Are oxycontin and oxycodone the same drug?
Brooke Shepherd
Asked: 2018-04-07 12:10:11
Hello there, My dad was prescribed oxycontin for back pain and some form of degenrative arthritis. This happened several years ago And at that time it didn't take a very long until he started abusing it. He went into a spiral of an ugly and exhausting addiction after about four years he put all of it down and manage to stay clean for a little less than a year and then decided to go back on pain medication. The difference this time he claims is that he's on methadone and oxycodone. I see him abusing the oxycodone and a like he did with oxycontin and when asking him about it he said the way that he uses his pain medication is to help the pain subsided faster.
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Madeleine
Answered: 2018-04-08 12:44:05
Brooke I am sorry to hear that you are going through this with your father I'm sure this has to be very hard for you. I am an addict myself and what you're describing sounds very familiar to me. There's was one point when i was prescribed several different pain meds including oxycodone, oxycontin, hydrocodone, fentanyl patches, you name it... the doc gave it to me. So to answer your question, oxycodone and oxycontin are unfortunately the same drug. I hope things get better for you and your father, addiction is hard to beat.
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Eric
Answered: 2018-04-09 03:46:15
