Oxycontin addiction can be a harder addiction to break than heroin addiction. Oxycontin pills come in a time release form, and it was designed for long lasting pain relief. For recreational use however, a common way of ingesting oxycontin is crushing and snorting or injecting it. This cancels out the time release aspect and the user is courting a very heavy addiction, not to mention the dangerous aspect of overdosing due to the potency of what is being taken. Even when taken in non-crushed form this is a highly potent and addictive drug. The detox procedure will help a person come through ceasing to take the drug safely and in a relatively short time. The withdrawals are severe and include:

-insomnia
-heart palpitations
-fever/chills
-profuse sweating
-body pain
-headache
-cramping
-diarrhea/constipation
-dehydration

Please feel free to contact one of the counsellors at addicted.org who can steer you or your loved one to a healthy and safe drug detox program to begin their journey to a drug free life.