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Heroin Withdrawal: OxyContin, a Deadly Menace
In the past, OxyContin has been criticized as being the prescription drug of choice for abusers, who crush the pill and snort it, bypassing its time-release mechanism. Doing so sometimes has the unpleasant side effect of death. Some of the street names for OxyContin include Oxy, O.C., Killer and hillbilly heroin.
OxyContin is a semi synthetic opioid analgesic prescribed for chronic or long-lasting pain. |It is a analgesic prescribed for chronic or long-lasting pain. } Oxycondone, being the active ingredient which is also found in drugs like Percodan and Tylox. About 10 and 160 milligrams of oxycodone is obtained in a timed-release tablet, compared to five milligrams in Tylox.