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Question: Could you go through withdrawals from OxyContin if you only took 5 pills?
Submitted on: September 23, 2010
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In general, it takes about two weeks of regular use to develop tolerance and withdrawal. Withdrawal after 5 pills of OxyContin would be very unusual.
Answered on: March 22, 2011
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