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I thought Oxycodone IR tablets came in 5, 15 & 30mg's?
The ER's come in 10, 20, 40, 60 & 80mg's
If it was an OP which people that I know snort & still get high off of, then maybe its what you gave them?
I could be wrong but I never heard of Oxycodone IR tablets in 20mg form...........
http://www.opiateaddictionresource.com/oxycodone_ir_KVK-Tech.jpg?attredirects=0
This shows the KVK Tech tablets.
Nether and Ethex also make 20mg Oxycodone tablets in the USA.
Everywhere else, original brand OxyNorm capsules (come to think of it, Mallinckrodt make capsules of all strengths as well) are available in 5, 10 and 20mg capsules - my AMERICAN friends tell me that a 20mg OXYNORM feels stronger than a 30mg US TABLETTED Oxy. This could be a bioavailability issue due to the binders used in the tabletting and wet granulation processes - capsules contain far less excipients which are far less likely to interfere with the bodily uptake of the API. Another drug, for interest's sake, which does not take kindly to being in tablet form is TEMAZEPAM. I always advise people who need temazepam for sleep to ask specifically for oral solution 10mg/5mL - I believe the concentrate has been withdrawn from the market. "Jellies" (gelcaps) containing the concentrated temazepam, brands NORMISON and EUHYPNOS were banned everywhere (back in the 80s, too many people were injecting the contents which led to an epidemic of loss of limbs and lives) and now are available, as well as a Sandoz generic (not very good), only in ONE country as far as I am aware. Since WYETH was bought by PFIZER and Aspen Healthcare, if I said the jellies in question are made by Aspen, you should be able to trace where to find them, though they will cost you a LOT of money due to rarity value.
However we are talking oxycodone.
The majority is capsuled and North America is the only place you will find tablets. But for potency and efficacy, the capsules are much better and I speak as a chronic pain patient who has been using opioids since 1994, oxycodone since 2000-2001. Most US citizens who want the m/r version since it was banned there five or so years back are now buying OC and not the pseudo-Oxycontin OP/ON from principally the UK, but also from IOPs based in România and the Netherlands. The 'plastinated' so-called "anti-abuse" formulation is only made in the US and exported to Canada and Mexico where they are given their respective imprints. Oxycontin in the rest of the world is as it always has been, and patients would never stand for the half strength, side effect packed garbage that poor AMERICAN patients now have to bear if being dispensed locally.
The 120mg Oxycontin purple tablets are not available outside the UK - Mudipharma do NOT distribute that strength throughout continental Europe, forcing people to spend a lot more on combinations of 40 and 80mg (strongest non-UK OC) tablets.
20mg is the highest strength of IR Oxy capsules, but as noted are actually MORE efficacious than US tablets of 30mg.
Contrary to the poster directly above, KVK Tech (we have communicated as I require oxymorphone HCl IR tablets for University Research purposes, and of course a goodly supply for myself for a change from oxycodone) still manufacture all strengths, so there is no need to 'miss' them. Any pharmacy worth their salt should be able to get ANY brand of ANY drug requested from wholesalers. Here in the UK, we never have to wait more than 24 hours (more usually 12 hours or less) for any item on a prescription as the majority of pharmacies get deliveries twice daily and can drop a box of anything into the order at a few minutes' notice.
Actavis UK have just introduced a generic, LYNLOR, which is more or less equivalent in every way to Oxynorm original brand, however the two generic MR tablets available here, OXYLAN by LANNACHER and the new Actavis RELTEBON, though not 'plastinated' or otherwise abuse proofed like in the US, are considered to be poor quality - I can vouch for the Lannacher's inferiority myself, the 80mg not even giving me the analgesia I get from branded 40mg yellow OC.
Oxynorm capsules are very commonly insufflated - very fast onset of action but a much reduced duration of action. Here in the UK we can buy dry powder insufflate gizmos from medical supply stores, and they are often used as they blow the powder just to the right distance to be captured by the appropriate mucous membranes, behind which are so many tiny blood vessels which absorb any oxycodone (or HYDROMORPHONE, the other opioid commonly insufflated, having HIGHER bioavailability INTRANASALLY than orally, the only drug I know of which has that property) which is not absorbed immediately.
I do note though that most generic manufacturers in the US make oxycodone tabs in only 5/15/30mg strengths for some reason. However there is plenty of choice, and the URL above will show you several brands which cover most useful strengths between 5 and 30mg.
