Oxycontin And Oxycodone Urine Drug Test (Page 2) (Top voted first)

When taking a urine drug test, does oxycontin and oxycodone come up as the same drug? I took a 40mg oxycontin on a monday and was drug tested on thurs. I am tested once a month from my pain mangement dr. to make sure my oxycodone's are in my system. So will the 2 drugs show up as one or is there a differance in them with the drug test?

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no UA tests for metabolites not actual drugs

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look mba no matter what truth or some others say there are some analgesic or pain relieving creams that have a broken down form of cocaine in them called lidocain also any of these can show up as cocaine take heart my blood pressure meds mixed with my lortab shows up as weed and I am 43 and haven't smoked weed since i was 17

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Katy - AMEN AND HALLELUJAH to your post of 2/17/13!!! When I'm reading here to try to gather information, I feel like a teacher trying to decipher the writing assignments of second graders! Actually, I have an 8-year-old grandson who just finished second grade and the spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentence structure are all much better in his papers!:-)

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It will show up as oxycodone. I take roxies it showes up as oxycodone on a u.a.

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To JAX - I'm curious as to why you only have 2 days of your pain medication left when it sounds like you should have at least 14 days left. It sounds like you've been taking much more than you've been prescribed. I don't mean to be critical. If you haven't been prescribed sufficient pain medication and you're suffering, it's really tempting to take what you actually NEED rather than limiting yourself to the dosage a doctor thinks SHOULD help. It really sounds like you need to have a firm conversation with your pain doc regarding the fact that you're still in serious pain which is unacceptable. If he/she is more interested in (again) what dose SHOULD be enough by-the-book rather than giving you the amount that will actually bring you relief--you need a different doctor! I went 5 years taking Oxycontin in an amount that eased only SOME of my pain only SOME of the time. Then we moved to another state and I got a new doc. When I told him that I was beside myself with pain because what I was taking just didn't cut it, he said, "It sounds like you're just not getting enough" and increased my dosage. I've been on that same dose now for 5 years (no increases) and have been able to lead a more functional life than I had for the 15 years prior to hiring him as my doctor. For a pain doctor to leave you in so much pain that you find yourself tempted to take more meds than you're prescribed is unethical and violates the Hippocratic oath--to "first do no harm"! My best wishes as you seek adequate pain control.

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So true I was hit by a truck at 45+ mph I severed knee. broke 18 bones m,my back,three skull fractures and massive brain damage... I was a high end collage athlete at the time..my doc would barly give me 4/ 10 mg norco because of all the a**holes that abuse oc..after two years in a hospital bed I am back on my feet after 9 surgery s I look still look very fit but can barley walk..because I look so healthy even the doc says you look amazing you can't be in that much pain...it's so wrong to assume someone is not in pain just cuz they don't look hurt!! Even my best friend think that all cuz I look healthier then them but truth be told I can't even walk my dogs around the block without having to spend the whole next in bed on ice.. Sorry for the bad grammar as I said I have a bad head injury

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To Jdhoss: You surely have my sympathy. I sometimes think that if one more person says to me, "Well, you LOOK good" (the implication being that looking good means I can't possibly be hurting that badly), I'll SCREAM! People with migraines don't have any obvious injuries either but does that mean their head doesn't hurt? What are people with severe body-wide pain SUPPOSED to look like? Just because someone in pain made the tremendous effort to take a shower, do their hair, put on some makeup and wear decent clothes (all of which took about 3 hours with frequent rest breaks and a significant amount of pain medication to accomplish), that's supposed to mean they feel fine? I'm often tempted to go to church or some other event without a shower, with my hair a tangled mess, no makeup, wearing grubby clothes, no jewelry--whatever it takes to look as bad as I feel. Would that make others take my pain seriously? It sounds like you're a guy so the no makeup thing probably wouldn't make a difference.:-) But you could try going to your next doctor's appointment doing your best to look as bad as you feel and see if your doc get's the message! I have a friend who is dealing with her 3rd bout of cancer and this time. She looks great, has a nice figure (reconstructed breasts), good color, her hair has grown back and she's always dressed in cute clothes with her makeup done. Does this mean she's not sick and in pain? Actually, she needs to take daily pain medication and she's terminal--has maybe 5 years to live. You'd better believe no one, including her doctors, is telling her that she can't be that sick because she "looks good." "Looking good" is not an accurate measure of how one feels. When will doctors and people in general get that through their heads? I don't know but it's frustrating and unfair and, what's more, it leaves people with invisible disabilities and invisible pain suffering unnecessarily. My heart goes out to you.

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Pretty self-righteous, aren't you, Kevin? I agree that many people abuse their meds and make it hard for the rest of us. But you have also have no idea if their pain may be far worse than yours. Or perhaps they're undermedicated and just can't stand the pain any longer. I have a great doc now who actually listens to me and treats my pain appropriately and adequately. But I went through many years of having the severity of my pain blown off by ignorant doctors who insisted it simply couldn't be that bad. While I still took my meds according to instructions, it was hell, pure and simple. I was unable to function because of the pain and spent my days in agony. Unless you're feeling someone else's pain, you can't know what they're experiencing and assume it's just like yours and if you can deal with YOUR pain, they should be able to deal with theirs without taking extra meds. Shame on you!

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I am so sorry for you feeling so bad...bless your heart Cindy. I just got out of the hospital after being in there for a little over a month due to breaking both of my legs. Before than I was in chronic pain in my side that they can't find a reason for with IBD on top of that. So, many surgeries. I so understand where you are coming from. I will be praying for you my friend. God bless you and keep you in Jesus' loving arms.

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Red Man: Many doctors HATE it when what they prescribed doesn't work--not because they care that you're still in pain but because that proves they're not God. If a doctor has prescribed a pain medication and you're still in significant pain--find another doctor. I can tell you that not all doctors are like that. Mine always felt terrible when what we tried didn't work because he actually cared that I was still suffering. We tried different meds for breakthrough pain and raised the strength of my primary pain medication until we found a combination that gave me a life. The mandate for all doctors is "to first do no harm." In my book, when a doctor's ego allows a patient to remain in serious pain when relief may be available (possibly making it difficult to impossible for them to "have a life"), that's doing plenty of harm.

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I have a doctor like yours saying the same thing but I know how to do it so E-mail me and I will privately tell you..
I don't like talking on these sites so E-mail me at
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Call me RED.
JUST E-mail me and we will take care of it!!! LATER

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Hey, Ryan, no problem! You're right about spell check--you really can't ever trust it! Who can keep all those "...codone's" straight anyway?! All the best to you!

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So true, "peetsy"! The government likes to pretend they're doing something about the drug abuse problem but the end result of much of what they do is to, first, hurt and mistreat true chronic pain patients who must take narcotic pain relievers in order to relieve their agonizing pain and have some sort of life and, secondly, criminalize the doctors who are responsibly trying to help their patients. Meanwhile, the abusers and addicts always find a way to get around the barriers continually being created by agencies such as the DEA and go on abusing and misusing these same medications, apparently without missing a beat, while patients with severe, disabling pain are often treated like criminals and receive less effective pain relief due to changes in formulations intended to foil drug addicts; additionally, the pain patients' doctors often end up throwing in the towel (like your doc) because they are sick of constantly worrying that they'll be harassed by law enforcement simply for doing the right thing for their suffering patients. Of course, the situation isn't helped by some doctors who also assume that a chronic pain patient on narcotics just "likes their high", as I heard one physician say in a lecture. Such ignorant assumptions infuriate me; I've had chronic severe pain for 20 years and been on narcotics for 13, and have NEVER been even remotely close to being "high". I'm sure many true chronic pain patients who use narcotics can attest to the fact that all the opioids do is give them a chance at a life with less pain where they can function at least moderately well--and being "high" is not part of that life.

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I am 21 years old and was rear ended in a relatively severe car accident when I was 17. For the first few years of my treatment for low back pain, doctors would just scoff and me and write off everything I was saying - assuming because I was young, I was just seeking pain medication to abuse it. I finally hired and attorney to help me with my case, both for treatment and suing the piece of s*** who ruined my life. He got me in with the BEST doctor I have EVER seen. I started seeing him about a year and a half ago, only to find out I have 2 herniated discs, a bulging disc, and a partially ruptured disc in my L3, L4, L5, and S1. I have been on 10mg oxycodone partnered with multiple treatments - rhizotimy and facet injections - and my pain is much easier to manage now. I obviously still have my good and bad days, the frigid weather we experience in the north east is no help on the bad days :p It has been such a bumpy ride for me, and my age and appearance (piercings and tattoos) has made it way harder than it should have been for me to find adequate treatment. I have relocated to another state for work but continue to see the same doctor where I lived before. It is so hard to find a doctor that doesn't profile you and doesn't immediately assume you are "one of the addicts".

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Hi Spyz! Your doc is lying to you! You are not even close to being "maxed out" by any means. I take four 60 mg. Oxycontin per day plus up to eight 8 mg. Dilaudid (another opioid). (Oxycontin actually comes in an 80 mg. strength also so not sure how you could be maxed out on 2 - 40 mg. Oxys!) I used to take six 40 mg. Oxycontin (which is extended or gradual release oxycodone) per day plus eight 10 mg. oxycodone (immediate release). The only reason my doc switched me to 60's rather than 40's is because my insurance decided it would only pay for 4 Oxycontin PILLS per day. That could be four 10 mg. Oxys or four 80 mg. Oxys so even though I'm on the same total amount per day (240 mg), I'm forced to take more or fewer mg. per dose than with the 40's simply because it's cheaper for the insurance company this way. Insurance companies care about cost; they don't give a hoot about good medicine or what works best for the patient. What you describe is a typical problem for chronic pain patients--if they say their pain medication dose needs to be higher because it isn't working at the dose prescribed, they're immediately labeled as "drug seekers." Doctors forget that low doses work for some people while even much higher doses may not work for others. My daughter has had to take pain medication on various occasions (broken bones, etc.) and didn't even fill the prescription for Vicodin prescribed in the emergency room because that particular pain med doesn't work for her. When she told them Percocet did work for her, she was told that they "didn't prescribe that" in the ER. She had to wait until she saw an orthopedic specialist a week later who was furious that the ER hadn't given her adequate pain meds (she'd been trying to get by on Ibuprofen) because it kept her from doing the movements necessary to help healing. Once she had the pain medication that worked for HER, healing went much faster and smoother. Six years ago, I was taking a lower dose of Oxycontin which wasn't enough; I was still in significant pain most of the time. I was used to my terrible doctor in Massachusetts who accused me of drug seeking when I told her I hadn't slept more than 2-3 hours our of 24 for the previous 4 months and was falling apart due to lack of sleep (lack of sleep significantly increases my pain) and BEGGED her for help. In spite of bringing my husband to appointments with me as a "witness", she never did anything to help me--which is now considered malpractice in most, if not all, states. My present doctor (in Michigan) didn't respond that way when I told him I was still in significant pain. His response? "It sounds like you need more pain medication." I nearly fell over! He upped my pain meds and worked very hard with me to find a medication set-up that would make sure I'd sleep. I've been with this doc for nearly 6 years now and, for the most part, I sleep quite well and my pain level is tolerable. What's more, since we found what the WORKING doses of pain medication and sleep medication were FOR ME, I haven't needed an increase in the strength or amount of these meds for almost 5 years. Your doc's attitude that it's better for you to suffer than to (God forbid!) need an increase in your dosage at some point is bad medicine. Again, failing to adequately treat a patient's pain and leaving them suffering is a malpractice issue in many. if not all, states. Check it out! :-) No one should be condemned to a life of pain just because their doctor is cowardly and misinformed.

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my friend had a MINUTE amount of cocaine come up 2x in a row. She doesnt do cocaine and her Dr. said it was odd becuz it was the same exact amount both times. She said it wasnt even a lines worth on the test! She had he nurse go on the computer and found out that amoxacillin will give a false positive for cocaine. She had done amoxacillin prior to both tests!

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HI, REDGRACE! In regard to getting just a one month prescription from your doc for the Oxycontin--when taking Oxycontin, you need a new WRITTEN prescription every month from your doctor. The doctor cannot put refills on it nor can it be phoned in; again, it must be written each month. As for the results of your test, it's perfectly OK to call your doctor's office to ask for them. You could also make an appointment to discuss the results if it's financially feasible for you. If your medication isn't showing up on your drug test, it makes the doctor wonder if you're selling it. The even bigger problem, of course, is that your husband is "stealing" medication for HIS pain even though he knows you need it for YOUR pain. I'm not "condemning" him--I know what it's like to be desperately trying to live and work every day with pain that isn't well-controlled--but this is still not the way to deal with it. It sounds like he may need to find a new doctor. The doctor's suggestion that your husband should just find a new job (as though that's easy and no big deal) shows insensitivity and ignorance. What his doctor SHOULD be doing is addressing the issue of adequately treating your husband's pain so he can do his current job, which the doctor is apparently not doing. That's negligence on the doc's part. With regard to the fact that your husband is stealing your pain medication--I assume he realizes that his theft of your medication is causing problems for you with your own doctor and perhaps with the drug testing being done on you, plus presumably leaving you in pain. Yet he continues to steal your meds. Again, I'm not condemning him; we'll just assume that the degree of pain he's experiencing pushes him to do this. I would suggest that you purchase a small safe with a combination lock (not a key) and keep ALL your medication in it. Don't leave even one pill somewhere else--in your purse, a pocket, a cabinet or whatever. I had this same issue with a friend who I realized was periodically "sneaking" pain meds from me in small amounts when she visited; I ended up using a safe like this in which to keep my pills. You have to be absolutely strict about keeping your meds locked up; open the safe, take out the pill(s) you need and lock the safe again before you even take the pill. (In other words, don't forget to lock it!) Then immediately take whatever medication you took from the safe. This plan would make it impossible to allow any pills to be taken from your supply. If you follow this plan, no excuses, it will be impossible for your husband to get any of your meds. If he can break into a locked combination safe, he's a better safecracker than many professional bank robbers!:-) All the best to both of you!

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Hi, Sulve! Percocet consists of a combination of oxycodone and Tylenol. Oxycontin consists of plain oxycodone, only it's in a timed release form rather than an immediate release form like the oxycodone in Percocet. Since both Percocet and Oxycontin are simply two different forms of oxycodone, they will both show up in a test as oxycodone. Bottom line, if you take a leftover Oxycontin on a bad pain day, it won't show up any differently than Percocet.

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It's not so much as the people abusing as it is the people who don't take them and sell them. If u don't need them for pain and get prescriptions for income please don't bother even getting them because people with real pain have a hard time finding them in stock at pharmacies. That's the stuff that makes me mad.

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To Bud - Oxycontin is NOT stronger than oxycodone. They are both oxycodone but the Oxycontin is the timed-release form of while plain oxycodone is immediate release as stated by Fred and Babyblue1. Oxycontin may seem stronger, only because it lasts longer and is usually given in a higher number of milligrams. To Summer - it's not oxycodIne, it's oxycodOne. To Cpugnome: It's OxycoNtin, not Oxycotin. If one is taking a medication, one should really know how to spell it. :-) To pjshay: Since Oxycontin IS an opiate, it would obviously SHOW as an opiate. And to all those who misuse, abuse, sell or just in general use their prescription pain meds differently than directed, I'm in total agreement with Comments--STOP IT! You really do make it so much more difficult for those of us who struggle daily with agonizing pain but still stick to the rules.

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