OxyContin for Chronic Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

• Jonty
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 28, 2012

"I hope your pain is managed as best as it can be! I'm in the UK and am prescribed both OxyContin (sustained-release) and Oxynorm, which is a fast-acting version of oxycodone. I have degenerative disc disease in my lumbar spine and am listed for surgery in early October 2012. This medicine takes the edge off my pain."

• corina
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 20, 2013

"I suffer abdominal pain from 9 failed laparotomies to remove cysts and ovaries, im currently on 80mg Oxycontin 5 x a day, and Lyrica 2 x 450mg daily also for nerve damage this just takes the edge off it could be better but will try patch maybe all i need.....i suffer spinal probs as well neck as knees.......im a walking wounded so to speak lol....."

• Love...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 4, 2015

"I've been on Oxycontin for 8 months. I take it to help with RSD pain in my shoulder that radiates all down my arm and into my hand. I have trouble taking high doses of nerve medications like gabapentin, so a narcotic is necessary. It definitely helps a lot. However, it does not last 12 hrs. I have oxycodone for breakthrough pain. I also have tried taking 3 doses of Oxycontin a day (per Drs orders) and that keeps it from running out. The problem with a triple dose is drowsiness; I started to have trouble tolerating that. But, overall this has been a lifesaver for me."

• Pain-...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 30, 2015

"Good for breakthrough pain..take 7 of the 30mg a day and use 2-75mcg of the Fentanyl Patches as well for Extended Relief. It has been my best regimen so far and I've tried a lot of different kinds and combination to ease my pain. It's hard though because you can tell how much it helps when you miss a pill."

• Abu
• March 9, 2015

"I have a bullet lodged in my back near my spine, this medication is very helpful in relieving the pain but use with caution I would not recommended this for daily use regardless of the severity of your pain."

• SHORTIE
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 15, 2012

"I had 2 spinal fusions one on 5-5-10 and the 2nd one 11-11-11 and they both have failed. This is my 1st time being on oxycontin I was previously on 2 different strengths of oxycodone, which worked well for me but pain management wanted me to be on oxycontin and oxycodone and without my pain meds I can not get out of bed. I had 2 collapsed, bulging disc in my lower lumbar I started out with a cage and it never fused now I have a plate which is not taking. I have degenerative disc disease, sciatica, and many more problems I have more bulging disc and a cracked vertebra but I am really hesitant to have another back surgery due to the previous experiences."

• Markus...
• June 22, 2017

"I was given oxycontin after morphine tablets didn't do much for the pain I was in. 90mg SR morphine and topped up with oramorph throughout the day. Then transferred onto oxycontin which was prescribed for me in a 40+20mg dose of slow release and topped up with the liquid form for through the day, but when I needed a repeat prescription I was told that I wouldn't be given any more. Even though I had taken these for over two months and the morphine for the four months previously. After reading some of the articles I shouldn't have been taken off these straight away. So much for being professional doctors or just wanting to save money over patients welfare.."

• Nolam...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 19, 2016

"I have chronic back pain from degenerative disc disease. I have disc herniations from L-2, L-3 down to L-5, S-1; along with spinal stenosis-different moderations depending on the disc and spinal arthritis. To answer someone's question about how many OxyContin 80 ER pills can be prescribed per day. Legally, the answer is 4- 2 in the morning and 2 at night-which is what I receive; at one time they made 160mg OxyContin but they are no longer produced in the US. To whomever said they were prescribed 8 of them a day- illegal or not from the US. It is an extended release medication meant to last 12 hours. I will be the first to say when they switched to the new for Formula, I didn't feel as though they were as effective and went from 2-4."

• Elsie...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• June 28, 2016

"I am really glad to see so many positive experiences. I just wish I could say the same. I have been on Oxycontin 40 mg for 6 years. I cannot say that I have found relief. I have peripheral neuropathy and I take the Oxycontin 40 mg twice a day and Methadone 15 mg four times a day. I am in excruciating pain at least 8 eight hours a day and I have trouble sleeping and now I am having a problem with constipation. I don't really think it is the medications fault I think my dose is to low to handle the amount of pain I am in. My doctor will not prescribe anything stronger."

• Ozzym...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 11, 2013

"I have been taking for about 7 years. Started at 10mg 2xs a day plus 7.5 mg Vicodin 3xs a day. Now taking 30mg 2xs a day and 7.5 mg Norco 3 to 4xs a day. Before they changed the formula, it worked a lot better. It does give pain relief but it doesn't last 12 hrs, like they claim. I have herniated disc in back also AVN in hips. Just had left hip totally replaced now I need right hip replaced before they will do surgery on my back."

• Jerrie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 29, 2013

"I've been on OxyContin 10mg 2x daily for about a month now and I stopped it about 2 days ago. I had gotten to where I didn't have the energy to do anything, getting out of bed was a tremendous chore and I have been waking up with a headache and going to bed with a headache. This is the second day off of it and I have a little more energy than I've had since I started it and I am hoping the headaches stop real soon. I made an appt to go back to my Dr. early to change."

• Chris...
• August 29, 2016

"I've had orbital implants,kneck surgery, and I am a juvenile diabetic since I was a year old now I'm 50. the pain in my head,kneck, and right arm and the neuropathy in both feet r very very painful. I've been on doxycycline x 6 yrs. it works great but if your treating chronic pain take it when it's time don't wait till pain it at its worse it works consistently better."

• Nate-...
• August 22, 2016

"I was in a severe ATV accident when I was 15 (am now 18), and have currently had 26 surgeries mostly on my right hand. Once I was released a few months later, docs basically turned me from a 3 sport athlete to a living zombie. I was taking over 25-30 different medications everyday; mostly pain meds. I remember just poping them like candy. I was on 80mg of MS Contin x4 a day, 30mg oxycodone x5, 30mg morphine x3, 100mcg's fentanyl, 2mg Xanax x3, 4mg x4 Dilaudid and numerous other anti-depressants that I am still on to this day. I don't understand how doctors can prescribe such obscene amounts of opiates when it's pharmastists who study drug interactions as their profession. Am currently working to become a 3 fingered anesthesiologist :)"

• paulagy
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 10, 2016

"i am trying to get info on what the max dose should be-I was on eight 80mgs a day-new dr brought me down to three-its not enough-I have been pleading with him for 6 months now-I have been taking them since they first came out and 900 mgs of morphine b4 that-broke my back at 14 I have 6 fused vertebrae with 2 9" herrington rods in my back-2 collapsed discs and full of arthritis I run out early every week I am 65-did all the other things -steroids hydro therapy etc etc-name it I tried I just need 1 pill back per day-any advice?"

• J-James
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 18, 2017

"I have severe lower back pain. It's mechanical and stretching helps but it's not enough to stop this kind of pain. I started on bupe but it was not enough. I tried Oxycodone at 10mg not helping. OxyContin that lasts many hours at around 40mg works. If I do stuff around the house or walk for a while I need to take 20mg oxycondone on top. I have done this for two years. I think this is a good drug. However, I'm thinking about going back to bupe as the stretching may have helped over the last year. I won't know unless I try."

• larry
• December 26, 2020

"I have chronic pain 24/7. it is so bad some days/nights I can't sleep, then fell asleep driving home from work. A friend gave me some oxy 30, and started getting around better. But no doctor will give me any. The only otc that helps me is lots of indica."

• Ken
• Taken for 10 years or more
• December 30, 2023

"OxyContin was the only medicine that worked a miracle as far as I am concerned. I had taken it for 20+ years and did not have a single issue. Then I had to stop taking it due to insurance coverage and cost. I was switched to MS Contin, and it did not work even close to the OxyContin. Why was a necessary medicine taken away from those who genuinely needed it and showed fantastic results?"

• OP 80
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 13, 2023

"After an auto accident, I had numerous surgeries just to try to make me look halfway normal as opposed to some kind of monster, and it was horrible! The 1st week in hospital, the pain was monstrous immediately after the initial surgical procedures, but no pain meds at all due to the concussion. It decreased a lot within the first week, but remained constant. The doctors said I had nerve damage in the cervical region. and that this would grow worse after time. By the time I was released, they gave me something called Talwin. It helped a little, but living in pain every hour, minute and second, was enough to make me consider suicide! Ended taking 3 40 mg oxycontin a day, and amazingly, it worked very well! Believe me, ending it all is no alternative! It was the only thing that made living bearable! Thank God"

• Duke...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 10, 2015

"Really helps get rid of my pain. Allows me to function comfortably; since It makes me almost completely pain free, I sleep line a teenager. Prior to using this med, I used to wake up hourly because of pain. My only bad effect is that I get itchy every once in awhile."

• Bethany
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 11, 2023

"I have a neurological condition that is extremely painful and continues to get worse as time goes by. Things I could do a year ago, I can't now. I no longer can drive, go to the store, and struggle with personal care. When pain meds were cut back, I lost half my dose. I am now on oxycontin 40 mg. 3 x daily but it definitely is not reducing this pain enough to have a life without constant misery . Please help those of us who are suffering through no fault of our own.. I have not had any side effects. I am thankful to have a pharmacy that has it for me and have been very kind."

• Rpal
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 24, 2016

"They don't work. I take 7.5 mg of percocet for break through pain. I've been in agonizing pain for a year. Possibly having surgery soon. Any suggestions to talk to my dr about . This is horrible with no quality of life."

• Nona...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 7, 2024

"I find it excellent as it doesn't make me drowsy but does help control pain. I don't get any nausea or side effects. I do find it doesn't go the full 12 hours between doses, more like 8 in actual fact, but while it is working, so am I. Very easy to use and efficient."

• BADBA...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 25, 2019

"I been through 6 failed lower back operations have 2 cages the do cut to large bones off my hip to put in the cages he did not put the screws in to hold the cages in he said it was a tight fit what BS I have 6 bad docs upper back"

• degar...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 4, 2024

"I take OxyContin, and it helps me a lot with my pain. It's one of the only things that seem to help me with my pain. But with so many drug addicts nowadays, you have a hard time getting a doctor to write a prescription for them."

• Confu...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 3, 2021

"Myself I am caught in the conflict of after been prescribed Oxycontin for years like many others now told again for the 3rd time I got to be taken off the medicine like I should have never been given it to start with. My opinion is yes this medicine dose give me a quality of life yet being told by a doctor who I am to trust my life to that its wrong to been given this medicine leaves me questioning what my life would be today had I never been prescribed it as somewhat suggested or if this medical choice is 100% political influenced cause if so, can I really trust a doctor that makes choices on my health or quality of life based on a political agenda ? That sure is a scary thought ."