Hi Folks !!!
Its been a wee while since ave posted anything but ave got a wee question fr some of yeez!!
What is Oxycontin?? Is that what ye call Hillybilly Herion over there??I know i,ve seen things written about it before but havent paid much attention as its not something i,ve really heard much about here in the U.K....
i DID THINK I,VE SEEN IT MORE ON THE PAIN-PILLS BOARD though its very,very rarely i go on any of the other pages on the recovery guide..
While i,m here i hope that yer all doing good coz apart from havin a dodgy chest i,m doin ok and getting myself out,n,about,n,mixing well wi other people fr a change...
Afore i go,,my 16year old son,my 11year old daughter and their mum plus another family all went to Turkey for two weeks,it was 60degrees over there and my boy ended up not being well on the 2nd week and was taken from his home the day after they returned to hospital by ambulance..He was put on a drip to rehydrate him as all his levels were down..Fortunately after he got the fluids back in his body all he,s wanted to do is eat..60Degrees is a bit to us Scots..FFS,,25 is too hot fr me........Anyroads,,loook forward to some info.....EckieDee
Some info though a little outdated on what oxycotin is ...it use to be made in a form that you could inject or take the time release off of it is now made in a form that ""can not"" be crushed snorted or injected. Yes it's called hillbilly heroin but, cost more then heroin I personally never liked it it always made me puke.
OxyContin is a trade name for the drug oxycodone hydrochloride. Manufactured by Purdue Pharma L.P., OxyContin is a controlled-release form of oxycodone prescribed to treat chronic pain. When used properly, OxyContin can provide pain relief for up to 12 hours. Oxycodone is an agonist opioid. Opioid agonists are some of the most effective pain relievers available. Unlike other analgesics, opioid agonists have an increasing analgesic effect with increased doses. Meaning that the more you take, the better you feel. Other analgesics, like aspirin or acetaminophen, have a threshold to their effectiveness. You can see why, particularly for people who suffer chronic pain, a medication like OxyContin can be so beneficial: It can potentially provide up to four times the relief of a non-opioid analgesic, so even the most severe degree of pain can be managed.
Once oxycodone 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. When the oxycodone binds to the opioid receptors, a variety of physiologic responses can occur, ranging from pain relief to slowed breathing to euphoria.
When abused, OxyContin, like other opiates and opioids, can be dangerously addictive. Rather than ingesting the pill as indicated, people who abuse OxyContin use other methods of administering the drug. To avoid the controlled-release mechanism, they either chew, snort or inject the medication to get an instant and intense "high." Frequent and repeated use of the drug can cause the user to develop a tolerance to its effects, so larger doses are required to elicit the desired sensation and the abuser gets increasingly addicted to the drug.
OxyContin is a trade name for the drug oxycodone hydrochloride. Manufactured by Purdue Pharma L.P., OxyContin is a controlled-release form of oxycodone prescribed to treat chronic pain. When used properly, OxyContin can provide pain relief for up to 12 hours. Oxycodone is an agonist opioid. Opioid agonists are some of the most effective pain relievers available. Unlike other analgesics, opioid agonists have an increasing analgesic effect with increased doses. Meaning that the more you take, the better you feel. Other analgesics, like aspirin or acetaminophen, have a threshold to their effectiveness. You can see why, particularly for people who suffer chronic pain, a medication like OxyContin can be so beneficial: It can potentially provide up to four times the relief of a non-opioid analgesic, so even the most severe degree of pain can be managed.
Once oxycodone 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. When the oxycodone binds to the opioid receptors, a variety of physiologic responses can occur, ranging from pain relief to slowed breathing to euphoria.
When abused, OxyContin, like other opiates and opioids, can be dangerously addictive. Rather than ingesting the pill as indicated, people who abuse OxyContin use other methods of administering the drug. To avoid the controlled-release mechanism, they either chew, snort or inject the medication to get an instant and intense "high." Frequent and repeated use of the drug can cause the user to develop a tolerance to its effects, so larger doses are required to elicit the desired sensation and the abuser gets increasingly addicted to the drug.
From the National Institute for Health the definition of Oxycontin. My first exposure to it was when a friend who is a Swedish deep tissue massage therapist was prescribed it for a severe shoulder injury sustained in tumble down Whistler Mountain in British Columbia...he was wrecked. Anyway, he stopped it pretty quickly because he loved it and saw the potential for an addiction. He gave one to my husband when he had a bad work-related injury and went to see him professionally for some painful adjustment...husband said that it absolutely removed ALL pain and was a miracle drug...he also declined to take another. It is now so widely prescribed (because it actually works and works well) that it is in lots of medicine cabinets and kids have started taking it recreationally and become addicted....when they can no longer get it ($10 a pill minimum on the streets), they turn to heroin which is much cheaper. This has hit our town really hard in the past two years...and we've had several H ODs and lots of home invasions...and this is a quiet little seaside community. Our local papers have done series' of articles to inform the public and pharmacies (chemists) have posted signs that there is no Oxycontin in the store and must be special ordered and picked up by appointment only.
So this drug that is such a miracle for serious pain sufferers has become an addiciton scourge and it really sucks. The show "Intervention" actually did a 2 hour special on how it has affected the town I teach in and surrounding communities...so many young addicts, so many deaths.
Eckie, so good to hear from you. Sorry about your son...that's rough, but glad he is healing well. Don't forget about us!
Love ~ M&M
So this drug that is such a miracle for serious pain sufferers has become an addiciton scourge and it really sucks. The show "Intervention" actually did a 2 hour special on how it has affected the town I teach in and surrounding communities...so many young addicts, so many deaths.
Eckie, so good to hear from you. Sorry about your son...that's rough, but glad he is healing well. Don't forget about us!
Love ~ M&M
Oxy is what my son was addicted too. It is a slow release medication of oxycodone. Usually 80mgs. When smoked or snorted, after it's been crushed, it releases all 80mgs of the oxycodone at once. Very powerful, very addictive. When it became an epidemic in this country, the drug companies changed how it's made and now you can't get past the the slow release coating. Hence, the rise in heroin now. Heroin is cheaper and easier to get too so I don't know that they did anyone any favors.
What always blew my mind is the quanties that drs prescribed of this crap. It was meant for cancer patients, people with horrendous pain. My mother was prescribed it after her surgery and she was high as a kite for months. She was given vicoden afterwards so never really went through any withdrawals thank God.
So now in our little corner of the world, heroin is the epidemic and I am so grateful my son got clean before the change in the oxycontin.
I remember hearing a news story, when oxy first came out...a dentist gave it to a young boy, teenager, for his wisdom teeth being pulled. The kid was dead the next morning.
Not a good drug.
What always blew my mind is the quanties that drs prescribed of this crap. It was meant for cancer patients, people with horrendous pain. My mother was prescribed it after her surgery and she was high as a kite for months. She was given vicoden afterwards so never really went through any withdrawals thank God.
So now in our little corner of the world, heroin is the epidemic and I am so grateful my son got clean before the change in the oxycontin.
I remember hearing a news story, when oxy first came out...a dentist gave it to a young boy, teenager, for his wisdom teeth being pulled. The kid was dead the next morning.
Not a good drug.
Thank Yeez!!
The Golden Girls!! I knew i could depend on yerselfs..lol..xx
It seems that someone around here has got there hands on a significant amount of the stuff though no one will probably know about the info you have just given me..Not that i will be near it anyway..
Well thats the olympics started now,theres even events in scotland though just the footy though..take care ECKIE
The Golden Girls!! I knew i could depend on yerselfs..lol..xx
It seems that someone around here has got there hands on a significant amount of the stuff though no one will probably know about the info you have just given me..Not that i will be near it anyway..
Well thats the olympics started now,theres even events in scotland though just the footy though..take care ECKIE
