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  • October 7th, 2011

    How Long Does this Stuff Stay In My System? Oxycodone/ OxyContin

    Abusing prescription drugs has always been a pervasive trend in society.  It is just the drugs being abused that change over time.  In the sixties, The Rolling Stones wrote about amphetamine abuse in their song “Mother’s Little Helper” and today one of the most abused over the counter drugs is OxyCodone or OxyContin.

    OxyCodone is classified as an opiate analgesic and is prescribed to alleviate moderate to severe pain by altering the way that the brain and the central nervous system respond to pain.  For a one time use of OxyCodone or OxiContin the detection time in a urinalysis would be approximately eight to twenty four hours and in a saliva swab test it would be six to twelve hours.  If the person is a frequent user or of a larger body mass with a slow metabolism it would be a longer detection period.

    A few of the side effects associated with Oxycodone include memory loss, fatigue, dizziness, headache, nausea, constipation and dry mouth. OxyCodone can be highly addictive and if you have been taking it for a few days consecutively and suddenly stop taking it you may experience withdrawal symptoms like restlessness, watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose, chills, joint pain, anxiety, trouble sleeping, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and irregular breathing patterns.  If you are prescribed OxyCodone, your doctor will probably reduce your dosage gradually so that you don’t experience these side effects.

    People who take OxyCodone without a prescription find that they need to continue taking it to avoid these unpleasant symptoms. It is a widely held belief that OxyCodone is a gateway drug to heroin by people who abuse it because heroin has a similar effect on the user and it is a cheaper alternative.  The unprescribed use of OxyCodone or OxyContin soon becomes a vicious circle of addiction.

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