Oxycontin 30mg Difference In Strength To 10 325 Hydrocodone (Top voted first)

I take three hydrocodone 10/325 at once. Would taking one 30 oxycontin be the the same?

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Taking one 30mg Oxycontin would not be the same as taking three 10/325mg Vicodin tablets. I say this for a number of good reasons:

1. Acetaminophen + Hydrocodone are completely different drugs than Oxycontin (different chemical structures mean different effects as well as side effects)

2. Oxycontin is an extended release version of Oxycodone; meaning that it's effects will last a lot longer than Acetaminophen + Hydrocodone in and of themselves.

3. The inactive ingredients are also going to be different in each medication; which means you may have a completely different reaction to one v.s. the other.

4. There's a good reason your prescribed one and not the other. Oxycontin from what I hear, tends to be a lot more potent than Vicodin; and this may not be something you want to test if you've never had one before.

Anyone else have thoughts to share on this?

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Actually, an equivalent dosage would be only 20mgs of the Oxycontin, because it is stronger than the Hydrocodone.

Learn more Oxycontin details here.

Learn more Vicodin details here.

The main difference, however, is that the Oxycontin is a time released formulation, so it isn't going to have an effect as fast as the Vicodin tablets.

Are you planning to talk to your doctor about switching?

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