"i have been on oxycontin 40mg for 2 months. it does not relieve my pain 100% but has given me some relief. i see a pain doctor. he started me on suboxone so that i would not get addicted to it. the worse side effect that i have noticed is the itching and nothing works. my doctor decreased me from taking the oxycontin 40mg three times a day to twice a day but he has put me on dilaudid 4mg every 8 hours as needed for pain. my pain had decreased when i was taking the 40mg 3 times a day. when i was taking it twice a day when the weather would change i would be in so much pain that i would have to go get an injection of demerol 100mg and phenergan 50mg. i was in a car accident over 8 yrs ago and had several injuries, but i still suffer from bracial plexus"