Does this happen to anyone? I am taking oxycotin and have a headache for the last week. Could the pills make me have a bad headache? But the thing is I was taking oxycodone for 2 years and never had one fom that. Just woundering since that is the only diff drug I have taken by the way it is 40 mg of the op version 3 times a day
thanks to all
the cleo
Could Oxycontin be giving me a headache?
Question posted by the cleo on 2 Feb 2012
Last updated on 26 July 2017 by Iceprincess5176
8 Answers
Iceprincess5176
26 July 2017
Found this post by looking for this answer myself. I am on both of the oxy and been getting horrible headaches daily. Thanks for all your comments. Very helpful.
rafiki
9 Feb 2012
Absolutely! I have severe back pain and was on 300 mg/day 3/80 mg oxicontin and 2/30mg of oxycodone. When the oxicontin went to op I experienced severe headaches, stomach aches, and constipation. so now i'm on just oxycodone 2/30mg 5x/day, it doesnt work as well and the pain is harder to control but i dont have the other problems. I trie afterd it again and the side effects happened again. I'm hoping that the oc type do come back and I heard that they will when a generic can be produced but Purdue has the patent on the drug. If I am miss informed on this or anyone knows more about this please let me know. Rafiki
worriedwifey
3 Sep 2012
My husband is going thru the same thing right now... We are trying to get in asap with pain management... he has had this headache for almost 2 months straight... so glad I saw ur comment. Thanks.
sara12345
4 Feb 2012
You risk rebound headaches from taking any of the pain killers (even OTC ones) at least 2-3 times per week.
the cleo
3 Feb 2012
Yes it is the same formula oxycontin 40 mg the NEW OP version NOT the OC [old version]
Inactive
3 Feb 2012
I got it now, cleo... thank you for clarifying that ever so important question. And BTW, I hate polymer matrices!!!
Sweet Hippy,
Laura
worriedwifey
3 Sep 2012
Cleo, my husband is having the same problem right now . I am so glad I found your question and answers... if u have anything else to share please feel free.
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Please excuse my ignorance, but is oc oxycontin and op Opana?
Laura
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Yes, took me quite a while to catch onto that. Patti
DzooBaby
2 Feb 2012
The old formula of OxyContin was marked with an OC on one side and the mg on the other (10,20,30,40,60,80) the new abuse deterring formula is marked with OP on one side and the mg on the other-this is how you can differentiate between the old and new formula, plus the sizes are a bit different but not much. The OP's have a polymer matrix that resists crushing-it will flatten and maybe break up into big pieces if you hit it with a hammer but wont crush into powder, it is tougher to split, and when it hits water (people could dissolve the old version and shoot it in the vein or would snort the powder up their nose for instant large rush of all of the drug at once) it gels up into a gummy substance that you cant inject and gels if you snort it and it hits the moisture of the mucus membranes and wont absorb as well as the old version. You can still abuse it by taking too much but they are trying to at least make it less desirable for abuse potential.
Which I'm all for IF the drug works as well when swallowed whole as the original. Unfortunately with this one they changed the way it releases as well. The old formula released a bolus of about 1/2 the medication in the first 30 min or so after you swallowed then slow released the rest over the 8-12 hour period. The new formula just slowly trickles the med out over 12 hours-no bolus, so that is why people were getting withdrawal effects when first changing from the old to the new. The old formula you could feel relieving your pain in about 30-45 min after taking. The new formula takes about 2 agonizing hours to kick in enough to start easing back the pain-at least in my experience. Thank god for the breakthrough meds! If I dont have those I'm miserable!
DzooBaby
2 Feb 2012
So to clarify, they are both long acting oxycodone (OxyContin) just different formulas.
the cleo
2 Feb 2012
No I mean the new oxycontin the op version
the cleo
3 Feb 2012
oxycontin op the new unbreakabel one
the cleo
3 Feb 2012
No the new versin oxycontin op version
Inactive
3 Feb 2012
I gotcha Dzoo, Patti and Cleo,
Much thanks... I did notice a huge difference between the two, just never bothered to look at them as they jumped into my mouth too quickly from the dam bottle, but the difference is unbearable. I definately liked the old formulation better, I LOVED IT, as a matter of fact. Did it's job so well. And now, like a lot of things in life, oxyconyin has become lazy in it's duties. Don't care for fentantyl much either. I simply want my oxycodones 15 mg 4 or 5 times a day and I, Dr. Mariani (as my shrink calls me before he tells me to be quiet), will manage my pain myself. I am not an addict, I don't abuse my opiates, I NEED them for quality of my life, and I have only one life to live (sounds like soap opera I used to watch a lifetime ago... ), hence I wanna manage my pain.
Anywhoooooo, this Creaky Hippie appreciates all of you so very much, I can't find the words to express my feelings. Ya'll know more than most docs!
Have a very meek Thank you,
The Happier Less Manic Hippie,
Laura
DzooBaby
2 Feb 2012
All opioids have the potential to give you headaches. Opioids increase intercranial pressure. that is why they NEVER give opioids to people who have had head injuries. Some people are sensitive to this change in intercranial pressure and it gives them a headache and no drug will touch it much (the headache, I mean) I take both OxyContin and oxycodone and if I take too many breakthroughs I get a wicked headache!! I couldnt take methadone for pain for this very reason-wicked nasty headaches caused by increased intercranial pressure. You might try reducing your dose or you may have to go to another drug. Some people are affected more by one drug than another and it definitely gets worse the higher the dosage.
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Dzoo the d.c. guru has hit the nail right on the head, as per usual. Listen to everything she has to say. Apparently, she is a great resource person.
Hippie Laura
Inactive
3 Feb 2012
My friendly flower gurl,
I've never ever seen Dzoo get one wrong, she is always right!!
I do swear by drinking coffee for headaches though, maybe it reduces the intracranial pressure in some way. Maybe DzooBaby could explain that? Doesn't it do something to blood vessels?
Lara
xoxo
Inactive
3 Feb 2012
My Sweet Irish Lass,
Caffeine causes vasoconstriction of those darn vessels ... Just saying.
The Hippie
Inactive
3 Feb 2012
Dearest Laura, I forgot about your masters degree, I stand corrected and totally embarassed for my faux pas!!
Gra',
Lara (how could I forget that, and how could I put bad french in this comment along with Irish-speak?) ugh, getting off line now, ps, sent you a PQ!!
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Hi the cleo,
I've taken both oxycontin and oxycodone, and I used to get migraines, on OxyContin!! So bad, that I would go to my doc for a shot of dilaudid!! Which only made things worse.
This was a while ago, about three years or more, but when I flushed my oxy (not suggesting you do that!) no more migraines nor bad headaches! I couldn't believe it. I'd had several headaches a week for ten years, and voila, they were gone.
I take a small amount of oxycodone now, and have no problems, just your garden variety headache that tylenol will help.
Opiates are famous for headaches, but it is odd that both you and I have had headaches while on oxycontin, but not on oxycodone. I was taking 180mgs of oxycontin by the way, quite a lot.
Can you take enteric aspirin? It is coated and will not cause stomach upset. That is what I would take when nothing else worked (while on oxycontin).
Best wishes, hope they go away! Caffeine (sp) helps with headaches, have a cuppa coffee or tea with your enteric aspirin.
sweet lemon
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Ah, my wee little Irish lass, how art thou? And my sweet, for my 'oxy headaches', I do take aspirin... works like a charm and I also drink a ten cup pot of coffee a day my love. Your answer is 'right on' as usual!
I am back, sleeping every night, feeling like a million dollars , but I miss you so much. I pq'ed you the other night... the message was from when I was really sick and somehow I missed it. Will thou ever be able to forgive my digressions?
Please contact me, use carrier pidgeons if need b, but I NEED you
Sweetest Frisky Hippie,
Laura
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
And Cleo,
OP is waaaaaay stronger than OC. OMG, I took a small piece of one, I grant u no pain, but I did float about 3 feet off of the ground for hours (believe me, it is hard to clothes shop in that altered condition). I like my oxycodones, just my preference for severe pain control and at the most I take 60 mg a day
But I'm not your average Hippie either. Just ask anyone on the site ;-).
Wishing you the very best pain control,
The (by far) Sweetest, Looniest, Happiest Hippie,
Laura
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
hey The Cleo, yeah, it could and also, when they changed it from oc to op, lots of people report problrms they didn't have with the oc's. The company, Perdue, i think, that makes them, let the pharmacys fill the ocs until they ran out, for the next few weeks, we got mutliple posts per hour, about the new pills. I hate to say that, but if you join the opana group, and look thru the old posts in that group, you will be shocked at how many complaints people had. One member looked up the address and contact info for perdue and listed it here. It could also be you adjusting, but i would be lying if i hadn't read probably at least 100 complaints about the new formulation. Patti
Gracieboop
24 June 2014
I started on ER 30mg OxyContin a little over a week ago. In the past I have suffered from chronic migraines. However after being treated for occipital neuralgia with blocker shots, I have only suffered from 1 migraine in about 1 year. Until I started on the OxyContin. The first night I got a severe migraine, with vomiting. I noticed that I was having pretty bad muscle tension in my upper back and neck prior to the onset of the migraine. I did not take another dose for the next two days as I was vomiting and could not keep anything down. I too was taking Oxycodone and my doctor added the OxyContin in addition to the Oxycodone as I was not getting enough relief from 15mg Every 6 hours. I took my second dose of OxyContin on day 3 with 2 soma, I am only allowed three per day.
I did not get a migraine on day 6 I got another migraine, this one sent me to the hospital as my doctor would not give me phenegran suppositories to help with the vomiting, he gave me pills? My own saliva was making me vomit. Why would a doctor give you pills when you tell them you cannot stop vomiting? Anyhow they gave me a shot of something at the ER and a suppository to take home with me. Since I was taking 2 soma twice a day I ran out of Soma early and I will not take the OxyContin anymore. This was very helpful. My doctor called my mother who is also his patient. I am 42 years old and I am pretty sure he was not legally allowed to discuss my healthcare issues with my mom. He told her he has given me every kind of pain med out there? I am not really aware of what's out there but Norco, Oxycodone, and OxyContin is everything out there? So I am back to just dealing with the pain. Not very well I might add. I have a 2 year old child that I cannot even pick up. Any advice from anyone out there? Is there anything else out there that might help without causing muscle tension and isn't as expensive as OxyContin? Thank you
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