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Oxycontin Fact Sheet
Oxycontin is a prescription painkiller also known as "Oxy"
It is a time release version of the painkiller Percodan (Oxycodone)
Usually prescribed to people who are dying of cancer, recovering from major surgery, or suffering form depilating migraines
Euphoric high is similar to heroin and morphine
Oxycontin is manufactured with a special time-release mechanism, meant to release Oxycondone over a 12 hour period
Abusers tend to use Oxycontin in one of three ways
- Chewing the tablets
- Crushing, then snorting the powder
- Crushing, then dissolving the powder in water for intravenous injection
According to the U.S. Justice Department's National drug Intelligence Center, the drug is currently most popular in parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Maine.
Each tablet contains higher amounts of narcotic that other painkillers. While Percoet tablet typically contains a max of 10 mg of Oxycodone, a single tablet of Oxycontin contains most often over 100 mg of Oxycondone.
Purdue Pharma is the manufacturer of Oxycontin
Oxycontin is supplied in 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, 80mg, and 160mg tablet strengths. The tablet strengths described in the amount of Oxycodone per tablet.
Oxycondone is also an ingredient in Percocet, Tylox, Rixicodone and Endocet
There is no way to tell during an autopsy whether the source of Oxycodone was indeed Oxycontin or one to the other drugs that contain Oxycodone
When these drugs attach to certain opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord they can effectively block the transmission of pain messages to the brain
Oxycontin now includes a "black box warning", the strongest type of warning for a FDA- approved drug.
Taking Oxycontin daily can result in physical dependence
Oxycontin is a Schedule II
drug
| Tablet Strength |
Licit Retail Price Per Tablet |
llicit Retail Price Per Tablet |
| 10mg | $1.25 | $5 to $10 |
| 20mg | $2.30 | $10 to $20 |
| 40mg | $4.00 | $25 to $40 |
| 80mg | $6.00 | $65 to $80 |
| 160mg | $14.00 | Unknown |
The cost in $$ of Oxycontin on the streets according to Cincinnati Police
Department Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad, 11/2000.
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