... you need to re-read my post - I'm referring to the Oxy IR (Immediate Release) - they do NOT make those in the higher strengths - it could kill someone ...

... and, as far as Oxy goes, it is actually one drug (opiate) that people can build up a tolerance to that can continuously require a higher dosage to obtain the same level of pain relief. Example would be where someone who is not on pain management would, for a broken leg?, require maybe 10mg every 4-6 hours and someone that's used to taking it might require 80mg to get the same level of pain relief.

Personally? I refuse to anymore that what I'm already prescribed and as soon as I can get the injections for the back - I'm going to taper off and quit using it ... also, had I not been (stopping) taking it for one week a month, I would require a lot larger dose at this point and I'm not comfortable with doing that ...

- it's good stuff, works very well, but unfortunately it gets a bad rap because people abuse it ... the funny part though is that Tylenol kills more people annually (almost 8,000) whereas over a 2yr period, there were just under 475 people that died with Oxycontin in their system and, regardless of what the final straw was that killed the person, they listed these deaths as "oxycontin related" ...

- so it is a much safer drug that the FDA or anyone else wants to admit ... there's money in marketing here somewhere ... (probably under the table kickbacks for the congressmen/women and the drug companies).

Lastly, Oxycontin "used" to produce a 160mg tablet - but that is no longer made and they were recently able to get an extension on the copyrights of Oxy and therefore were/are able to keep the market price as high as it is ... it's actually pretty pathetic to see the way they rape the consumers over this crap ...