OxyContin Side Effects

I apologize if this topic has come up before, but I'm new and still finding my way around. As I said in another post, I started OxyContin yesterday for shoulder/neck pain, and by mid afternoon today it was apparent that, for me, it is quite side effect-heavy. I experienced some fatigue w/Percocet, but it seems worse w/Oxycontin (20 mg every 12 hours, roughly equivalent to the amt. of oxycodone I was taking w/Percocet). Lots of nausea. I also feel really...foggy, generally speaking. Lethargic. And I was able to just lay around the house today, but I don't really have that luxury most of the time. So I'm wondering...does this get better? It's working wonderfully for the pain - the first time in months that I've gone more than an hour or two without my pain level at an 8 or 9 - but I'm wondering if people are able to function while taking this med.

KiwiPi

I have been taking oxycontin for about a year. For me it has been my wonder drug! I also take percocet for B/T pain. If I remember right, the side effects only lasted a week or so for me. The only side effect that seems to hang on forever is constipation, but I think that happens with alot of the extended release meds.

I hope you are able to adjust to the med so that you can continue to get pain relief. Take care.

OK, so it's only been a few days that I've been on this med and I feel like some of the side effects are already starting to get better...except for the fatigue. Holy cow, am I tired. But I was thinking that finally getting some pain relief can make a person sort of "crash." It's been months since I had decent sleep, not to mention the emotional struggle of pain...does it make sense that finally feeling better could make me just exhausted?

KiwiPi