Fox hunt in Stow and knee surgery recovery and oxycontin or oxycodone

The Old North Bridge Hounds held a mock fox hunt in Stow MA at the Delaney park. The day was beautiful and the field was impressive with the women in their black coats with the senior men in their red or “pink” coats. An excellent tea was held at a new member’s house across the street from the park. Because of my knee I was not able to help with laying the drag but arrived in time to congratulate the “Foxes” good efforts. While my knee has improved significantly it is not done yet. There is a continual ache that I treat with ibuprofen or Tylenol avoiding the opiates that worked so well. A friend suggested that oxycontin and oxycodone were different drugs. They are really the same thing. As noted below, drug abusers often take the drug by snorting the powder or injecting an extract to expand the effect. In my past life in drug testing it provided difficulties as it is stronger on a weight basis than heroin and therefore less is used to get high. As less is used there is less in the body and detecting it is more difficult. It is addictive and produces tolerance so should be used only for a short time and with care. I moved to other pain relievers as soon as I could to avoid the problems of tolerance and addiction. For me ibuprofen seems to work better than acetaminophen.

From www.streetdrugs.org
Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan)


Oxycodone is a central nervous system depressant. Oxycodone's action appears to work through stimulating the opioid receptors found in the central nervous system that activate responses ranging from analgesia to respiratory depression to euphoria. People who take the drug repeatedly can develop a tolerance or resistance to the drug's effects. Thus, a cancer patient can take a dose of oxycodone on a regular basis that would be fatal in a person never exposed to oxycodone or another opioid. Most individuals who abuse oxycodone seek to gain the euphoric effects, mitigate pain, and avoid withdrawal symptoms associated with oxycodone or heroin abstinence.Oxycodone has a high abuse potential and is prescribed for moderate to high pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocation, fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, and lower back and cancer pain. It is also used postoperatively and for pain relief after childbirth. OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, and Tylox are trade name oxycodone products.OxyContin is designed to be swallowed whole; however, abusers ingest the drug in a variety of ways. OxyContin abusers often chew the tablets or crush the tablets and snort the powder. Because oxycodone is water soluble, crushed tablets can be dissolved in water and the solution injected. The latter two methods lead to the rapid release and absorption of oxycodone.