations, yawning, runny nose, tearing, dilated pupils, twitching muscles, fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

OxyContin is one of the best-selling brand-name drugs in the world and also one of the most abused drugs. A mere five years since it became FDA-approved, the drug is making headlines.