Oxycontin Addiction - Popular Prescription Drug Being Misused

First introduced in 1995, Oxycontin has become the most prescribed opioid painkiller in North America. Considering its popularity and powerful mood altering effects, it's no wonder that Oxycontin addiction is on the rise; and it's not only patients self-overmedicating; street use for non-medicinal reasons is quickly taking center stage in this issue.

Just how prevalent is Oxycontin addiction? What are the concerns when making inquiries about prescription drug abuse? Powerful new addictions research uncovers some interesting statistics on the type of information people are looking for online.

Oxycontin Addiction Treatment - Inquiries Cut to the Chase

Tens of thousands of online searches for “Oxycontin addiction” were recently gathered and analyzed by ground-breaking technology. Overwhelmingly, the most popular two and three word combination was “Oxycontin addiction”, at 35,694 queries over a one-year period. After these general inquiries, “Oxycontin addiction treatment” ranked third (3,147), only slightly behind “addiction treatment” (3,150).

Another word that is commonly associated with specific addiction searches is “symptoms”. This also holds true in this study, with “Oxycontin addiction symptoms” rounding out the top five (see Graph 1 below), with 2,201 annual searches. High numbers of searches on the topic of Oxycontin detox also indicate the addictive nature of this painkiller.

Oxycontin Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics - Graph 1

(Continued on Graph 3 at the bottom of this page)

Top 30 two and three word combinations

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		37,000
oxycontin addiction	35694
addiction treatment	3150
oxycontin addiction treatment	3147
addiction symptoms	2202
oxycontin addiction symptoms	2201
addiction to oxycontin	1118
oxycontin addiction withdrawl	914
addiction withdrawl	914
signs of oxycontin addiction	568
addiction oxycontin	535
how addictive is oxycontin	460
detection of oxycontin addiction	292
addiction treatment facility	219
addiction oxycontin treatment	110
oxycontin treatment	110
oxycontin addiction detox treatment	73
detox treatment	73
addiction detox	73
addiction level of oxycontin	61
treating oxycontin addiction	55
oxycontin addiction litigation	12
dea oxycontin addiction	12
snorting oxycontin	10
oxycontin addiction poems	10
addiction poems	10
snorting oxycontin addiction	10
help with oxycontin addiction	10
oxycontin addictive	8
oxycontin stories	6
oxycontin addictions	6
addiction to oxycontin stories	6
oxycontin addiction signs	6
drug addiction	6
addiction signs	6
	0		37,000

Oxycontin Addiction Symptoms

While the graphs on this page reveal words and phrases related to Oxycontin addiction that one would expect to find, several (though not prevalent) are interesting to point out.

Graph 2 is a synopsis of individual word frequencies most often associated with Oxycontin addiction. Aside from “addiction”, “treatment”, “symptoms” and “withdrawl” (note incorrect spelling 914 times), some of the more interesting terms in this list include “DEA” (an acronym for the Drug Enforcement Administration), “litigation”, “poems” and “free”. From this data, general trends are noted, as well as peculiarities.

Oxycontin Addiction - Prevalent Words and Concepts Study - Graph 2

Top 100 words used in Oxycontin addiction searches
(Top 1000 can be found at Top 100 Oxycontin addiction exact phrases and top 1,000 concepts/words - Graph 5)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		39,000
addiction	37433
treatment	3345
symptoms	2209
withdrawl	914
signs	580
addictive	472
how	466
detection	292
facility	219
massachusetts	219
side	77
detox	76
level	61
treating	56
help	16
stories	16
drug	13
dea	12
litigation	12
snorting	10
poems	10
short	8
free	7
addictions	7
warning	6
real	6
term	6
life	6
long	6
recovery	5
withdrawls	5
why	5
treat	4
cocaine	4
video	4
prescription	3
rapid	3
ileagal	3
about	3
symptom	3
rehab	3
maker	2
search	2
ny	2
who	2
withdrawal	2
percent	2
addicting	2
misled	2
medication	2
used	2
canada	2
stop	2
as	2
pittsburgh	2
pregnancy	2
purdue	2
parenting	2
company	2
state	2
chances	1
centers	1
frame	1
annual	1
from	1
become	1
100	1
iii	1
fighting	1
death	1
chatrooms	1
fast	1
concepts/words.	1
exact	1
drugs	1
affect	1
dealing	1
dependence	1
denial	1
beat	1
ability	1
testomonys	1
overcoming	1
specialiaze	1
specialize	1
sympons	1
symptons	1
synptoms	1
take	1
site	1
testimonies	1
services	1
time	1
top	1
trait	1
traits	1
treatments	1
virginia	1
west	1
withdrawals	1
teen	1
1,000	1
india	1
it	1
kicking	1
lawyer	1
lawyers	1
laywers	1
length	1
snort	1
need	1
immediate	1
part	1
pennsylvania	1
phrase	1
phrases	1
phyisological	1
physicians	1
physiological	1
rate	1
msncom	1
	0		39,000

Addictions Research Initiated by a Respected Montreal Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

The innovative type of addictions research presented on this page has been a pilot project of Clear Haven Center, a drug and alcohol rehab center near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Center leads the field of addictions treatment by applying proven strategies and pioneering new forms of addictions research. In their quest to positively contribute to the advancement of therapies and rehab programs, similar studies are presented throughout this website.

Oxycontin Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics, Continued - Graph 3

Top 31 - 120 two and three word combinations
(Top 30 are in Graph 1 above)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		6
addiction help	5
oxycontin addiction help	5
oxycontin and drug addiction	4
addiction stories	4
addiction recovery	4
signs of addiction	4
addiction video	4
snorting oxycontin addiction signs	4
oxycontin addiction withdrawls	4
oxycontin addiction video	4
treatment for oxycontin	4
oxycontin addiction recovery	4
why is oxycontin	4
treatment for oxycontin addiction	4
oxycontin addiction stories	4
cocaine and oxycontin addiction	3
oxycontin symptoms	3
oxycontin symptoms of addiction	3
prescription drug	3
addiction rehab	3
rapid detox	3
rapid detox for oxycontin	3
about oxycontin addiction	3
oxycontin ileagal addiction treatment	3
addiction and treatment	3
side effects of oxycontin	3
oxycontin addiction and treatment	3
symptoms of addiction	3
symptoms of oxycontin	3
symptoms of oxycontin addiction	3
oxycontin addiction symptom	3
pregnancy and oxycontin addiction	2
addiction withdrawal	2
oxycontin signs	2
oxycontin signs of addiction	2
oxycontin addiction withdrawal	2
oxycontin addiction rehab pittsburgh	2
oxycontin addiction canada	2
pregnancy and oxycontin	2
why is oxycontin addictive	2
search oxycontin	2
search oxycontin addiction	2
signs oxycontin addiction	2
treatment of oxycontin addiction	2
treatment of oxycontin	2
treatment of addiction	2
fighting oxycontin addiction withdrawal	1
oxycontin addiction and withdrawls	1
oxycontin addiction and withdrawals	1
about oxycontin addiction symptoms	1
about oxycontin addiction symptons	1
kicking oxycontin addiction	1
addiction centers	1
addiction symptoms to oxycontin	1
addiction drug oxycontin	1
addiction symptons	1
drug oxycontin	1
denial of oxycontin addiction	1
dealing with oxycontin addiction	1
addictive traits of oxycontin	1
addictive drug	1
addictions to oxycontin	1
addiction drug	1
oxycontin purdue	1
why is oxycontin addicting	1
treating oxycontin drug addiction	1
testomonys on oxycontin addiction	1
testimonies on oxycontin addiction	1
teen addiction	1
symptoms oxycontin addiction	1
sympons oxycontin addiction	1
recovery from oxycontin addiction	1
prescription drug addiction oxycontin	1
prescription drug addiction	1
physiological addiction	1
oxycontin dependence	1
oxycontin site	1
oxycontin addiction chatrooms	1
oxycontin physiological addiction	1
oxycontin phyisological addiction	1
oxycontin maker	1
why oxycontin is addictive	1
oxycontin drug	1
oxycontin and addiction	1
oxycontin addictive trait	1
oxycontin addictions and parenting	1
oxycontin addiction synptoms	1
oxycontin addiction snort	1
oxycontin addiction lawyer	1
phrase oxycontin addiction	1
	0		6