[corkoman]

My physician has mentioned oxycodone for pain management, so far I am resisting. I currently take Vicodin 10-650 mg. tabs, four a day. They are not doing the trick anymore.

Do you realize that you are already taking oxycodone?

[CholeraJoe]

Vicodin contain hydrocodone, not oxycodone. Oxycodone is a Schedule II narcotic, hydrocodone is Schedule III. The potency of oxycodone is 2-3 times that of hydrocodone.

[Graybeard58]

Hydrocodone and acetaminophen

[dglang]

He is taking Hydrocodone, not Oxycodone. Oxycodone is stronger than Hydrocodone.

[shawntown1980]

Actually, no. Vicodin is a name brand version of HYDROCODONE. Oxycodone is a much stronger opiate. People have been taking Vicodin/hydrocodone for years for moderate to severe pain. Some people have gotten addicted to hydrocodone (Courtney Love, Anna Nicole Smith) but the reason the Oxy situation is such an epidemic is that it is WAY more powerful and addictive than hydrocodone, and the potential for overdose is 20 times more likely. Oxy is to be used to treat people with: late stage/terminal cancer, busted backs (or either serious back injuries), gun shot wounds to the stomach...you get the idea. SERIOUS pain. Not 25 year old kids who say their back hurts, and yet they can walk fine. I have been addicted to this shit for 12 years, since i was 18 (currently 2 weeks clean and headed for rehab!!) and it is no joke. If you’re doc wants to put you on oxy, and you wanna live a long happy life and are under the age of 60, i’d resist it. Try other means: phys therapy, herbal meds, meditation, anything but oxy. if you’re on oxy, you are on a purer form of heroin. its that simple.