Diseases associated with oxycontin abuse

Oxycontin is a prescription drug that functions as a depressant of the central nervous system (CNS).  It is a much like other drugs such as Vicodin and morphine and is used to treat severe to moderate pain like that caused by childbirth, fractures, arthritis, and other serious diseases like Cancer.

The most normally reported effects comprise constipation, headache, dizziness, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, pruritus, lightheadedness, anxiety, diaphoresis and euphoria. It has also been responsible for weakness in vision due to miosis. Some patients have also experienced nervousness, appetite loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspnea, hiccups, and ischuria, even though these symptoms emerge in less than 5% of patients taking oxycontin.  Hardly ever, the drug can cause weakness, distended prostate gland, and decreased testosterone emission. Compared to morphine, oxycontin causes less respiratory sedation, depression, nausea, euphoria, and pruritus. As a result, it is generally better to use then morphine. One of the major disease or symptoms that are associated with oxycontin is constipation. With constipation stools are generally hard, small in size, dry, and difficult to get rid of. Some people suffers constipation find it hurting to have a bowel movement and habitually experience bloating, straining, and the feeling of a complete bowel. Though, constipation can be described just as a symptom. Almost all individual encounters constipation in their life. Although most constipation is not that serious, but some caused by oxycontin may be. So, understanding its prevention, cause and treatment will help people a lot. Another general problem caused by oxycontin is headache. It is generally a pain in the upper neck or head. It is the most common location of the body where pain occurs. There are generally three kinds of headache, primary headaches, secondary headaches and the other types of headache that includes facial pane, cranial neuralgias etc.

In overdoses, high doses, or in patients not lenient to opiates, oxycontin can result bradycardia, low breathing, sweaty skin, cold, hypotension, apnea, miosis (pupil constriction), respiratory seize, circulatory subside, and even death.