OxyContin

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OxyContin

• By Fallon and Larson

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What is it?

• Prescription drug that when used properly is a
  slow-release narcotic prescribed for pain caused
  by cancer, severe arthritis, sickle cell disease,
  and nerve damage
• When bought on the street its crushed and
  snorted to give you a powerful and fast high that
  many users say is better than heroin

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What is in it?

• Morphine derivate
• Thebaine
• Opiate alkaloid
• Minor component of opium

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What does it look like?

• White
• Odorless
• Dissolves in water
• Highly soluble in alcohol
• Tablet

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Street Names

• Oxy
• OCs
• Killers
• Oceans
• Os
• Oxycoffin

• Hill Billy Heroin
• Oxies
• Oxy 80
• OxyCotton
• Poor Mans Heroin

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How is it used?

• Legally as a pain medication (tablets taken every
  12 hours)
• Illegally as a powerful drug that abusers use,
  they remove the sustained-release coating to get
  a rush of euphoria similar to heroin.
• Chew
• Crush for snorting
• Boil powder for injection

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How can you tell someone is abusing OxyContin?

• Changes in overall attitude and personality
• Decrease in motivation level
• Loss of interest in activities and social groups
• Sleeping at unusual times, sweating, vomiting,
  coughing and sniffling, twitching, loss of
  appetite, sluggish or absent response of
  constricted pupils to light
• Missing medication, frequent visits to multiple
  doctors, or making prescription drug purchases
  online

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What does it do to the brain?

• Stimulates opioid receptors in various parts of
  the brain
• Depresses the functioning of the central nervous
  system

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What does it do to the body?(more serious side
effects)

• Shallow breathing, slow heartbeat
• Seizure
• Cold, clammy skin
• Confusion
• Severe weakness or dizziness
• Light-headedness, fainting

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Less serious side effects

• Nausea, vomiting, constipation, loss of appetite
• Dizziness, headache, fatigue
• Dry mouth
• Sweating
• Itching

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Does it lead to other drugs?

• Heroin
• Opium

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Is it addictive?

• Yes. It is classified as a Schedule II drug,
  meaning it has a high potential for drug addiction

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Is it physical or psychological or both? Why?

• It is a medicine, only by prescription and is a
  prescribed narcotic, which makes it both
  physically and psychologically addictive.

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Treatment

• Combine therapeutic and pharmacological aspects.
• Begins with a drug detox program and then a
  residential addiction treatment program
• Group, individual, and family therapy is advised
• It is rare that the addiction ever goes away

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The End