Because of the growing number of people dying due to Oxycontin abuse, it is important to know that because this particular drug contains Oxycodone in its purest form, it is often abused. It is not mixed with an over the counter analgesic like most other pain medications and therefore is more likely to be abused. People by-pass the time-release action
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Oxycontin is a strong prescription pain killer that can easily be abused if a patient is not careful. The morphine that oxycontin metabolizes to, gives the brain the message that a state of pain free euphoria has developed. The brain therefore demands oxycontin, giving the patient the impression that the original need for the prescription is still around; usually a need to end pain. Welcome to the vicious cycle of oxycontin abuse.
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