Oxycontin Not Helping My Pain (Top voted first)

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My doctor recently put me on Oxycontin 15mg (twice daily) and he said that it would take a week for the medicine to reach its full potential. After taking the medicine as recommended by my doctor, it still has no affect on my back pain at all. Does it really take that long to kick in or should I contact my doctor? I cannot keep living with this pain.

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Always tell your doctor everything dealing with addictive substances such as this. But no oxycodone works immediately, and it should not take two weeks for it toget into your system. That why the Roxycodone 15 mg's you're taking are immediate release- think about having surgery, do you think it takes two weeks for the patient's pain meds to kick in?

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While narcotics do have some immediate effect for pain, the doctor is correct in saying that it can take 2 weeks or more for it to reach its full effect. This is true of most medications.

However, if it is having no effect on your pain, then you really do need to contact your doctor, as this may not be the right medication or dosage for you.

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Have you spoken to them about it, yet?

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