Oxycontin Addiction

OxyContin Overdose

OxyContin overdose can produce stupor, coma and fatal respiratory failure.

Caution with OxyContin ®

Oxycodone is an opioid agonist of the morphine-type, and prone to abuse in a manner similar to other legal or illicit opioids.

OxyContin Overdose Symptoms

• Cardiac arrest
• Circulatory depression
• Cold and clammy skin
• Constricted pupils
• Dizziness or fainting
• Hypotension
• Low pulse, heart rate (bradycardia), or blood pressure
• Respiratory arrest
• Respiratory depression
• Shallow, short, slowed or stopped breathing
• Shock
• Skeletal muscle flaccidity
• Somnolence progressing to stupor or coma
• And death
  

Seek immediate medical attention if you experience these symptoms coming on.

Other symptoms typical of opioid overdose include:

• Bluish lips and fingernails
• Cold, clammy skin
• Coma
• Constipation
• Convulsions or seizures
• Dark urine
• Diarrhea
• Extreme weakness
• Increased, unusual sweating
• Itching skin
• Loss of consciousness
• Muscle spasms, twitches
• Severe confusion
• Severe drowsiness
• Severe nervousness
• Stomach spasms
• Yellow eyes or skin

Are You Addicted to OxyContin ®?

You have OxyContin dependency if you:

• Suffer physically, when you stop taking OxyContin ®.
• Require higher doses to reach the same effect.
• Take doses more often in greater amounts than prescribed.
• Feel ashamed concerning your OxyContin use.
• Cannot derive pleasure in simple things.
• Act indifferently to family, sexual relations, or outings.

Your dependency becomes addiction when you:

• Juggle doctors or hospital emergency rooms.
• Engage in illegal acts in order to obtain OxyContin ®.
• Buy medicine on the street to maintain an opiate supply.

The above signs indicate your OxyContin use and overuse has now become addictive.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), drug overuse for non-medical purpose now ranks as the second-leading cause of accidental death in the US (2004).

• Reported abuse has occurred by crushing, chewing, snorting, or injecting the dissolved product, which risks uncontrolled delivery of the opioid into the body and potential fatal overdose, by respiratory depression among other trauma.
• Federal law prohibits the sharing of OxyContin ® or other ‘controlled substance’ (narcotic) medications with other persons.

If you increasingly take opiate drugs like OxyContin ®, Methadone, Vicodin ® or Hydrocodone, seek medical attention. The Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification humanely treats patients who have a physical opioid dependency.