# What's the big deal about Oxycontin? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939 "2008-10-08T02:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/81 "2008-10-14T16:22:48Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > I have it on very good authority that, for those individuals who can and do use opiates/opioids recreationally, oxycodone combines one of the most subjectively pleasurable effects of that entire class of drug (as opposed to morphine, for example, which is said to be more sedating than euphoric, and can cause severe nausea) with impressive “legs” or duration of effect. Oxycontin is oxycodone in a high dosage amount (as opposed to percodans/percosets, which pack a measly 5 mgs of active principle along with a liver-walloping 300+ mgs of acetomenephen), and _that’s_ what the big deal about Oxycontin is, for those who indulge in extra-ciricular usage of narcotics. I realize that most of this is subjective, but I actually prefer the mostly-morphine-and-a-bit-of-codeine mixture of poppy pods to artificial OCs. 95% of the time, nausea comes from taking too large of a dose with not enough tolerance; it doesn’t have much to do with the specific drug, IME. In fact, the worst I ever had it was from taking a 40mg OC when I had no tolerance at all. I was puking several times an hour for eight hours straight! Heroin is still supposed to be the king as far as pleasurable effects go, but that’s the path to lose-everything-you-own-then-die addiction, so I’ll never touch that shit. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/83 "2016-05-19T23:56:44Z")
Does it work on 8 year old zombies? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/84 "2016-05-20T00:16:40Z")
Spammy link reported. ( **mybackhurts** ) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/85 "2016-05-20T00:41:37Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Absolutely pointless nitpick: Vicodin is Schedule III. Not anymore. Its now Schedule II. ETA: Why did this thread pop up in New Posts if the last post was 8 years ago? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/86 "2016-05-20T00:49:42Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Not anymore. Its now Schedule II. > > ETA: Why did this thread pop up in New Posts if the last post was 8 years ago? 😕 Spammer. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/87 "2016-05-20T00:53:21Z")
the thread reviver was promoting narcotourism, going to foreign countries to get opioids. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/88 "2016-05-20T01:01:37Z")
Good riddance indeed! People should get there opioids right here in the good 'ol US of A! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/89 "2016-05-20T01:37:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Good riddance indeed! People should get there opioids right here in the good 'ol US of A! Support your local drug dealer. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/90 "2016-05-20T01:40:04Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Support your local drug dealer. Trying to drum up business? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/91 "2016-05-20T01:49:31Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Trying to drum up business? I’ve got more than I can handle as is. Qadgop’s the name, buprenorphine is the game. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/92 "2016-05-20T01:54:30Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Trying to drum up business? He doesn’t deal drugs, he just prescribes them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/93 "2016-05-20T02:32:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He doesn’t deal drugs, he just prescribes them. 😉 And his customers don’t even pay him! What a bad businessman! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/94 "2016-05-20T14:07:57Z")
I was taking Oxycodone a couple of months ago after a knee replacement. It finally came down to a decision between pain relief and taking a shit. As usual the ass always wins. I quit cold turkey after two weeks of use. 36 hours of feeling downright miserable (besides the fact that my bowels still didn’t work) followed by two more weeks of wondering whether my sense of taste or smell would return to normal. Addicts just love that stuff. While I like to party just as much as the next irresponsible asshole I want nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/95 "2016-05-20T17:53:15Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > It finally came down to a decision between pain relief and taking a shit. I shit you not (see what I did there) that as states crack down on pill mills, oxy addicts have started taking massive amounts of Imodium instead [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/health/imodium-opioid-addiction.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/health/imodium-opioid-addiction.html) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/96 "2016-05-20T19:17:47Z")
Since this is back, apparently the new thing is W-18, which according to the breathless media exceeds Oxy in power by “a hillion jillion times.” My nefarious plans are back in action. I just need an excuse to get a prescription. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/97 "2016-05-20T19:40:29Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Support your local drug dealer. Buy local, back alley meth lab - to - table! #knowbetterdrugsdobetterdrugs ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/98 "2016-05-20T21:43:30Z")
> [@quimper](#): > > I shit you not (see what I did there) that as states crack down on pill mills, oxy addicts have started taking massive amounts of Imodium instead > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/health/imodium-opioid-addiction.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/health/imodium-opioid-addiction.html) Great. One more OTC drug that’s going to end up back behind the counter and subject to a bunch of stupid purchase restrictions. Now the state’s going to have a historical record of every time I get the chocolate fountain, all because a few oxtards dose their way to a megacolon. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/99 "2016-05-21T08:13:13Z")
I’ve been on opioids for 11 years. Hydrocodone (Vicodin) Then Hydromorphone Now Morphine They barely control pain - and I am taking (or was, until the great DEA smack-down of 'scripts) some serious dosages. Demerol was the only thing that had a psychotropic effect. And I don’t want that effect. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/100 "2016-05-21T10:13:36Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’ve got more than I can handle as is. Qadgop’s the name, buprenorphine is the game. Heh, in the veterinary ER game, it’s methadone (outpatients) and fentanyl (hospitalized). ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939/101 "2016-05-21T13:44:44Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’ve got more than I can handle as is. Qadgop’s the name, buprenorphine is the game. **QtM** , did you see [this article](http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/20/478577515/fda-considering-pricey-implant-as-treatment-for-opioid-addiction) about implanted sustained release buprenorphine? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-oxycontin/466939.md?page=6)