Oxycontin is a form of Oxycodone. It is a timed release tablet that is meant to be taken every 12 or 24 hours. Oxycontin is often misused or abused by snorting the medication rather than ingesting it orally.
Oxycontin Detox has the potential to be extremely uncomfortable and often results in continued opiate use whether your use has been weeks, months or years. An opiate home detox can be orchestrated using a variety of medically-managed programs. Oxycontin Dependence and Oxycontin Addiction The use of Oxycontin, or Oxy’s, often starts out as the legitimate use of a prescribed pain medication or it may start out as a seemingly innocent experimentation with someone else’s medication. Unfortunately, Oxycontin can easily lead to dependence and addiction.
Dependence on Oxycontin results from continued use of Oxycontin at prescribed levels. The body gets used to the Oxycontin and requires its continued use or withdrawal symptoms will occur.
Addiction to Oxycontin is the illicit use of this prescribed medication. Addiction to Oxycontin is similar to dependence but there is the added component of taking more than is prescribed or engaging in negative behaviors to access and use the Oxycontin. Whether one is dependent or addicted to Oxycontin, the result is often a need for a supervised medical detoxification.
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