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Oxycontin Addiction
 Mood, behaviour, physique and psychology change when a person is
addicted to Oxycontin. Individuals may become irritable, anxious,
depressed, euphoric, or swing between moods. He or she may begin to lie
about use, steal to pay for drugs, or hide drugs around the house.
Individuals often have interpersonal, work, and financial problems. They
may appear drowsy and have track marks on their body. They may attempt
to divert medication from family or friends, seek prescriptions through
emergency rooms or multiple doctors, forge prescriptions or report losing
prescriptions. Physically they may nod out, itch, vomit, have constricted
pupils or headaches and sweat excessively. Psychologically, hallucinations,
delusions, and paranoia are possible symptoms.
 Addiction to Oxycontin may cause a person to lose friends, family, and
relationships. Those addicted to Oxycontin often experience divorce, job
loss and homelessness. Some may commit abuse or become victims of
abuse. Oxycontin ad diction exposes a person to great physical danger as
well. Oxycontin abuse may cause heart attacks, liver damage, seizures,
coma, respiratory failure, and death.