OxyContin
- an opiate drug, oxycodone hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, as an alternative to heroin
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Examples from the Web for oxycontin
Contemporary Examples
There were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.
OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.
Team Tito then claimed that Jameson is lying, and furthermore, that she's battling an addiction to OxyContin.
The guy showed up with a giant bottle of OxyContin that he had stolen from his mother and I slipped right back into a fugue state.
One volunteer tells me the owner was shot during an Oxycontin hold-up.
Word Origin and History for oxycontin
OxyContin
brand name of an oxycodone compound marketed in U.S. from 1996. Second element from continuous (i.e. "time-released").
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