I hurt my back at work in July of 2000 and my doctor put me on 80mg of Oxycontin. I was on the drug for 18 months and chose to come off it myself due to the high incidence of addiction. I had to go on Methadone for 6 months and then wean that out of mmy system. It was the worst experience of my life. I felt as though I was going to die coming off of Oxycontin It took me two years before I felt like my self mentally

Iwas put on oxycotin 80mg. 3 times daily for years,after gastric bypass surgery lost 100 lbs. medication never ajusted to new weight, winded up in horrible 3 day detox horror facility with nothing to help me. Thought I had died many deaths, that was the last time I took it, came home and spent 7 months in and out of bed with no help except for my husband. I know I have permanent nerve damage from it.Just now starting to think more clearly, but I'm damaged goods forever, wish someone could help me nail this doctor and the pharmacutical co. that makes it and whoever is responsible for not educating the general public about it. even if I dont get a dime I dont want another young woman to suffer and have her life ruined like me. I'll donate my money to John hopkins, and I wii make one hell of a witness!!! thank you

The general public must realize that OxyContin not only gives you the same high as Heroin, it comes from the same poppy fields as Heroin. These are all opiates, whether it is Perocet, Vicodin, or Oxy, all of these drugs are extremely addictive and have a high potential for abuse and this is why addiction rates have risen nationwide, and Heroin has become the deadly problem that it has. Doctors are not educated enough on these pain management drugs, yet dole them out like aspirin - to adolescents, no less - for headaches and minor pain. It is ironic that doctors have to be certified to prescribe Suboxone and Methadone, the drugs that help wean you off opiates, but any local small town doc can prescribe these prescription pain killers that are causing the current addiction epidemic and leading people to Heroin because it's cheaper. There is something terribly wrong with this picture - and, unfortunately, just like everything else in this country - it's all about the money! Drug companies are in the business of making money - we, as the consumers have the power to change that, and it is our responsibility to protect ourselves and our children from these drugs. Stop using them and send the drug companies a message - you won't dictate to us which drugs we will use for our pain - WE decide that.

I took oxicontin or many years and became very addicted. I went into Group Health Detox to get off this medication and to reasses my pain level. It was very bad getting off this medication.

My son was prescribed oxycontin when he was only 20. He is now 23 and it has been beyond a nightmare- He has not been able to work or function well since. He has a beautiful 2 year old daughter that does not even know her "real" father, as he is always so out of it on the drugs. To avoid the painful effects of the withdrawals he will do any available oppiates he can find when he runs out of the oxycontin. It's amazing how he is able to always find a doctor that will not onlycontinue to prescribe for him, but continually increase his dose. I wish I could find help.

i took oxycontin in 2001 untill 2007 i became very addidcated to this med i lost my roofing buniness my wife my house had to file for s.s.d and short sale my home iam diagnosd with bi-polor a.d.hd. contivitly im paried with phoystioc eposiesd . isee a threpest evey week for addition to this med .i amitted to my self toa oxycotton rehab in brighton michigan in 2005.

I am reading horror story after horror story...I too took oxyContin for two & half years for an injury from work it my doctor recommended it..well my doctor died and I was unaware that I was going to go through the worst time of my life EVER! I have been on methadone for 2 years,I am JUST starting to feel normal!Those pills RUINED 3 yrs of my life...the drug company should compensate all that has suffered from their deceit in "with-holding" information on this drug.I have lost out on a great deal of happiness because of Purdue Pharma.We should be compensated by THE DRUG COMPANY as well!!!SOMEONE PLEASE HELP??

I have many medical problems from cushings syndrome to rsd to lung cancer. Primary care doc put me on oxycontin 20mg 2times a day raised it to 40 mg 2times per day & now NO ONE can help me to go off them due to the medical RISKS. I have had my home broken into & my meds stolen. I have to plan my life around getting my meds on specific days due to the narcotic nature of the drug. Have to plan vacations around when I can get my script of meds. Tried to get help to NO AVAIL, tried to go off myself but Oh My God I WAS dying & had to take more to get rid of the horrid pain and sickness. Yes I have lost time, precious time. The real drug pushers are the pharm companies. Please someone help us, I was pushed into taking this drug by my primary care doc against my will & now she will not help me either. PLEASE HELP

My family members are addicted to Oxy's. My brother in law started to take the pills for his back and was having withdrawals so bad he committed suicide. The sad thing he tried to get help even told workers at a hospital he felt suicidal and they asked his wife if she thought he would do it or not, she didn't know if he would and told them she didn't know. They let him go home and had him set up an appointment for help the next day. The next day came and he called everyone telling them he loved them and then called the police, told him where he would be found at and then he committed suicide. I wish someone would do something to the makers of these drugs. They are only good for the companies who grow bigger and bigger because of peoples addictions! They don't care about human life, what happens or how people feel. If you have withdrawals then guess what, your going to find a way to get some more and that is only money in their pocket. I get scared when I am prescribed pain meds. I stay with the mildest. I don't want to become like my family members who are addicted to this killer drug! God Bless everyone that is hooked. I pray and hope you can get the help you need to get off of this crap!

My husband was in severe pain due to a logging accident. For 5-1/2 years he was on oxycontin. He wanted off the drugs as it was causing him a lot of mental instabilities.He would get in these moods and become violent. He often said he would blow my head off then turn around and blow his off.I never believed he would do that.I thought it was just part of the drugs talking. About a month or so after trying to wean himself off the drugs and still in severe pain he put a gun to his head. The doctor stands firm, it was not the drug that caused him to commit suicide.The accident took my husband's lifestyle, he lost a leg, the other leg wasn't much good either, he had arthritis all down his spine due to the injury, he could no longer do the outdoor things he once enjoyed. But I do believe the OxyContin took my husband's life. I hope and pray someone out there is not scared of the drug maker, Purdue Pharmaceuticals and it's manufacturer, Abbott Laboratories, to force them to stop the manufacture and distribution of OxyContin and the act in abetting of suicide, and in my husband's case it could have been the act of muder suicide.