Oxycontin makes you sweat?

Im taking 20 mg of Oxycontin three times a day for a severe back injury and siactic nerve damage. Ive been taking it since November. The one thing I hate the most is it makes me sweat for no reason. Has anyone else had this problem or should I be looking at other causes, and not the drug.?
Oxycontin makes you sweat?
Narcotics are the oldest and safest form of pain relief available. I take Oxycontin for PCS since July 06 and it works wonders. Yes, it does make me feel warm/ flushed and sweat for no reason... I wake up at night bathed in sweat sometimes. I say the sweat is worth it since it relieves my pain.





Don't be afraid or ashamed to take these meds. If your doc precribed them and you genuinely need them, they aren't dangerous. The danger comes from people trying to take it to get high or increasing their dose without doctor supervision. Alarmists who automatically jump to how dangerous and addictive narcotics are are buying into the propaganda Opiophobics are putting out ther. Narcotics have their place. Sometimes nothing else works. They have been around for centuries, and if you genuinely need them, they are a Godsend.
Oxycontin makes you sweat?
all and any nacotics can and usually will make you sweat and itch!!
Reply:It didnt make me sweat but it made me vomit horribly. It I believe has strong side effects. i stopped them and asked for another pain killer. Change I suggest.
Reply:smilee, I 've taken it also for back pain and it is not the best drug to take for a prolonged amount of time. I have never had it make me sweat, but it has caused me to itch a little when I've had to take alot. There are plenty of things out there that make me sweat, vitamins-any kind of estrogen I could go on and on. Oxycontin is very dangerous darlin and it would be best if you could find something else to help you. They have a new drug now that is called Lyrica, it has very minimal side effects and as far as habit forming, it compares in no way to Oxycontin. Bad drug if used for very long. I personally would never start it again, since Lyrica has come out. I have 6-herniated disc in my back and I've had to learn to live with the pain everyday and every second of my life. I use pain killers when I get to where I can't walk at all. Oxycontin can pull you in and under before you know it's got you. Seek some other kind of treatment for your best overall treatment, and if you are looking at this right now and saying No Way-Not going to stop the Oxy-think again. I've suffered for 7-years, Oh I have the 6 in the back and 3 in the neck. I've been to every kind of Doctor known to man. They will put you on the stuff and then you get hooked and that becomes your worst problem then, not the siactic or herniated disc.Good Luck and God Bless Friend the sweats will be nothing compared to the addiction.Be Careful-Very Careful
Reply:Yes, its a noted side effect.
Reply:Sometimes, I am on this for back injury as well.
Reply:YES See a chiropractor to get rid of the pinched nerve - it may take a few visits because the mis-alignment that your body has been will mean that only about 1/2 of the adjustments will hold until things get near normal.


Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).


Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).


Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.





Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.





The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).





For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.