Description

OC 80 mg oxycontin pill

OC 80 mg oxycontin pill is a member of the opioid (narcotic analgesic) medication class and is used to relieve chronic pain. The drug’s risk during pregnancy has not been classified by FDA. The Controlled Substance Act (CSA) designates OxyContin 80 mg as a Schedule 2 controlled substance.

OxyContin 80mg has been identified as the green, oblong pill with the stamp OC 80. Purdue Pharma LP provides the product.

Drugs that cause similar effects to Oxycodone include:

Opium, codeine, heroin, methadone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, and morphine

What are common street names?

Common street names include Hillbilly Heroin, Kicker, OC, Ox, Roxy, Perc, and Oxy. A semi-synthetic narcotic analgesic, oxycodone has historically been a common drug of abuse among those who abuse narcotics. OxyContin comes in tablets of 10, 20, 40, or 80 milligrams (mg). Depending on the dosage, the color and size of the pills change. The initials OC and the number of milligrams are etched on both sides of the tablets.

Who abuses OxyContin? What are the risks?

OxyContin tablets have a controlled release feature. In order to bypass the controlled-release feature, abusers either chew or also crush the tablets. You can Crush tablets, snorted them, or dissolve them in water and injected them. Individuals of all ages abuse OxyContin—data reported in the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicate that nearly 1 million U.S. residents aged 12 and older used OxyContin nonmedically at least once in their lifetime. OxyContin abuse among high school students. Four percent of high school seniors in the United States abused the drug at least once in the past year, according to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Survey.

Overdose effects include:

Extreme drowsiness, muscle weakness, confusion, cold and clammy skin, pinpoint pupils, shallow breathing, slow heart rate, fainting, coma, and possible death.

Side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction to OxyContin: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Opioid medicine can slow or stop your breathing, and death may occur. A person caring for you should give naloxone and/or also seek emergency medical attention if you have slow breathing with long pauses, and blue-colored lips.

Call your doctor at once if you have:

• noisy breathing, sighing, shallow breathing, breathing that stops during sleep;
• a slow heart rate or weak pulse;
• a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;
• confusion, unusual thoughts or behavior;
• seizure (convulsions);
• low cortisol levels – nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, dizziness, worsening tiredness or weakness; or
• high levels of serotonin in the body – agitation, hallucinations, fever, sweating, shivering, fast heart rate, muscle stiffness, twitching, loss of coordination, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

Serious breathing problems may be more likely in older adults and in those who are debilitated or have wasting syndrome or chronic breathing disorders.

Long-term use of opioid medication affects fertility (ability to have children) in men or women. It is not known whether opioid effects on fertility are permanent.

Common OxyContin side effects may include:

• drowsiness, headache, dizziness, tiredness; or
• constipation, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.