Abbott Laboratories now copromotes OxyContin with Purdue Pharma . With OxyContin , analgesic onset occurs within 1 hour in most patients. There is no ceiling effect to analgesia, allowing physicians to titrate the dosage upward when needed for pain control. Common opioid side effects, except for constipation, often diminish over time for many patients taking OxyContin . Please read the accompanying prescribing information for OxyContin Tablets.
OxyContin Tablets are to be taken whole.
Taking broken, chewed, or crushed tablets could lead to the rapid release and absorption of a potentially toxic dose of oxycodone. The most serious risk associated with opioids, including OxyContin , is respiratory depression. Common opioid side effects are constipation, nausea, sedation, dizziness, vomiting, pruritus, headache, dry mouth, sweating, and weakness. For the management of moderate to severe pain where use of an opioid analgesic is appropriate for more than a few days. OxyContin is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to oxycodone, or in any situation where opioids are contraindicated.