So I have what appears to be oxycodone HCL ER, or Oxcontin. I looked the pill up on pill identifier and I got those 2 results. It said they are extended release. Can I break them in half and only take half or because it?s extended release will that kill me? I have an auto immune disease called HS. You get super painful abscesses on your arm pits, groin, under boobs, and ass. Basically where you have sweat glands. I am a stage 3 (the worse stage). I live in a small town where we do have an opioid problem. Drs will not prescribe any sort of pain meds unless you have had surgery or an open fracture. So I rely on friends and family to give me their meds they no longer need. The person I got them from, they were her moms but she passed away and the pills were in her daily pill container, not in the actual prescription bottle. These pills I have are brown circular in shape and have markings of 30 op on them. Which like I said I looked up and it said they were oxycodone HCL ER, or OxyContin. Most of the time when pain is at its worst I will take three 7.5 narcos or one 15 mg morphine sulphate. I have never taken an extended release pain pill. So I want to know if I can break it in half and take half now and half in 12 hours if needed, and not overdose because of it being an extended release?