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Old 04-30-2007, 06:15 AM
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Post the oxycodone in OxyContin

Is released in two bursts... not continously. Patches do release drug continuously but oral drugs do not. Typically there are "coatings" or pellets with different coatings (some release in the stomach and then again when pH changes in the intestine).

This is why one should never CHEW them or break them (which abusers often do)...as
the drug will be released all at once and may be an overdose.

If one is up for the pharmacology of this product..more can be seen
at www.rxlist.com
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