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I have been on oxycontin for about 11 years for pain management. I take 80 to 100 mg per day in 20-30 mg doses orally. In the last couple of years I have developed a severe sweating problem...I will break into a sweat for no reason sometimes but usually upon any sort of stimulation physical or mental. I just went for a 10 minute walk and my shirt is soaked through...even the sleeves. If I play a set of music with my band, at the end of 40 minutes, I look like I stood in a shower with my clothes on. Is this normal as a side effect of oxycontin use? Anyone else experience anything like this?

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Hello my name is matt. im an injured fdny firefighter and have been on oxycontin and codone for 2 yrs now. I am a sweater normally, being a bigger guy. My friends call me a polar bear because im in shorts all times of the year. But these sweats have almost gotten so bad where i am afraid to go out because i dont want people who dont understanding judging me in any way, it causes an anxiety problem and a social anxiety problem as well... what to do? it's only my facial area. i wish i could spread deoderant all over my face so it wouldnt sweat but that would just be ridiculous and my wife would probably place me in a psych ward lol. Can i control this? Please help..

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Oh my heavens...the hair! I sleep with a fan on high every day and night of the year. I am sitting at my PC now with a fan plugged into it so I can actually see - the sweat fogs up glasses. I have been on Oxy for 11 years. Started at 360mg a day and after six surgeries and a neuromodulation device implant am down to 140mg a day. They are going to take me down another 20mg, but it won't stop the sweating. I always look like I have just gotten out of the shower and have taken to wearing caps or hats to hide my hair. Which is nuts because the hats make it worse. What can you do Though???

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Yes oh my God I am pig sick of these sweats from head to toe morning noon and night. I have to keep changing my clothes and bedding my hair is constantley wet it literally runs off my arms legs back chest face head it is driving me crazy I hate going out in public and have to carry a handkerchief to dry my face.. someone must know how to control this I have been taking oxycontin for 6years for fibromyalgia.......please help me I've just about had it.

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Hi, Ive posted on here before and i just noticed some comments about Oxycontin, Hydromorphone, etc causing TEETH to become soft and even rot in some cases ? Has anybody experienced this ? Ive taken a high dosage of these pain meds for over 14 years now and besides some constipation headaches, and sweating problems, ive noticed my teeth are becoming soft and ive lost 1 due to it. I dont want to lose my darn teeth obviously but the pain meds are a mandatory for the rest of my life thanks to severe chronic CRPS (Chronic regional pain syndrome ) and Chronic Osteo-arthritis and Tendonitis. If anybody has any info or advice regarding these teeth issues and if these pain meds are possibly creating it, Please reply to me, i would be very appreciative. Thank you.

Also if anybody has any questions about taking pain meds for pain control i would be happy to help anyway i can. After 14+ years on them, and many others and dealing with every angle regarding pain and chronic pain injuries, doctors, diagnostics, side effects, etc etc i have a good spectrum of info i can offer to anybody maybe needing some help.

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I don't see why so many ppl said your post was unhelpful! Just my two cents but the only thing I can think of is that you didn't talk much about remedy sweatiness from oxy, however I wouldn't go so far to say that you were unhelpful! Don't let it bother u, I don't see a problem

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Hi folks,

I too suffer terrible day and night sweats from using oxycontin MR and oxycodone instant release for chronic pain. Been on them about 9 yrs.

I was looking on this site for suggestions and then others. I read on healthcentral that one of the doctors was prescribing hydroxyzine (Vistaril) to her patients because it is an antihistamine, and she also said that many opioid side effects such as nausea, itchiness, headaches, and sweating seem to respond to the hydroxyzine. She also mentioned that reducing the dosage or switching meds may be the best option if the pain med's side effects are worse than the pain itself. I intend to speak with my doctor about it.

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soboxin is used to ween off of prolonged narcotic usage. i to will be in that boat when time comes to get off of these narcotics but there use in recovery is essential to getting stronger . btw ive been threw 4 back surgeries 1 lamectomy and caught mrsa in the hospital so i know a thing or two about pain and this topic... ugh hang in there bro it gets better .. there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Omg,YES,YES!!!I can't take a five minute walk without looking like someone poured a few glasses of water on me,this pain medication is great on my serve pain management, but whathell I have to pay with all this sweating,I hate it!!!!

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I've been on them several years with no rotting teeth. I believe you may be prone to soft teeth, lack of calcium maybe?

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Steve -I didn't post not helpful but personally I'm a chronic pain gonna die of my injuries would like to do it without sweating like o just stepped out of the shower and you're posting about getting off narcotics -I have to have them to move or have the will to keep living -suboxin isn't approved as a pain reliever just blocks me receptors to reduce withdrawal symptoms from narcotics , then you have to get off it and deal with those withdrawal symptoms -so off topic so ... Not helpful -but hey -happy it can help if you need to get off the meds ! Not trying to be mean

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I take OxyContin and have terrible sweats .. Just sitting and have to wear girdle and binder -abdominal wall ripped out by seat belt -2 hours after taking wham ! Sweats for sure -doctor said could be screwing with my hormones but wasn't for sure Short acting oxycodone doesn't make me sweat like the long ( ha ha sure not 12 hour ) slow release -I'm a woman and sorry guys but I guess it's not just menopause but we all have hormones -man the shower sweats and temps above 65 suck -but I sweat sweat sweat -thanks for the keep hydrated reminder!

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Suboxone is a pill used to wean people off of opiates (narcotics). It works WONDERS! Now there is also a drug called Vivatrol(?) that is used along with Suboxone to help your body heal. The Suboxone will help you until you get all the opiates out of your system, then the Vivatrol (one injection once a month) will block any receivers in your brain and body from craving them. They are both miracle drugs! Best of luck man!!

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Been on pain med school for 4 years. Currently on 400 mg a day. I know a lot. I wake up in 3 or 4 times a night and pillow is soaked with sweat. I have to wash them constantly bc they get soaked then dry then soaked then dry and just gross. I get sweats during the day as well. Sucks. Lot of comments here but no solution s. Are there any? Or we just have to live with this

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To Rosy...thanks! I now understand why I too experience clamynesss then sweating & I sometimes get stomach cramps& diarrhea. I've never taken long active morphine but last refill, my insurance wouldn't pay so, I'm not sure what my Dr will do...........and, for all those judgment Al people who have never been in chronic pain, I know that I would not be able to walk if I didn't have prescribed pain meds from respectable pain management doctor's. I and would encourage any one to be very grateful for a compassionate knowledgeable and respected (though strict )pain management specialist. ......

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I am on oxy n it rots teeth. I have to get implants in a yr bc of it softening teeth. Been on since 07. I also sweat.

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When I was first prescribed oxycontin op just about a yr. ago, I had profuse sweating every night, though it has subsided about 4-6 months ago. I never (thankfuly, as it sounds awful) had sweating during the day. I also never experienced itching of my skin except very rarely and only when I first started about a yr. ago. Again, I am thankful that I do not have this side effect. Just last week my oxycontin dose was increased by 10mg. due to tolerance development. I was not getting the same relief. I have chronic osteoporosis pain with metal in my left leg and screws in my hip and knee due to a femur and partial hip fracture about a yr. ago. My pain is constant and chronic. I wake up at night with stabbing pain out of no where screaming, then it subsides and I fall back to sleep. When I wake I can hardly walk until I take ocycontin and I'm given oxycodone for breakthrough pain..............Anyway, the original post was about sweats and I haven't had any bad side effects except constipation for which I take Senna S which seems to help so far.

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I have the same issues, mostly during the day upon rising. i get up late so I thought it was from not eating, but when I do eat anything it gets even worse. I though it was low blood sugar or high blood sugar, but took the A1c test at it is normal range. I usually do better after my 3 dose in the evening. I never did this taking only extended realease morphine. I'm thinking that my body is metabolizing the immediate realease. In fact I started doing the same thing with the 60 mg ER i was on for a few years. I wish Ide never got on the oxycodone, I miss having normal warm skin, seems like my skin is always cold and sweaty and my hair is soak and wet. Have to use a fan all the time seems like. I do ok as long as I don't eat anything, like when I had to fast for a colonoscopy, strange. So eating causes your metabolism to work and maybe it causes your body to use up the pain meds and not eneough ubsorbs and i have withdrawal symptoms, sometimes so bad that I'm chilling, stomach cramps, lethargice and diarhea.

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I Posted about SUBOXEN being a good way of getting OFF of Narcotic pain medications and i noticed 2 people had hit the RED - UN-HELPFUL tab below my post. If you were one of these 2 people OR you maybe know why they think my post was wrong/bad/UN-helpful etc, Please reply to this message and let me know. Im just curious as to why my message was wrong or whatever? If i said something wrong i would like to know why? Thank you

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I too get the sweats from meds try epsom salt w lavendar in a bath after thr night sweats wake you makes me comfy and feel so much better. it is really annoying though to awake freezing cause the sweat. I Take one every am at like 1:00 am then again before I leave for day, regular epsom salt is good w lavendar drops or buy calgon thru infuse the lavender and lavendar helps you relax and sooth mood. Hope this helps.

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I have only just been given oxycontin slow release after trying other types of pain relive that haven't helped for my lower back pain caused by arthritis. I take it 12hourly plus have oxynorm for break through pain. It works well for pain relief but already I am severing with extreme sweating night and day, also itching skin. Anyone know of anything that can help with this?

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