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Oxycontin 80mg 4x 80 mg twice a day ( 320 mg every 12 hours or 640 mg/day report #SELF-3335
Male patient reported the following Oxycontin 80mg 4x 80 mg twice a day ( 320 mg every 12 hours or 640 mg/day side effect(s):Detoxification skin crawling return of pain just 2 to 5 hours after taking a bedtime dose. Have taken same 4 x 80mg oxycontin twice a day Total 640mg/day Can not return to sleep until 2 hours after a midle of the night dose.
After 9 years on same daose of 640 mg day the drug apears to have stopped working faling so bad that I go into detox in middle of night wake at 3am to 5 am to take a dose then 2 hours later my painwill calm down skinwill stop crawling and I can resume sleep. Scary if this will get worse and obviously it is.
Event date: Tuesday January 1st 12:00:00 AM
Dosage: Oxycontin 320mg twice a day or 640mg per day
Frequency: 4 x 80mg tablets every 12 hours or 640 mg per day
Age: 52
Weight: 260
Other medications: Dilaudid 8mg, Valium 2x 10mg HS, Nurontin 400mg at HS
Diagnosis: Spine pain failed back syndrome
Pre-existing conditions: FBB Failed Back Syndome / surgery. Spine pain since 1974
Hospitalized? No
Life-threatening? No
Disabled? No
Birth Defects? No
Was intervention required to prevent damage? No
Other serious medical events? Yes Have to take a dose middle of night to thwart detox type feelings
Died? No
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