How Can You Crush New Oxycontin (Top voted first)

I have the new oxycontin and it seems undoable to crush and take them - anybody know anything about that?

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Hey, "oxylifesaver": WHY do you only get "...4 hours" of pain relief out of an 80mg IF you take them AS DIRECTED? Personally, I think your full of s--t. I, too, had an injury at Ground Zero and now have cancer. Oh, I'm a disabled cop. Sometimes, after years of taking opiates, you have to either take more than prescribed or find a way to introduce the narcotic into your system faster. So, before you bitch about how everyone has screwed up this med, take a good look at how YOU take them and what you wrote.

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Hey there oxylifesaver ,verwon & the rest of the whining self righteous posters(posers).You are the ABUSERS.Why don't you try answering the question at hand?I didn't see any questions regarding your pain or your views. All you are doing is abusing this topic to get sympathy. Answer the question, try to be human.Or keep your opinions to yourself.If your not ABUSING drugs I seriously feel sorry for your family.because you need help(couch time)and lots of it.

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OK, let me set you all straight as I have info on the time release component you all do not. First, you will never get it to a fine powder state as before due to the fact the drug is bound to the time release agent. Second, by heating it you change the state of the agent where it becomes very harmful to your lungs and may cause stroke if injected (think burnt plastic). Third, there are no secret ways to deactivate the time release agent by soaking it in salts or whatever. Fourth, a lot of research by very smart people went into the time release formula to make it hack proof. Fifth, best bet for rapid release, drop into 1/2 cup high critic acid drink, like OJ overnight and drink, it will be thick, but the most rapid way into your system. Sixth, quit wasting your time attempting to defeat the timed release, all the methods I have seen listed, plus many far more advanced DO NOT WORK. Purdue now has a crappy drug that is less effective, makes you sick, takes longer to work and does not last anywhere near as long. It is going to cost them dearly. Bide your time, this will change as the generic makers sue Purdue for the right to manufacture Oxy again using the old formulary.

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Absolutely the truth! I am a cancer patient, with a chemo treatment related (nerve damage) that created an orthopedic problem. Anything that relieves chronic pain should be legal and available. Screw any puritanical nonsense that states otherwise. Snort it, shoot it, oral, whatever relieves the pain. I am SICK AND TIRED of pain free people driving the politics of legitimate dependency.

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That's pretty sadistic to revel in another humans misery, yand then act like you speak from an ethically superior position, pathetic. And its the fault of recreational drug users, its the terrible laws that created this situation, Oxy's are big money for the real scumbags.

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hey oxylifesaver i am on ms contin 15 mg every 12 hrs and 5 mg oxycodone 3 times a day for bt i need help i dont know how to go to my doctor and ask her for the meds i feel i need without sounding like a junkie im not abusing i just need a higher dose of my meds or possibly try oxycontin i know that my oxycodone 5mg is oxycontin just not time release but i need the time release kind how do i ask her without sounding like i just want drugs

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Shawn, just tell your dr the oxy done isn't lasting long enough and ask if there is something longer lasting, thy should suggest the OxyContin in that instance. And depending on how long you've been on the drug, it gets to a point where you build up tolerance and will need to go up on the dose. I was on OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone for breakthrough every 4-6 hrs for over two years. Now, (granted ive had a liver transplant since then and am still in chronic pain) but I am still on OxyContin (just moved down to 30s from 40s) twice a day, and now am on Dilauded 4mg as needed every 4 hrs. The oxycodone just wasn't enough and I had to keep asking for more that it wasn't covering my pain, so they switched me to the Dilauded. But I think the best way to approach it is simple say, hey doc, it's not working long enough. It helps for maybe 1/2 hrs, is there anything longer lasting? And they should recommend the OxyContin, because thats what it's for.

And lifever, there are people with legit chronic pain conditions who have been on their medications so long they need to in erase their dose, or find a better route to administer. Like bob said, just getting them in faster helps. So before you judge and criticize, think a little bit. Sometimes abuse isn't a choice, it's a necessity!

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OXYLIFESAVER------- YOU ARE A DISGRACE OF A HUMAN BEING!!! Your comment "you're smiling about abusers going thru withdrawal" is one of most sickening things I've ever read. I hope karma comes back to you with her sickest vengeance, like one of these addicts holding a gun to your head and robbing you of everything you have. Addiction is a disease that no one asks for and if you had any common sense you would know why they were refomulated. You believe that Purdue Pharm suddenly developed a conscience after 7 or 8 years of making billions??? No you heartless corpse, their patent expired and they reformulated their billion dollar babies under the cloak of responsibility to the public while their new cash cow will continue to be abused. I would tell you what to replace your OPs with but I hope you suffer in pain until the day that you die

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You can break these peice of s**t op's down. Use a needle nose vice grips and a dremel tool over a good sized bowl. Your better off just swallowing the powder instead of snorting it but you can sniff it if you want.

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Maybe some people have a hard time swallowing pills, did u ever think of that? I have a legal script and a very bad gag reflex.

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Hey Oxylifesaver, to say that "u smile at the fact that a bunch of people are going through withdrawls from abuse" is a very cold hearted thing to say, what if someone said im smiling that ur suffering with a disease called CANCER. Yeah people may abuse this drug but its usually because of a disease called ADDICTION. If you think about it, its the same thing YOU didnt ask for cancer, and im sure atleast more than half of the abusers dont ask to become a addict. Like Bob stated he just wants it in his system faster, If somebody wants to snort it thats there buisness for there own personal reasons (for example BOB). The pharm. companys should give the user or abuser that option. Its there life not urs. you have no clue whats going on in there life and why they r useing r abuseing. I really feel sorry for people like you. I truly hope you can beat your CANCER and i wish there was a cure. People like you ecspecialy if your dieing from cancer should get a check for a million dollars from our goverment. its just not nice to say "your smiling at someone whos suffering" ecspecially if you dont have a clue! Thats just my opinion......

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oxylifesaver, i highly recommend switching to opana er they are stronger and last longer and are mainly only precribed to cancer patients so hope that helps <3

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The old formulation worked fine when taken as prescribed, why would anyone have to abuse it? Now this new formulation doesn't work and there are a lot of people just trying different things with it to get the same pain relief as before. We shouldn't have to mess with any pill for it to work properly. Something is really wrong with this picture. Can we sue purdue for changing it? For putting us through so much agony? Making our lives a living hell? I think they don't work because our bodies weren't made to digest plastic. Who would do such s ridiculous thing? I think they should be sued for selling a faulty product! Someone needs to take responsibility for the pain we are feeling because of this change. You know what I'm sayin'?

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You are si right , I have a kidney disease and have to take medication for the pain. I pass kidney stones all the time and it does begin to feel like you've become a slave to the drug, I myself wish I can be off all these med's. Good luck to u all.

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Long story short. Working stiff, came home from work, had seizure, crushed 3 vertebrae in lower back due to intensity of pressure. Life took new meaning. I couldn't work, go anywhere life just stopped. I had to move from my inner city apt to a boarding houses filled with junkies, alchos, parolees, guns you name it. Finally after taking about 3 painkillers , because I was chronicly affected by this injury and had constant pain, they put me on OxyContin. I had never even heard of this drug. (workinstiff) At first it did nothing. Then the dr started raising the dose. Because im 6'7 and 122kg I usually need more of an absorbed long acting pain reliever due to weight ratio. This is when my real night mare began. When I reached a certain dose, the doctor just said don't come back, that's it. After finding that almost no dr would prescribe me I had to see a few and got the lovely title of "Doctor shopper". And because I was asking for pain relief for my shattered veterbrae I was also BESTOWED with "drug seeker". Finally found a dr that understood me and my situation. He put me on after a few consultations, he put me on 6 x 80mg per day. This was the only way to control the unexplainable pain I was in, granted I only needed 2 in morn and 2 at night. The dr was busy and said I didn't need to see him and he knew there was nothing we could do for my back except manage the pain. (three orthapedic surgeons wouldn't touch me due to risk of a piece of bone in my spinal cord, paralyzing me.) Anyway, because of this he began giving monthly scripts. That's 200 80mg tablets in my possession. Anyway because of the dose, of course I became dependent on them. But I can honestly say that my chronic spinal injury, I had to take pain killers, right? Wrong. One day ( st this time I couldn't simple things like walk to the shops (not alowed to drive because of epilepsy,) go to drs and chemist with my pain as much as it could be, It hit me that this unjust was a lifer, even with pain medication I still can't work, and I was on 100k a year! You don't throw that away to get paid about 13k a year!! Sorry back on track. Ok BANG I'm on the train coming back from an appointment with another back specialist. Next think I know? I'm on the train platform not knowing who I am and or my ass from grass. Another Gran Mal seizure. The people got me off the train but in the statements that due to the shock snd heat of the moment and they didn't see my bag (which was partially under the seat. Due to people knowing i had oxycontin because they found the boxes in the bin, they stoop,my rooms being robbed by boarding house people I keep (the few) valuables I have in my bag. Lost phone jewelry paperwork and, which I didnt know at the time, was going to start THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF MY LIFE. When I went to see my dr and explained the situation and he flew into a rage and said im the second one who said he lost his tablets today and accused me of selling them or whatever. I had another seizure and then the withdrawal came , I ended up in hospital. Like I said long story short, they just stopped my OxyContin and put me on methadone. Remember I've never used heroin, but they said it works for pain management. So I said ok. Let's try it. Now the nightmare got worse. They started me on 30mg methadone a day, and every 2 weeks I'd go back pleading that this is doing nothing for my pain. This is where my life stopped. They upped my dose to 200mg quite quickly, and for the last 400 days, because I have nothing for pain at all now, the methadone doesn't affect me one bit, so now I spend 23 hours a day because I am in so much agony. They now are making me take 8 valiums a day as well! (do they want me to od? ) so now I do nothing, can't work, cant drive, can't play, can't be with a woman CAN'T DO ANYTHING I USED TO. imagine having cancer and just lying in hospital all day, with no pain relief, just rotting away. I have contacted the health dept about my dr but this resulted in him reducing my takeaways as punishment for "bad behavior". The guy would just smile and keep telling me its all in my head, even though mu xrays show i have severe spinal damage. So after a year if pleading with this guy for some relief, I went to another dr and they said there's nothing they can do now I'm a "methadone addict". I brought my carer along because someone needed to see how this guy was treating me. He came out into the waiting room in front of everyone, said I can find another doctor to manipulate for drugs AFTER SEEING HIM FOR OVER A YEAR. Anyways if I was a real drug seeker I wouldn't have gone onto methadone, or wasted a year with this idiot?? Anyway end of story - I cannot live like this anymore. I am in bed at least 23 hrs in bed (like hospital) but no one brings me food or medication. So I have decided to euthanize myself because I can't live in this hell of a life I'm in. I don't "live anymore" I just exist. I'm on the disability pension due to my injury, I have s taxi card, even getting done money for being permanently disabled, but I CAN'T EVEN GET A PANADINE FORTE. I have written to my MP, the DHS, it's like this dr is above the law. So I'm gonna stop the pain cause it's one thing I can still CONTROL. I keep having seizures and if I have a bad enough one with my spinal damage I could become a para/quad rapleigic and be unable to do this, so I'm going to do it while I can. Anyway, sorry to have talked for so long, but that's my 2 cents. :-). Ps do I have a date in mind? Damn straight I do. I have to wait a few months to tie up my personal/financial situation, I don't want to leave my family with problems, even though I only see my mum once a week, I don't see anyone else, seriously what do you day to a person who hasnt been able to even care for himself for this long I think they've forgotten about me. But I understand, what can they say or do? Any thoughts on my situation? Thanks for listening, not many people do or if they do they do what can they do? Ive run out of breath telling my story, even writing to the U.N. but to no response. If there's any holes in my story it's only because I'm condensing it so much, happy to answer any questions if it will help get some opinions. Peace.

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The best way to get a pretty fast, nicely sustained euphoric high from time-release oxycontin it to get a pill cutter and split the pills into 1/4's or 1/8's. Don't mash the pills. Just nice, clean cuts. Then swallow them with fairly sweet, high-end estate coffee. Jamaican Blue Mountain is my preferred blend. 15 minutes later you'll be thanking God.

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i don't care if people abuse it so why should i have to be in more horrible pain because of it? this new one DOES NOT WORK!!! The abusers will get their "high" somewhere but i won't get pain relief anywhere.

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I just want to staighten some tyhings out. Go find the white paper put out by Purdue about the new formulation. It's on the internet. According to the white paper, the OP's have a polymer binding agent. It takes 24 hours for oxycodone to leach out into water.
The bottom line is , if you want instant release you are going to have to soak the pill in something for 24 hours. This is also the reason the pills are not as effective when taken orally. Oxycodone is not being efficiently absorbed in the intestines after 12 hours if it's even still in your body.

fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/08/slides/2008-4356s1-05-Purdue.pdf

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it was not drug abuse until a human gave it a name and it is a man (or woman) that desides if it is abuse in my opinion you taking it upon yourself to say that you deserve to medicate yourself your way and another persons way of medicating thereself is wrong your a d*** just because someone has pain beyond your comprehension doesn't mean its not there unless your just here to annoy people then proceed

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I know exactly how you feel. I can't lie in the bed because of my pain. I finally went to the methadone clinic. That is the only legal way I could get àn6 type of pain med.it is far from the best thing but now I don't lay in bed crying begging for God to take my life. I am on 100mgs. A methadone clinic will raise your dosage easy,all you have to do is ask! It cost me 360 out of pocket because my state does not allow medicaid to cover treatment for addiction and I can, t find a doctor that will write for pain. Too many lawmakers playing doctor.

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