OxyContin – Stuff you need to know

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:13:24 +0000

OK so its not related to provigil/Modafinil/Modalert, but pain-killer abuse is killing hundreds of teenagers every single year and the daddy of them all is Oxycontin, an opioid based pain-killer manufactured by Purdue Pharma. As a result I believe it deserves its place here on our website.

According to statistics there are around 15 million Americans regularly taking prescribed pain-killers, and a lot of them have a dependency to the pills they take, and whether they will admit it to themselves, or not.

To put things firmly into perspective, that outnumbers the totals for heroin, cocaine and meth users combined.

Top of the pile regarding abused prescription medication has to be OxyContin.

OxyContin contains oxycodone, a very strong narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine.

OxyContin is designed so that the oxycodone is slowly released over time, allowing it to be used twice daily.

You should never break, chew, or crush the OxyContin tablet.

This causes a large amount of oxycodone to be released from the tablet all at once, potentially resulting in a dangerous or fatal drug overdose.

Whilst we talk about American facts and figures there’s no doubting this pill epidemic is going to hit the UK, and hit it hard, and we need to be ready to deal with it.

If you are unfamiliar with OxyContin, here are the answers to some of the more pertinent questions.

OxyContin Q&A courtesy of http://arthritis.about.com

Concerned with your own, or a loved ones prescription painkiller intake?

Check this out and read the signs.

http://www.provigil-RX.Info

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OxyContin – Stuff you need to know