OxyContin

noun trademark

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 of oxycontin

There were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.
This Is Your Politician on Drugs
Caitlin Dickson
November 21, 2013
OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.
‘Oxyana’ Documentary at Tribeca Exposes the OxyContin Epidemic
Marlow Stern
April 23, 2013
Team Tito then claimed that Jameson is lying, and furthermore, that she's battling an addiction to OxyContin.
Life After Porn
Sean Macaulay
April 28, 2010
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.
Confessions of a Pill Head
Joshua Lyon
July 10, 2009
One volunteer tells me the owner was shot during an Oxycontin hold-up.
Confessions of an Obama Volunteer
Tom Shone
November 4, 2008

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").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper