Oxycontin is a brand name with which extended-release form of oxycodone medication is available in the market worldwide. It belongs to the drug family known as opioid analgesics and helps treat moderate to severe pain from illnesses like cancers and complex regional pain syndrome. It interacts with the brain and changes the way the body responds to pain, and that’s how the patient gets barred from feeling pain. It originated from Germany in 1916, made out of thebaine, and now available as a generic medicine worldwide.