its just highly addictive to the body mind and soul because its runnin through u 24/7...i aw an old chinese lady in a detox in the hospital for being on oxycontin ...she wasnt lookin to get high either...heh...it was only intended to be used for cancer patients but purdue pharm. started pushin it on the docs sayin to give it to all pain patiens so they can make their money and the docs get the kickbacks for each script they write..thats why all the law suits are going on now because purdue pharma. didnt put a warning label on how addictive it is and how bad the withdrawls are...and now they have it in generic form i heard..and now purdue is tryin to make a new contin with hydromorphone as the pain killer in it.....lol.....u know how many addicts and deaths that ones gonna cause if the ole fda passes it for an extra few bucks..lol...purdue are just legal dope peddlers and they made alot of money pushin their dope cuz its real expensive...price of a cancer med but given to regular pain patients...heh....them guys from purdue. are nice fellas huh.....these pharm. companies got pull in the political game too....