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Oxycontin and liver damage?
Does anyone know if long term use of Oxycontin for chronic pain can cause toxic hepatitis or medication induced hepatitis????? I have been taking it for 5 years for severe back pain.
I'm a liver transplant patient and SVR. I wrecked my motorcycle and was on oxycontin and oxycodone for 4 months and if the transplant team didn't object to it I figure it can't be that hazardous to the liver. Of course, 5 years is quite a long time and I have no idea about proplonged use. Mike
No disrespect, but would you mind explaining your name? For some reason Howard Hughes comes to mind :)
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Oxycontin, as you probably know, is oxycodone, but continuous release, i.e. contin = "continuous". There is no APAP like hydorocodone combos - Vicodin, Norco, etc. I have chronic spine problems/pain and my hep doc took me off Norco and on to Oxy to eliminate the APAP toxic potential on the liver. I then can take a Tylenol pre injection to help prevent some sx. Oxy has its own sx and potential for dependancy of course.
Hope that clears it up for you - and I certainly can empathize with your back pain suffering. I am really anxious about tolerating the tx on top of my acute spine pain (in the early weeks and really in much more pain from the Interferon). But will do my best, I have to. Regards, G
Hope that clears it up for you - and I certainly can empathize with your back pain suffering. I am really anxious about tolerating the tx on top of my acute spine pain (in the early weeks and really in much more pain from the Interferon). But will do my best, I have to. Regards, G
And to kindly correct the earlier post by Mauilady; Oxycodone, or time released called Ocycontin, alone do not have anything added.
Combos are done with ibuprofen added - "Combunox" or acetaminophen - "Percocet", etc. Oxycodone time release "continuous" is marketed as the Oxycontin and has nothing added other than the substances for time release and suspension in making the tablets, etc.
Combos are done with ibuprofen added - "Combunox" or acetaminophen - "Percocet", etc. Oxycodone time release "continuous" is marketed as the Oxycontin and has nothing added other than the substances for time release and suspension in making the tablets, etc.
I don't really understand how you could be on it and not know the difference - one is straight up WAY more addictive and powerful which is why it's called HillBilly Heroin.
It's mad addictive. It's like a LOT of aLOT of oxycodone in one pill compared to a little of it mixed with tylenol in a different pill.
If you have to take it and are already used to taking it then you don't have much choice except to withdrawl off the med and THAT is hard as I know.
But I'm not sure how you can't know or why you didn't just as a doctor about something this important.
It's mad addictive. It's like a LOT of aLOT of oxycodone in one pill compared to a little of it mixed with tylenol in a different pill.
If you have to take it and are already used to taking it then you don't have much choice except to withdrawl off the med and THAT is hard as I know.
But I'm not sure how you can't know or why you didn't just as a doctor about something this important.
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