Hi, I was always afraid of drugs so I went thru most of my in home treatment with only Tylenol with Codine. My last flap on my wrist shaved a nerve and the pain was severe. They gave me Oxycontin as back up pain meds. I wish someone had given this to me years ago! With the Codine I fell in the bathroom , broke stuff, etc, because I was so groggy from it. The oxycondin I would take and lay done , 15 minutes to dull pain, then in 30 , all gone! I usually fell asleep, then when I got up, I had no pain and I was totally clear headed. It lasted more than the 6 hours between doses that they said.More like about 8 hours and I took a low dosage. I had no constipation with it, but I was back on regular foods quickly. First thing I do when I can eat is pop ice cream in my mouth and all problems are solved. I was taking both meds at different times, and I worried me what I would be like when I went off them. Nothing, I used regular tylenol and Advil if I found I had any pain and I never missed the stronger stuff. I put myself thru a lot of unnessary pain because I was stubborn about it, after 9 surgerys I figure this is crazy, no one should be in pain, I have taken myself off of this stuff a good many of times and there has never been a problem.