Q: just got my prescription filled for oxycontin cr 80mg nf,NO HCL ON BOTTLE. it was oxycontin 80mg cr,HCL. What is the difference? Both are from same company PURDUE.
Hi, I have been taking Oxycontin for 8 years now and received the new OP Oxycontin. It does not control my pain nearly as well as the old one did.
I have gone through withdrawals and now have daily flares that last for hours.
I would guess I'm getting 2/3rds to 1/2 the pain coverage I used to get.
We are all individuals and as such, we will all respond differently to any medication. For me this means it doesn't work as well. Though for others it may work great.
The new oxycontin has the drug naloxone in it now. The only difference you should notice is that you will no longer be constipated,
Helen,
OxyContin does NOT have Naloxone in it. The only active ingredient is oxycodone hydrochloride. It differs from the old formula only in the way the time release mechanism is structured.
Teri
Teri, There is a new Drug out. Came out last year and in Aust it is called Targinact so may have a different name where you live. It is a combination of Oxycontin and Naloxone. I have been prescribed it as it stops constipation. At the moment we have to get Govt. permission to take it. This is why I believed your new Oxycontin was the same but apologies if not. I am keen to talk to anyone taking this new Oxycontin combination. Helen39
Helen,
Targinact can't be what the original question was about. It's an entirely different drug, not a version of OxyContin, which is a brand name. The original questioner said the medication was made by Purdue.
Targinact is made by Napp Pharmaceuticals. It's not a combination of Oxycontin and naloxone. It's a combination of oxycodone and naloxone.
Teri
Well Terri I must congratulate you on being more knowledgeable than my Specialist Dr. He told me oxycontin is a slow release of oxycodone "contin" meaning continuous whereas oxycodone has to be taken more often. I was also told it was made by Mundipharma Pharmaceuticals.
I am not going to become embroiled in an arguement of semantics. I do agree that I misunderstood the original question. Hoping you feel a bit better soon. Helen39
Helen,
I don't want to argue semantics either. I just don't want to see the person who posted the original question get confused.
It may well be that the brand name OxyContin came from the drug bing a "continuous release" formulation of oxycodone. And it's easy to say Oxycontin, which is a brand name when we mean oxycodone, which is not. Oxycontin and Targinact both contain oxycodone. Targinact also containes naloxone; Oxycontin does not. Targinact is made by Napp; Oxycontin by Purdue.
All of that information is readily available. One doesn't need to be especially knowledgable to find it online. So, no I wouldn't begin to compare what I know to what your specialist knows. But, especially since I work for HealthCentral, I do have a responsibility to ensure that the information that's here for patients is accurate. I'm sorry if I offended you. That was definitely not my intent.
Take care,
Teri
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I just filled my prescription and I too have noticed the "sticky" change!! Thanx a lot abusers...I have been taking this for over a year and it WAS the only thing that helped me..I am thinking about asking my doc to switch me soes anyone have any ideas on what is a sgood as 'The old Oxy?" thanks