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Yes, I think I was mistaken when I said it was pulled off the market. Sorry about that. I hope you have a positive experience with it. My sister-in-law suffered from so much pain that she was thrilled to be able to take oxycontin. It really helped her. I know the drug helps, and I am glad our medical community is working to try to address the issue of pain management. Particularly in the area of long-term unresolved issues like Rush is facing. Good luck to you.

You may have been half right, but that may have been a while ago. The doses for OXY come in 10, 20, 40, 80, and I think 160 mgs. Someone here probably knows for sure. But I think there was a 320 mg dosage at one time, and I think they quit making that.

And thanks for your kind thoughts and encouragement. Took the doc and I a year to come to this decision.

OXY at 10 mg is just a few time more potent than a vicoden........ so in large part it's taking one little time release pill twice a day, rather than two pills 4 or 5 times a day. AND..... the big thing..... is that even though OXY IS addictive, it contains no tylenol. So if your pain could be controlled by tylenol with codine, or Vicodin or percocet, then continued heavy use of tylenol is quite dangerous to a number of internal organs, especially the liver. And can even, so I've read, lead to hearing loss. So if Rush had started off with Vicoden or some such thing, THAT, not OXY, may have contributed to his hearing loss. We won't know what happened for sure til he tells us in about 6 months (I don't think 30 days will do it for this kind of addiction - got a bit of experience with my son having gone through 4 different treatement centers for his druggie addiction).