oxycodone...like weed?

[Bong30]

Percocet....is oxycodone and tylenol

Oxycodone is a very powerful and addictive opioid analgesic medication synthesized from thebaine.

It is effective orally and is marketed in combination with aspirin (Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin) or acetaminophen (Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet, Tylox) for the relief of pain. More recently, ibuprofen has been added to oxycodone (Combunox).

[yabatab]

Pian killers are very habit forming here is what I have went thru
in about a months time 120 lortabs 10 mg(hydrocodone) and 110
percocets 10 mg(oxycodone). I guess its kind of hypocritical to
say this but don't take anymore pain killers for a while after those
are gone. I got on heroin and oxycontin a few years ago after
taking pain pills like lortabs and percocets for so many years I
basically take these to keep from feeling like shit every day.

[Damon32]

wait till you run out.....you will wish you never took those fuckers in the first place. Had plenty of experiences with this drug and running out is the worst!! A few days of roughing it and you will be fine. You'll know what I mean when the goodies are gone.....

Almost just as bad as heroin but not really. You wont be able to sleep very well once you are off of them, trust me. You wont get the crazy shakes and shit like heroin but you WILL have mild withdrawls....good luck and stick with the weed. Next time you get pain killers ask for vicodin...not nearly as addictive and no where near the same withdrawls.

[maryjanehaze]

ya guys i just took my last 3, so I'm gona have a fun night...guess i'm fucked tomorrow night though...

[birdgirl73]

From the sound of things, it's probably a good thing you don't have any more! Weed's a lot safer and less addictive than that stuff.

[Pika]

am i missing somthing?
What is OxyContin?
OxyContin (oxycodone HCI controlled-release) is the brand name for an opioid analgesic (pain reliever) -- a narcotic. It is available by prescription only and is used to treat moderate to severe pain when around-the-clock analgesic is needed for an extended period of time.

Oxycontin is the Purdue brand name for Oxycodone ER (Extended Release). Now that Purdue's patent has expired, Endo makes the generic. OC is pure oxycodone plus some inert binders, while what you normally get for PRN, or as needed pain relief, is a compound of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and a relatively small amount of oxycodone HCl. The standard is 5mg/325mg oxycodone/acetaminophen, although they have 5mg, 10mg, and 15mg (similar to Vicodin, or hydrocodone/APAP). Oxycodone is twice as strong as morphine per mg and is in the same DEA schedule II class of drugs (schedule II is the highest chance of abuse, same as morphine and cocaine).

Oxycontin comes in 10, 20, 40, and 80mg tablets (and no longer 160mg, the ones Rush Limbaugh liked). If crushed, the time-release membrane is broken, and you get all 12 hours worth of medication all at once. If you are not opioid tolerant, 80mg all at once, plus a little alcohol can stop you breathing

[orangeman]

Oxycodone is just a semi-synthetic opioid which contains heroin (I believe). Use it, dont abuse it :thumbsup:.

[Pika]

Both are semi-synthetic opioids, but oxycodone does not contain heroin.

From Wikipedia:

Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from the alkaloid thebaine, unlike most early opium-derived drugs (as in heroin and morphine) which instead used the morphine or codeine alkaloids also found in the plant.

Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid. It is the 3,6-diacetyl derivative of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine) and is synthesised from it by acetylation.

[yabatab]

I don't know where the hell you all are getting oxycodone
contains heroin.......LOL, It has a nickname though its called hillbilly
heroin but trust me it does not contain heroin, heroin is not in any
pharmaceutical product. Heroin was deemed illegal and no known
therapeutic use for it, there for it cannot be prescribed.

[Nullific]

This thread caught my attention as I was extremely bored and browsing the forum. Several weeks ago SWIM acquired a nice quantity of generic 40mg oxycodone tablets. For the past few weeks SWIM has been dosing between 10mg and 60mg of oxycodone or at least 5mg hydrocodone almost daily, abstaining only a couple days here and there. SWIM recently took a three day break and experienced absolutely no withdrawals. How does one explain such a phenomenon? Was it luck? Genetics? Some knowlegde and a little self control?
Or could it have been the simple fact that for a sizeable percentage of the population it takes several weeks of frequent administration of high doses of opioids, even those named heroin, before any significant symptoms of withdrawal would appear?

So why do people believe that oxycodone is such a highly addictive and toxic substance? Could they be living in some fantastical reality where they've been lied to by their educator's, legislature's and media? Perhaps they've been posting on a message board that condones the recreational usage of marijuana while simultaneously fueling ignorance and intolerance when it comes to other substances yet allows minors to engage in discussions related to topics of a sexually explicit and religious nature meanwhile advertising 'legal budz' smoking alternative scum with the addition of a crappy arcade to make everyone feel better while the pharmaceutical industries shove shitty prescription stimulants and so called antidepressant drugs that actually increase your odds of committing suicide down your throat????

There are two concrete possibilities here. I am either 100% correct or 100% insane.