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Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms can affect anyone who terminates their Oxycontin treatment. Purdue, the manufacture of this opioid pain reliever, states that people who have taken Oxycontin for five to seven days or longer are at risk for suffering Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms. Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms occur because the body gets used to the presence of this drug and adapts itself accordingly. When the body no longer receives this drug, a patient can suffer severe Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms.

Oxycontin is a prescription drug that was approved by the FDA in 1996 to treat the moderate to severe pain associated with cancer, arthritis, and chronic pain syndromes such as neuralgia, bursitis, back pain, fractured bones, and more. Almost six million prescriptions of Oxycontin have been sold in the United States. Fifty percent of these prescriptions are ordered by primary care physicians who may not be fully aware of the dangerous side effects associated with this potent pain prescription.

The Drug Enforcement Agency classifies Oxycontin as a Schedule II drug meaning that while it is approved for medical use, it also has a very high risk of abuse and other serious problems. While abuse of this drug carries numerous risks, even patients who take this drug as prescribed by their doctor face the risk of Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms. Because of this risk, the DEA states that this medication should be prescribed as a last resort when other treatment options have been exhausted.

When a patient takes Oxycontin as prescribed by their doctor, their body begins to adapt to the presence of this drug and build up tolerance, causing the body to need more of the drug in order to achieve the same effect. Because Oxycontin is so habit forming, patients who terminate their treatment often suffer from severe Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms that are equal in intensity to a heroine withdrawal.

Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms can begin as soon as six hours after the last dose was administered and can last up to one week. Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms can be truly horrific. A patient going through Oxycontin withdrawal can experience some or all of the following symptoms: abdominal cramping, nausea, diarrhea, intense body pains, tremors, anxiety, profuse sweating, insomnia, muscle cramps and spasms, body chills and goose bumps, runny nose and eyes, paranoia, and depression. For an addict, or any patient without Oxycontin withdrawal support, these symptoms can make it very difficult to terminate Oxycontin treatment.

There are a number of detoxification routes a person can take to overcome Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms. The non-medical treatment option is abrupt cessation of the drug which may be facilitated with the help of a hospital or other patient support system. Medical Oxycontin withdrawal approaches might include decreasing Oxycontin doses before cessation, clonadine administration, or methadone (a drug commonly used to help heroin addicts withdrawal). There is no standard protocol for facilitating a patient''s Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms. Research has also shown that a patient suffering Oxycontin withdrawal symptoms might also benefit from behavior-oriented therapy.

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