Natural Pain Relief Part II – What Works?

The benefits of using natural pain relief, in place of opioid narcotics, such as OxyContin -  include no toxic side effects, and the collateral enhancement of related functions to that which is being targeted by the natural, holistic treatment. Natural pain relief treatments share a common purpose in that...

Natural Pain Relief, Part I – Overview

One of the reasons why people stay with painkilling drugs, such as OxyContin, despite severe side effects, a lack of efficacy due to tolerance, and the risk of addiction is that people do not believe, are not aware of the fact that there are natural – and effective – non drug alternatives...

OxyContin – In Search of the Truth

For many years, manufacturers of opioid narcotic painkillers have fostered three beliefs in the minds of the general public that have enabled them to continue to ply their trade without effective sanction or censure. Firstly, there is the widely held belief that synthetic narcotic opioids offer the only...

OxyContin: A Cause of Chronic FMS?

Fibromyalgia is a disorder of muscle and connective tissue that produces symptomatic pain. It is described as a central nervous system “sensitization” syndrome. It is noted that many people with FMS also suffer from anxiety, depression, tension headaches, jaw clenching, irritable bowel syndrome,...

New Fears for Hydrocodone ER Painkiller

Move over OxyContin. Drug manufacturers that include Zogenix, Egalet, Cephalon and Purdue Pharma (the maker of OxyContin) are currently developing a new form of hydrocodone drug – that will be, it is said, ten times more powerful than the widely used prescription drug – Vicodan. At present, drug...

A Ban on OxyContin in 2012?

A ban on OxyContin in 2012 could be the solution to the problems which have arisen out of prescription and diversion of this narcotic drug. An article by Richard Sinnott, June 2011 in Florida’s TCPalm online magazine makes it clear that drug regulators have the power, as required, to remove...

OxyContin Brings Higher Health Risks

An important article in Healthday – consumer news for healthier living – reports on two recent scientific studies that indicate people on Medicare funded painkillers, such as OxyContin, Vicodin or codeine, face a higher risk of death, cardiovascular problems, and bone fractures compared with...

Fighting in Hockey, Oxy & Derek Boogaard

Derek Boogaard died in May 2011 of a combined alcohol and OxyContin overdose, aged 28. He was an enforcer,  a champion of fighting in hockey. Fighting in hockey does not mean indiscriminate violence and condoned assault of players. Fighting in hockey is part of a long time tradition in NHL, that is now...

Five Myths About OxyContin

1. OxyContin is slow release. The new buffered OxyNeo approachs a slow release formulation, but the OxyContin product marketed between 1996 and 2010 in the USA, and continuing in Canada, relies on misleading information, that OxyContin lasts for 12 hours. Users are frequently suffering opioid withdrawal...

Are Opioid Drugs Worth the Pain.

A recent article in Fortune Magazine, November 2011, questions whether Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin - a leading brand name for prescription pain killlers sold in North America, is worth the pain it causes in terms of side effects and opioid addiction. As always the problem looms, if not OxyContin –...