I have been taking Oxycontin CR 5 and 10mg now for almost 2 years. I compond fractured my R femur & L femora condyle after a head on car accident 11 years ago. The oxycontin was only prescribed in the last couple of years while I was waiting to have major knee surgery. I have 3 boys under 6 and needed to wait until the twins started school, otherwise the household wouldn't cope. I am now almost 4 weeks post surgery after having a hemicap (piece of hardware) drilled into the knee. As I'm feeling less pain, I didn't take the Oxycontin for over a day and just realised I'm suffering physical withdrawals. I'm happy to stop taking it and never gave it a second thought, but when I woke up sweating every hour last night with a really deep bone ache in every place I've ever had surgery, I'm a little concerned. My husband has reported my moodiness and complete inability to be rational! After doing some research, I believe I have a physical dependence to the narcotics. Can someone tell me what I need to do next?

Thanks, Sharl