Whats the difference between Oxycontin and Oxycodone? Is one better or stronger than the other?
January 9, 2010 - 6:21 pm
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January 9th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Oxycodone is Oxycontin. I could be totally off base, as I’m trying to pull this from my memory, but OxyContin is almost just like an “extended release” version. Making it so that the Oxycodone is released very slowly.
Oxycodone is also the main ingridient in a handful of other pain medications – Percocet, Percodan, and Tylox.
January 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Oxycodone is the name of the narcotic in Oxycontin.
Oxycontin contains oxycodone, but is ‘continuous release’, hence it’s name.
Basically, the reason you never hear of anyone getting hooked on oxycodone is because it is quite difficult to obtain in a pure form, due to the increased potential for abuse. Generally, a NSAID such as paracetamol or aspirin is added, so an overdose would also cause severe pain due to liver damage. Examples include percocet (oxycodone and paracetamol) and percodan (oxycodone and aspirin).
Also, oxycodone is generally sold under some sort of trade name, so you wouldn’t hear the word “oxycodone” used to refer to an addiction, just as someone with a Vicodan problem wouldn’t say they had a “hydrocodone” addiction.