Why did they change Oxycontin from oc to op?

Answer 1

Oxycontin OP is the new Oxycontin pill that makes it impossible to abuse. You cant IV it, you can't snort it, and you can't smoke it. You have to swallow it as it is prescribed. If you regularly abuse Oxycontin or Opana swallowing won't make due, for it is an extended release pill.

I have read that some people had concerns about an opiate blocker being added to the new Oxycontin (OP), well they will not be adding any opiate blockers/Narcan. I found it, when they originally planned the new reformulation there was talk of them putting Narcan in the OC so that people could not shoot it up, along the same lines of Opana. But apparently they changed their minds because there is no Narcan in the new formulation, just the cellulose stuff to make it near impossible to crush and snort.

Below is the ingredients for the new formulated OP Oxycontin:

What are the ingredients of OxyContin?

Active ingredient: oxycodone hydrochloride

Inactive ingredients in all strengths: butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), hypromellose,

polyethylene glycol 400, polyethylene oxide, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide.

• The 10 mg tablets also contain: hydroxypropyl cellulose.

• The 15 mg tablets also contain: black iron oxide, yellow iron oxide, and red iron

oxide.

• The 20 mg tablets also contain: polysorbate 80 and red iron oxide.

• The 30 mg tablets also contain: polysorbate 80, red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide,

and black iron oxide.

• The 40 mg tablets also contain: polysorbate 80 and yellow iron oxide.

• The 60 mg tablets also contain: polysorbate 80, red iron oxide and black iron

oxide.

• The 80 mg tablets also contain: hydroxypropyl cellulose, yellow iron oxide and

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Answer 2

because to many people was cooking down the pills and shooting them up..The op is a gel like pill that cant be shot up or snorted