What is OxyContin?

OxyContin (oxycodone) is an opioid torment solution. An opioid is infrequently called an opiate.

OxyContin is utilized to treat moderate to serious torment that is required to keep going for an expanded timeframe. OxyContin is utilized for day and night treatment of torment. It is not to be utilized on an “as-required” premise for agony.

OxyContin might likewise be utilized for purposes not recorded as a part of this medicine guide.

Important information

You ought not utilize OxyContin in the event that you have extreme asthma or breathing issues, or a blockage in your stomach or entrails.

OxyContin can moderate or stop your breathing, particularly when you begin utilizing this drug or at whatever point your dosage is changed.Never take this solution in bigger sums, or for more than prescribed. Do not smash or break an expanded discharge Oxycontin tablet. Gulp down it to maintain a strategic distance from presentation to a conceivably deadly measurement.

OxyContin might be propensity framing, even at standard measurements. Take this prescription precisely as recommended by your specialist. Never impart the prescription to someone else. Abuse OF NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATION CAN CAUSE ADDICTION, OVERDOSE, OR DEATH, particularly in a kid or other individual utilizing the pharmaceutical without a prescription.

Tell your specialist on the off chance that you are pregnant. Oxycodone might bring about existence undermining withdrawal side effects in a newborn.

Do not drink alcohol. Dangerous symptoms or demise can happen when liquor is consolidated with OxyContin.

Before utilizing OxyContin

You ought not utilize OxyContin in the event that you are susceptible to oxycodone, or in the event that you have:

• severe asthma or breathing problems;
• a blockage in your stomach or digestion systems; or
• an hypersensitivity to any opiate torment medication, (for example, methadone, morphine, Oxycontin, Darvocet, Percocet, Vicodin, Lortab, and numerous others), or opiate hack prescription that contains codeine, hydrocodone, or dihydrocodeine.

You ought not utilize oxycodone unless you are now utilizing a comparative opioid medication and are tolerant to it. Inquire as to whether you are not certain you are opioid-tolerant.

Oxycodone might be propensity shaping. Never offer OxyContin with someone else, particularly somebody with a past filled with medication misuse or addiction. Keep the medicine in a spot where others can’t get to it. Offering or giving ceaselessly OxyContin to whatever other individual is illegal.

To ensure OxyContin is alright for you, tell your specialist in the event that you have:

• any kind of breathing issue or lung disease;
• a history of head harm, cerebrum tumor, or seizures;
• a history of medication misuse, liquor dependence, or mental illness;
• urination problems;
• liver or kidney disease;
• Addison’s infection or other adrenal organ issue; or
• problems with your gallbladder, pancreas, or thyroid.

Tell your specialist in the event that you are pregnant. On the off chance that you utilize OxyContin while you are pregnant, your infant could get to be reliant on oxycodone. This can bring about existence debilitating withdrawal indications in the child after it is conceived. Babies conceived reliant on propensity shaping solution might require medicinal treatment for a few weeks.

Oxycodone can go into bosom drain and might hurt a nursing child. You ought not bosom nourish while you are utilizing this solution.

Try not to give this drug to a youngster without therapeutic exhortation.

How if I utilize OxyContin?

Take OxyContin precisely as recommended. Take after all headings on your solution mark. Oxycodone can moderate or stop your breathing, particularly when you begin utilizing this pharmaceutical or at whatever point your measurement is changed. Never take in bigger sums, or for more than recommended. Tell your specialist if the pharmaceutical appears to quit filling in too in assuaging your torment.

Oxycodone might be propensity shaping, even at consistent measurements. Take OxyContin precisely as recommended by your specialist. Abuse CAN CAUSE ADDICTION, OVERDOSE, OR DEATH particularly in a youngster or other individual utilizing the medication without a remedy. Offering or giving endlessly OxyContin to whatever other individual is illegal.

Quit taking all other all day and all night opiate torment solutions when you begin taking Oxycontin.

Try not to pulverize or break a broadened discharge Oxycontin tablet. Gulp down it to dodge presentation to a possibly deadly measurement.

In the event that your specialist has instructed you to take two or more OxyContin tablets per dosage, take the tablets each one in turn. Try not to wet, presoak, or lick the tablet before putting it in your mouth. Drink a lot of water to make gulping less demanding and to avert stifling.

Try not to quit utilizing OxyContin all of a sudden after long haul use, or you could have repulsive withdrawal manifestations. Request that your specialist how maintain a strategic distance from withdrawal side effects when you quit utilizing this medication.

Never squash or break a tablet to breathe in the powder or blend it into a fluid to infuse the medication into your vein. This practice has brought about death with the abuse of oxycodone and comparative physician endorsed drugs.

Store OxyContin at room temperature, far from warmth, dampness, and light.

Monitor the measure of solution utilized from each new jug. Oxycodone is a medication of misuse and you ought to know whether anybody is utilizing your pharmaceutical disgracefully or without a medicine.

Continuously check your jug to ensure you have gotten the right pills (same brand and sort) of solution endorsed by your specialist. Inquire as to whether you have any inquiries concerning the pharmaceutical you get at the drug store.

Try not to keep extra OxyContin tablets. Request that your drug specialist where find a medication take-back transfer program. In the event that there is no take-back system, flush any unused tablets down the can. Transfer of meds by flushing is prescribed to decrease the peril of coincidental overdose bringing about death. This exhortation applies to a little number of pharmaceuticals just. The FDA, working with the producer, has decided this strategy to be the most suitable course of transfer and shows minimal danger to human wellbeing.

What happens on the off chance that I miss a dose?

On the off chance that you are on a dosing plan, utilize the missed measurements when you recollect. Avoid the missed dosage in the event that it is just about time for your next booked measurement. Try not to utilize additional solution to make up the missed measurements.

What happens on the off chance that I overdose?

Look for crisis therapeutic consideration or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222. An oxycodone overdose can be deadly, particularly in a kid or other individual utilizing the solution without a prescription.

What if I avoid?

Do not drink alcohol. Dangerous symptoms or demise can happen when liquor is consolidated with oxycodone. Check your sustenance and medication marks to make certain these items don’t contain liquor.

This prescription might impede your reasoning or responses. Abstain from driving or working apparatus until you know how you are influenced. Dazedness or extreme sluggishness can bring about falls or different mishaps.

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice might interface with oxycodone and lead to undesirable reactions. Talk about the utilization of grapefruit items with your specialist.

OxyContin side effects

Get crisis restorative help on the off chance that you have any indications of an unfavorably susceptible response to OxyContin: hives; troublesome breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Quit utilizing OxyContin and call your specialist on the double in the event that you have:

• shallow breathing, moderate pulse, icy, damp skin;
• seizure (convulsions);
• confusion, serious sleepiness; or
• a bleary eyed feeling, similar to you may pass out.

OxyContin will probably bring about breathing issues in more seasoned grown-ups and individuals who are extremely badly, malnourished, or generally weakened.

Normal OxyContin reactions might include:

• drowsiness, cerebral pain, discombobulation, tired feeling;
• stomach torment, sickness, heaving, stoppage, loss of appetite;
• dry mouth; or
• mild itching.

This is not a complete rundown of symptoms and others might happen. Call your specialist for restorative exhortation about reactions. You might report reactions to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.