Oxycodone and Pain: What Users Say (Page 2)

• eri...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 9, 2018

For Chronic Pain "The pill from Rhodes does not work as well as the one from KVK Tech. Pain does not go away as quickly or completely and comes back faster. Those of us with Thoracic Surgery Pain Syndrome/Post-Thoracotomy Pain: 'pain after thoracotomy - very severe, probably the most severe pain experienced after surgery' have to fight not only the pain, but pill manufacturers messing with ingredients. For the Big Pharmas to produce/sell them for less money, so pharmacies buy the cheaper pills and mess with the patient (the people who are in constant pain-remember us?!) to save .00001 cent per hundred pills. I am sorry to sound angry-but I AM angry! I was OK with four or five 10 mg pills per day. I could live almost a regular life! Do yoga a couple times a week, clean the house, and perhaps even do a bit of gardening on the same day. Now it hurts to do any activity using my upper body. (RLL removed 12/07, LUL resection in 2/16). I am only 60 years old-I should be able to have a 'normal' life."

• lov...
• November 5, 2011

Oxycodone for Pain "My husband has degenerative disc disease. He has had a two-level spinal fusion on his L5 and S1 discs, as well as two rods and six screws of hardware in his spine. He was only 27 years old when this injury happened. I totally feel for anyone who has to suffer from back pain. It changed his life forever. Normal activities that people take for granted every day were almost impossible for him to do. He's been through numerous doctors and has tried every pain medication out there. He now takes 30 mg Roxicodone six times a day. It has totally been a lifesaver for him and given him his quality of life back. He still has some pain and bad days, but nothing like before."

• PTa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 2, 2019

For Chronic Pain "I just saw a post similar to mine. I was just switched from my light blue Mallinckrodt 30 mg oxycodone HCl 5x daily to the Rhodes version. Absolutely no problem before, but now I am experiencing moderate pain that goes in a horizontal line across my abdomen. The line is 1.5 inches above the navel. Before this symptom started, I had an irritated region in what seemed like my stomach. Anyone else have this?"

• Bet...
• April 13, 2009

Oxycodone for Pain "I am now on eighth year of OxyContin 40 mg twice daily. Though I have breakthrough pain whenever I am a bit too active or on my feet too long, I never wanted to increase the dose because I can bear a certain amount of pain. OxyContin is a wonder drug. Before that, I was to the point that I thought my working life was over and it was time to go to the welfare office."

• Hys...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 19, 2016

For Chronic Pain "This medicine is absolutely amazing for chronic pain. However, coming off of it is the absolute worst experience I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. Please don't take this medication for longer than indicated. The relief you are feeling now, unfortunately, is not worth the pain you will experience when you stop taking it."

• Blo...
• December 17, 2011

Oxycodone for Pain "This medicine was great. Like you all say, I got my life back, but then I started to get to where I felt like I was 80 years old in the morning. I had severe leg cramps causing me to walk like an 80-year-old woman would walk, and I am only 46. I had pain in my calves and in my heels, shoulder pain severe. I could not sit or stand for long periods of time. I kept telling myself that it was not the Roxy I was on that was causing me so much pain because I liked how it let me get my work done. But then when I started feeling the horrible pain in my calves that I could barely walk and made me very weak, like I could not do my normal stuff, it put me into a depression because I felt like I was old before my time."

• Blo...
• December 17, 2011

Oxycodone for Pain "This medicine was great. Like you all say, I got my life back, but then I started to get to where I felt like I was 80 years old in the morning. I had severe leg cramps causing me to walk like an 80-year-old woman would walk, and I am only 46. I had pain in my calves and in my heels, shoulder pain severe. I could not sit or stand for long periods of time. I kept telling myself that it was not the Roxy I was on that was causing me so much pain because I liked how it let me get my work done. But then when I started feeling the horrible pain in my calves that I could barely walk and made me very weak, like I could not do my normal stuff, it put me into a depression because I felt like I was old before my time."

• Lyn...
• April 22, 2012

For Pain "I have severe scoliosis, had an operation 16 years ago which failed. A titanium rod which should never have broken did. I have tried various medication, including Morphine, my life was hell. A few years ago, I was prescribed Oxycodone immediate release, tried slow release but had too much breakthrough pain. My life has now greatly improved, and I can have a better life, anyone knocking this pain relief hasn't suffered like we all have. It gets a 2 thumbs up from me."

• mou...
• January 13, 2010

Oxycodone for Pain "I am a 47-year-old male who has taken this drug for 10 years (300 mg per day, every day). Yes, it will ease pain, but normally after 2 to 3 years you have to increase it. I was medically dependent within months. In late fall '09, the medicines just lost their effect by at least 50%. So I was faced with a 50% increase in medicines. I said NO! So I tried a medical detox place to start. After 90 hours there, they said, 'You have done great, we are sending you home.' I was so proud till 4 a.m. the next day. I threw up 90 times in the next 60 hours. I lost 34 lbs. in 8 days and had severe withdrawal symptoms for 2 more weeks. It has been 30 days since I started this, and I will never put that poison in my body."

• zoe...
• February 19, 2011

Oxycodone for Pain "I have used the OC for 11 years. During that time, I have only decreased my dosage. Now, the OP formula simply doesn't work. I take 2-3 times the breakthrough pain medicines, and I have added ibuprofen and naproxen to my regimen. I am going to have to increase my OP dosage on my next visit because it simply doesn't work. This new formula is ineffective. I'm going to discuss switching to a different medication, but the OC used to work so well. I was able to go canoeing and walking in the woods. Now I'm back to missing work."

• Don...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 5, 2022

For Chronic Pain "My comment is for the oxys from Rhodes Pharm. They suck so bad, they make me feel jumpy and I have a headache, and I'm in a lot of pain. I'm on pain meds for over a decade, so I do know what I'm talking about. It is just this month's prescription, they gave me a different company."

• MS ...
• October 17, 2022

Oxycodone for Chronic Pain "I have found that it works very well in combination with immediate release. I have tried several different medications for years, and this is certainly noticeably much more helpful in managing severe pain. I would recommend use in combination with immediate release. I suffer from multiple pain management complications from spinal fusions to remitting progressive MS. This combination has helped me get through many days of very difficult, painful flare-ups, from bilateral sciatica to a crushing sensation in my left arm, which is constant."

• man...
• September 28, 2011

Oxycodone for Pain "I've been on OxyContin for 10 years. First for severe osteoarthritis. 5 years ago, had failed bilateral knee replacements. In the future, they are supposed to be recalling my knee replacements, but for now, I can't live without my OxyContin. I started out with 20 mg twice a day. Now I take 120 mg 3 times a day and Percocet 10/650 for breakthrough pain 4 times a day. I can't walk without it."

• kle...
• September 16, 2010

Oxycodone for Pain "I have worked the coal mines all my life. About 5 years ago, I was in a major mine accident. After 7 orthopedic surgeries, I realized I was going to have to live with this horrible pain. It was so bad that the thought of suicide lingered in my mind so often it became my only thought. That was until I went and saw my family doctor. He started me on Vicodin, then Percocet and a list of others. I didn't have much luck with all those other medicines. Finally, he put me on OxyContin. What a difference it made in my mental health and my physical well-being. Now I take the 80 mg three times a day, and I can finally live again. I still get horrible breakthrough pain at times, but even with that, my life is so much better."

• Rzi...
• March 2, 2012

For Pain "This medication helped me survive until they found the real problem with my back, which took about a year and several progressively invasive procedures. I can say in my experience that after surgery I continued having pain, but once I weaned off and my own endorphins kicked in, I actually felt much better. Even my pharmacist said there have been cases of the medicine actually causing pain, and I experienced it. I will say in my experience there is a difference in generic medications vs. name brand and even differences in different manufacturers."

• Ben...
• August 30, 2011

For Pain "I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 3 years ago. I'm 49, and it has completely turned my life upside down. So much pain continuously, and I am on Humira, methotrexate, and Plaquenil. For pain, I have had just about everything: Norco, 100 mg Fentanyl patch, and what has worked the best was OxyContin. It has at least opened a window where I can function and actually spend time with my family. I'm currently taking 2 x 80 mg but fixing to tell my doctor to double it up as he said we need to find where we need to be. Anyone suffering from this disease knows the great pain associated with it. God bless if you do, and hope this helps."

• maj...
• June 4, 2015

Oxycodone for Chronic Pain "I noticed that a side effect of Roxicodone is body aches and pains. The reason I am taking it is because of chronic, severe body aches and pains, especially in my lower back and legs. Is the remedy causing the problem? I guess I will never know because my insurance company will not pre-authorize an MRI."

• Cha...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 17, 2018

For Chronic Pain "This is the only medication I actually get some pain relief from. My Dr. has also prescribed 5 mg methadone twice a day along with my 30 mg oxycodone - which, because of all the people who have abused the drug and turned to the street to self-medicate with heroin - my dose of 4 a day has now suddenly been reduced to 2 a day and replaced the other 2 with 15 mg oxycodone. Which doesn't help my pain at all. And he said because I am apparently 3 times over the allowed limit (thanks, Trump). He said he would reduce my intake very slowly so it would be less painful. It would take one year or more to have me where he wants my dose. But, to me, very slowly would not be to reduce it by 30 mg off the bat. I don't know if I should be looking for care somewhere else or if this is about right?"

• Man...
• April 2, 2009

"I fell out of a moving truck at 40 MPH and have several back problems. This stuff is wonderful. Lets me live a normal life. Pick up my baby, help my wife around the house, and just be able to go day to day without constant pain and suffering. Now my doctor says I need to go to a pain specialist to get me off the drugs. Let me tell you, some days I've tried not to take my pills, and it is so horrible. Why take away something that works just to keep trying other things that don't? I have tried just about everything. I get the feeling my doctor wants me to be in pain."

• Anonymous
• November 26, 2009

For Pain "Have had moderate to severe pain for over 10 years. Percocet was the first to even touch my pain, then had to be switched to OxyContin, when the withdrawal was too much. OxyContin didn't last 12 hours, took it every 8 and still experienced withdrawal symptoms and breakthrough pain. Finally switching to Hydromorph Contin. Much better, now I have no withdrawals ever."

• Anonymous
• September 24, 2009

For Pain "I took oxycodone 325 mg every 4 hours after my facial surgery. They worked very well and I had to stop taking them after a few days because the effects of controlling the pain were too much for me. I went to regular Tylenol afterwards."

• bee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 10, 2016

Oxycodone for Chronic Pain "Breast cancer left side and radiation damage. My left arm is in constant pain. I work long hours, so I don't want to make any pain meds during work but want something to help me sleep through the night - pain relief. The OTC meds are tearing my stomach and causing uncontrolled bowel movements. Would this help with pain so I can rest? It's been over 16 months, and I have not had more than 6 hours of sleep. I also want to make sure this is not habit forming."