Oxycontin Treatment Centers...

Oxycontin is a high-potency analgesic pain reliever. The brand name for Oxycontin is Oxycodone, which is an opiate originally made to relive the pain of terminal cancer patients. Oxycontin is similar to codeine but much more powerful in its analgesic and addictive properties. Oxycontin is a time-released drug designed to maintain concentrated levels in the blood stream for up to 12 hours. The drug Oxycodone has been prescribed for decades to relieve moderate to severe pain. Some brands of Oxycodone such as Percodan and Percocet contain five milligrams of the drug whereas Oxycontin tablets contain 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 milligrams of Oxycodone.

Oxycontin is one of most widely abused drugs in America and it is easily obtainable through doctors and on the street. Visiting a clinic with the appropriate description of a physical ailment, patients can procure a prescription for Oxycontin. Many physicians are not trained in the field of addiction or to recognize drug seeking behavior.

Oxycontin is commonly abused by crushing the time-released tablets and snorting the powder, or diluting it with water and injecting it. This method of use releases the total milligrams of the drug into the blood stream resulting in a “rush" like that of heroin. The intense "rush" has made Oxycontin a very popular street drug. One can become dependent to Oxycontin in a relatively short time with regular use. The physical withdrawals from the drug are physically and emotionally more painful and difficult than detoxing from heroin.

Many deaths have occurred from Oxycontin overdoses and in combining the drug with other substances such as sleeping pills, anxiety medication, marijuana, and alcohol. Oxycontin works well when properly prescribed for severe pain like that experienced by cancer patients. The problem is that Oxycontin is all too often prescribed improperly.

Opiate pain killing prescription medication can produce an addiction as hard-core as heroin. Addiction to Oxycontin is very serious requires intensive treatment to sustain, a full recovery.