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OxyContin Online
More and more people have
been searching the web for
drug rehab centers to help
kick their OxyContin habit.
Here at OxyContinOnline.net
you can find information on
what has q uickly become one
of the most common forms of
addiction in the past few
years. Although Oxycontin
has only been on the market
for a little over ten years,
it has already ruined
countless
lives and hundreds of users
have died. Most everyone has
a story to tell either
personally, or about someone
they know. More and more
people succumb to the
numbing effects and
oxycontin abuse overtakes
their lives.
Oxycontin is the trade name
for the drug oxycodone
hydrochloride. Oxycontin is
basically a 12-hour time
release formulation of
oxycodone. It belongs to the
group of painkillers known
as opioids which are derived
from the opium poppy. Other
well known opioids are
codeine, heroin and
morphine. All opioids block
the pain receptors in the
brain. Oxycodone is also the
active ingredient in other
popular pain relievers,
Percodan and Percocet.
OxyContin was approved by
the FDA in 1995 intended for
use for terminal cancer
patients and chronic pain
sufferers who are afflicted
with conditions such as back
pain, bursitis, arthritis,
or for pain management
resulting from injury
including fractures.
Oxycodone has been around
several decades and was used
for post surgical pain,
broken bones, migraines,
back pain, etc. But while
Percocet and Percodan only
have about five milligrams
of oxycodone, Oxycontin
comes in doses of 10, 20,
40, 80 and 160 milligrams.
The manufacturer of
Oxycontin is Purdue Pharma.
Top company executives have
been found guilty of
intentionally misleading the
public about abuse risks of
Oxycontin and settled in
court after admitting in a
federal lawsuit to making
false and misleading
statements that OxyContin
was not as addictive or as
likely to be abused as other
pain medications.
How Oxycontin Works
Unlike aspirin or
acetaminophen, oxycodone
does not have a threshold to
its effectiveness. The more
one takes, the more relief
it provides. Or,
unfortunately, once hooked,
the more one takes, the more
one attempts to get a better
high.
 Oxycodone enters the body
and works by stimulating
certain opioid receptors
which are located within the
central nervous system,
along the spinal cord and in
the brain. Once the
oxycodone meshes with the
opioid receptors, the user
experiences pain relief
along with other
physiological responses such
as slowed breathing and
euphoria. As you can well
imagine by now, Oxycontin
can be dangerously
addictive.
Both opioids, OxyContin and
heroin have very similar
effects making it attractive
to drug abusers and is
sometimes referred to as the
"poor man's heroin" despite
its high price on the
streets.
Surprisingly
enough, users can buy
Oxycontin online as well as
through normal channels.
Available in 10 milligrams
(mg), 20 mg, 40 mg, 80 mg
and 160 mg tablets in
different colors and sizes
according to dosage for oral
administration. Each pill is
imprinted with "OC" on one
side and number designation
of its dosage on the
opposite side. The drug is
designed to slowly release
over time so the prescribed
dose is twice a day. One
should never break, crush or
chew oxycotin as this will
result in the tablet
being released all at once
which could result in an
overdose, potentially fatal.
Oxycontin abusers go so far
as to crush the tablets and
snort the drug or even crush
tablets, dissolve in water,
and then inject it like
heroin.
While Oxycontin is
prescribed to alleviate
severe pain, it also
artificially stimulates the
reward center or "pleasure"
areas of the brain without
anything beneficially
happens to the body. This
leads to increased
confidence in Oxycontin and
less confidence in the
normal rewards of life. Soon
there is less and less
interest in other aspects of
life where normal pleasure
is derived, such as personal
relationships, places and
activities. Eventually the
user will start to resent
anything which does not fit
into their drug abusing
lifestyle.
Street Names
Street Names for OxyContin:
Hillbilly heroin
Oxy
Oxycotton
OCs
Ox
Blue
Kicker
40 (a 40 mg tablet)
80 (a 80 mg tablet)
Doctor Shopping - The
practice of going doctor to
doctor in order to obtain
pharmeceuticals.
Pharming - consuming a
mixture of prescription
drugs
Pill Ladies - Female seniors
who sell OxyContin
Definitions
Agonist: A chemical
substance, especially a
drug, that can combine with
a receptor on a cell to
produce a physiologic
response.
Alkaloid: Any of a large
class of naturally
occurring, complex organic
compounds that contain
nitrogen and have
physiological effects on
animals, including humans.
Most alkaloids occur in
plants, although some are
produced by fungi and
animals. Alkaloids are bases
and usually form colorless
crystalline solids with a
bitter taste. They have a
wide range of effects and
are used as medicines and
poisons. Morphine, quinine,
strychnine, codeine,
caffeine, cocaine, and
nicotine are all alkaloids.
DEA: Drug Enforcement
Agency
FDA: Federal Drug
Administration
Narcotic:
any of a class of substances
that blunt the senses, as
opium, morphine and alcohol,
that in large quantities
produce euphoria, stupor, or
coma, that when used
constantly can cause
habituation or addiction,
and that are used in
medicine to relieve pain,
cause sedation, and induce
sleep.
Opiates: Any of
various sedative narcotics
containing opium or one or
more of its natural or
synthetic derivatives.
Oxycodone: A narcotic
alkaloid related to codeine,
used as an analgesic and a
sedative chiefly in the form
of its hydrochloride salt.
Oxycontin: a
time-release morphine-like
narcotic| intended to
relieve chronic pain of
moderate to severe
proportions. One pill of
OxyContin is designed to
last 12 hours.
Receptor: A
specialized cell or group of
nerve endings that responds
to sensory stimuli.
Schedule II: (A) The
drug or other substance has
a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other
substance has a currently
accepted medical use in
treatment in the United
States or a currently
accepted medical use with
severe restrictions. (C)
Abuse of the drug or other
substances may lead to
severe psychological or
physical dependence.
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