Is oxycontin like item as herion? newly a pill form.?
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No, it is not. Heroin is a completely different drug.
Not at adjectives. Oxycontin is a sustained-release preparation of oxycodone. Used properly, it puts the narcotic into the blood stream very slowly and won't produce the "buzz" abusers like so much. Of course, the druggies break it up to get the integral dose at once, but that's because they're idiots, and it still doesn't get the same immediate rush produced by heroin.
No, they are both semi-synthetic opioids, but there are factors that make heroin more addictive. In lingo of potency, they are similar. Heroin is roughly 4 times as potent as morphine and oxycodone is twice as potent. The mechanism by which Heroin (or diacetylmorphine) acts is what makes it more addictive. It is a pro-drug and is swiftly converted to morphine that crosses the blood-brain barrier quickly and in colossal amounts (it is actually the morphine that exerts the pain-killing effect of heroin).
Oxycodone, on the other hand, is derived from thebaine and metabolizes into oxymorphone rather than morphine. Although oxymorphone is more potent than morphine, heroin is stronger for the following basis:
Heroin is usually injected, which delivers it directly into venous circulation (100% bioavailability), once again, reaching and crossing the blood-brain barrier instantly.
Oxycontin is taken orally and is subject to first-pass metabolism. Basically, it go from the stomach (where it may be degraded) to the liver where the concentration is greatly reduced before it enters venous circulation. (Bioavailability of 87% or less)
Yes very similar, they are both opiates and when oxycotin is converted by the liver it's produces the same effects.
It is similar, they are both opiates, target they both come from poppy plants. Heroin is much stronger and more addictive, though. Oxycodone is chemically modified to make it last longer and be less treacherous.
yes, it is i read about it and saw a documentary on it
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No, it is not. Heroin is a completely different drug.
Not at adjectives. Oxycontin is a sustained-release preparation of oxycodone. Used properly, it puts the narcotic into the blood stream very slowly and won't produce the "buzz" abusers like so much. Of course, the druggies break it up to get the integral dose at once, but that's because they're idiots, and it still doesn't get the same immediate rush produced by heroin.
No, they are both semi-synthetic opioids, but there are factors that make heroin more addictive. In lingo of potency, they are similar. Heroin is roughly 4 times as potent as morphine and oxycodone is twice as potent. The mechanism by which Heroin (or diacetylmorphine) acts is what makes it more addictive. It is a pro-drug and is swiftly converted to morphine that crosses the blood-brain barrier quickly and in colossal amounts (it is actually the morphine that exerts the pain-killing effect of heroin).
Oxycodone, on the other hand, is derived from thebaine and metabolizes into oxymorphone rather than morphine. Although oxymorphone is more potent than morphine, heroin is stronger for the following basis:
Heroin is usually injected, which delivers it directly into venous circulation (100% bioavailability), once again, reaching and crossing the blood-brain barrier instantly.
Oxycontin is taken orally and is subject to first-pass metabolism. Basically, it go from the stomach (where it may be degraded) to the liver where the concentration is greatly reduced before it enters venous circulation. (Bioavailability of 87% or less)
Yes very similar, they are both opiates and when oxycotin is converted by the liver it's produces the same effects.
It is similar, they are both opiates, target they both come from poppy plants. Heroin is much stronger and more addictive, though. Oxycodone is chemically modified to make it last longer and be less treacherous.
yes, it is i read about it and saw a documentary on it
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