Its absolutely awful. On youtube there is a promotional advert from the 90's by Purdue Pharmaceuticals (the makers of the drug), and its absolutely shocking! Its trying to show all the positive reasons why oxy's are a wonder drug, and they even claimed that you cant get addicted to it. It had a group of patients on it and they were all clearly off their tits saying how brilliant it is and how its changed their lives for the better. Anyway, fast forward to now and i think all but one of the patients shown within that advert are all dead, having died from drug related deaths.
Oxycontin is literally heroin but in pill form.
I have no doubt that opiates have their uses, but for me i regret the day my doctor first prescribed me with opiates. In my case it was codeine, and then tramadol that i was prescribed legitimately. And then i was stupid enough to get involved in Oxy's and then heroin for a while. I feel very lucky that i am no longer on opiates and i have been able to put it behind me, i wouldnt wish opiate addiction on anyone.