When OxyContin withdrawal symptoms can begin after last dose
200
300-400 each year
The amount of people that die each year from overdoses involving prescription medication- primarily OxyContin in Ontario
200
Name the 3 ways that individuals misusing OxyContin get around the time-release mechanism in order to get the intense high
Chewing the tablet, crushing the tablet and snorting it, and crushing the tablet, diluting it in water and then injecting it
200
This province only allows patients diagnosed with cancer and patients in palliative care to receive OxyNeo
Nova Scotia
200
The street name that got its start by being compared to another opioid and because of where it was originally so widespread
Hillbilly heroin
200
10-20 minutes
When taken orally, the effects are gradual and begin to be felt 10-20 minutes later
300
Between 1991 and 2009 Ontario saw a ___% increase in oxycodone prescriptions
900%
300
Depression, anxiety, mood changes, paranoia, confusion and personality shifts
Psychological Effects
300
The "new tamperproof" version of Oxycontin
OxyNeo
300
Name 2 medical uses for OxyContin
Individuals experiencing chronic pain and individuals diagnosed with cancer
300
1 week
How long withdrawal symptoms can last
400
Over a five year period, of the people coming to the medical withdrawal service of the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto for the treatment of opioid dependence, those having a problem with OxyContin increased steadily from fewer than 4% to __%?
55%
400
Slow breathing, extremely low heart rate, seizures, loss of consciousness, coma, cold and clammy skin, small pupils
Symptoms of an overdose
400
Early 2012
When OxyContin became unavailable in Canada
400
1996
The year OxyContin was introduced
400
Up to 12 hours
How long OxyContin can provide pain relief
500
80%
It was said in 2012 some rural towns in Northern Ontario may have have as high as 80% of their population using OxyContin (prescribed and recreational use)
500
The euphoria feeling and withdrawal symptoms of a drug that OxyContin is often compared to
Heroin
500
2001
The year when the 160mg OxyContin tablet was banned due to its severe abuse potential
500
OxyContin can have the same amount of oxycodone in 1 tablet as how many Percocets?