⚠️ Someone who is "snoring" heavily and cannot be woken is not asleep. That is an emergency.

Call 112 now

⚠️ Warning still current (Trimbos, April 2026): counterfeit oxycodone containing nitazenes is still circulating.

Read the warning →
Before you send money

Buying oxycodone without a prescription: what really happens

You are looking because something hurts, or because your prescription stopped and you are afraid of withdrawal. That is a real problem and it deserves a real answer. This page is not a lecture. It shows what happens if you continue down this road, and what the alternative is.

The short answer

There is no safe way to obtain oxycodone outside a pharmacy. Not through Telegram, not through a webshop with a professional-looking site, not through someone who says they have a spare strip.

Whether you search for it as "oxycodon", "oxycontin" or something else: it is the same substance and the same risk. More importantly: most of what is offered online is a scam. And what is actually delivered may contain something entirely different from what you paid for.

How it goes, step by step

There you are not a customer. There you are prey.

Below is a reconstructed conversation. Not to scare you, but because the pattern is always the same and easier to recognise once you have seen it written out.

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OXY SHOP NL ✅2,347 members · "verified sellers" · reconstructed example

Reconstructed conversation. The pattern is real.

This is how the trap snaps shut

Payment must always be upfront, always irreversible: Paysafecard, crypto, gift cards. Then comes a block, silence, or a new excuse with a new payment. If you push back, they apply pressure exactly where it hurts: your panic.

One honest observation from experience: even with a sharp mind you fall for this when your body is screaming for oxycodone. Not because you are stupid, but because dependence makes you take risks your sober self never would.

🔒 A request to YouTube (nocookie) is only made once you press play. The thumbnail is hosted here.

Variant 1: the "verified" seller

  • Groups with many members and a lot of false trust; admins supposedly work with vetted sellers.
  • Payment via Paysafecard, Bitcoin or gift cards: irreversible, impossible to recover.
  • After payment you are blocked, removed or ignored.
  • Complaints in the group disappear; the admin is the same person as the seller.

Variant 2: the pressure dealer

  • Meeting at a place where you already feel uncomfortable.
  • Just before delivery there is suddenly "a mistake" and you have to pay extra.
  • Then nobody turns up. If you protest, they play on your pain and panic.
  • You do not have their real name; they do have your phone number.

What just happened

Payment via a method that cannot be reversed. Pressure to decide quickly. And after payment, silence, followed by a block. The account disappears, the group stays.

The scam is not the exception. It is the business model. Someone who never delivers has no supply costs, no risk of a courier being caught, and can serve dozens of buyers a day.

And if it is delivered

What you think you are buying, and what you get

Suppose the parcel does arrive. Then the second problem starts, and that one is more dangerous than losing your money.

What you paid forWhat may be in it
SubstanceOxycodone, known strengthUnknown; possibly nitazenes or a fentanyl analogue
DoseConstant per tabletVaries within the same bag
EffectPredictableMay be far too strong, or nothing at all
If it is too strongPractically impossible with pharmacy medicationOne tablet can be fatal
If nothing is in itNot applicableYou go into withdrawal thinking you took your medication

⚠️ This is not theoretical

In March 2025 someone in the Netherlands died from counterfeit oxycodone bought online. The Netherlands Forensic Institute found no oxycodone in the pills, but a nitazene. Since late 2024 the NFI has investigated six deaths and four severe poisonings linked to these substances, in almost all cases via counterfeit oxycodone.

The full Red Alert →

Recognising it

Four signs the trap is closing

You are using for longer than intended

Not necessarily because you want to, but because stopping now feels frightening or impossible.

You plan your day around pills

When have I had enough? When does the trouble start? How do I get through the night?

You look for supply outside of care

Telegram, vague numbers, expensive deals. That road gets dark quickly.

You feel ashamed and say nothing

That is exactly where it becomes dangerous. Shame isolates. Help usually starts with one honest conversation.

If it has already happened

You have paid, or you have something at home. What now?

For many people this page comes too late. So this first, and the advice for people who are not there yet comes after.

Do not pay a second time

However convincing the excuse: a second payment gets you no further than the first. Customs, a mistake, a deposit, a courier who is stuck: they are all variations on the same theme.

Block the contact, keep the messages and screenshots, and report it to the police or the Dutch fraud helpdesk. The first amount is usually gone. The second you can still prevent.

Go to the Fraudehelpdesk →

Do not take them

You cannot see what is in them. There is no home test that reliably rules this out, and the content can differ within a single bag. If nitazenes are in them, one pill can be fatal.

Afraid of withdrawal? That is a real and treatable complaint. Call your GP or the out-of-hours GP service and say literally that you are afraid of withdrawal. That is a medical question, not a confession.

What nitazenes are →

⚠️ Have you already taken something and feel unwell?

Call 112 if there is drowsiness from which someone is hard to wake, slow or irregular breathing, blue lips or heavy snoring. Do not wait to see if it passes. Be honest about what was taken, even if it was obtained illegally: you will not be arrested for saving a life.

What does work

There is a route that does not run through a stranger on Telegram

It is slower and it feels less certain. But it is the only route where you know what you are taking, and where someone helps if it gets difficult.

1

Say it out loud to your GP

"I am using more than agreed and I am afraid of withdrawal." That sentence is enough. A GP has a duty of confidentiality and cannot report you. What they can do is create a tapering plan, which is exactly what you cannot do on your own.

2

Ask about the withdrawal, not just the pain

Many people only mention the pain because that feels legitimate. But if the problem is withdrawal, a pain treatment will not solve it. Being honest about the amount changes what you get offered.

3

Call an addiction service if the GP conversation feels impossible

You can often register yourself. Organisations such as Jellinek, Novadic-Kentron, Tactus and Brijder treat dependence on prescribed medication. Covered by Dutch basic insurance.

4

Call an anonymous line first if you are not ready

You can ask anything anonymously about use, risks and tapering off, without leaving your details and without anything being recorded.

Four questions, four honest answers

What people ask about this

Is buying oxycodone without a prescription punishable in the Netherlands?

Oxycodone falls under the Opium Act. Possession without a prescription is punishable, although in practice prosecution focuses on trade rather than personal possession. But the legal question is not the real problem here: the real problem is that you do not know what is in the pill.

I have already taken a pill from an unknown source. What now?

Do not stay alone and let someone know what you took. Watch for drowsiness from which you are hard to wake, slow or irregular breathing, blue lips or heavy snoring: those are signs of an overdose and then you call 112 immediately. Do not take a second one because you feel nothing; if the first turns out to be too strong, that effect will still come.

What should I do if I genuinely need oxycodone for real pain?

Then you need a doctor, not a dealer. If your pain is undertreated, that is a medical problem with a medical solution: a second opinion, a referral to a pain clinic, or another form of pain management. A pill from an unknown source does not solve undertreated pain; it adds a second problem on top.

Can I test whether a pill is genuine?

Not at home, not reliably. Counterfeit pills are pressed with the same colour, shape and score line as real medication, and the packaging can be convincingly copied too. Only laboratory analysis gives certainty, and by the time you have that, you have already taken it.

Why is oxycodone bought online so much more dangerous than it used to be?

Because what is in it has changed. Counterfeit pills increasingly contain synthetic opioids such as nitazenes that are many times stronger than oxycodone. The margin between an effect and a fatal dose is then a few milligrams, and that margin is invisible from the outside.

You do not have to solve this alone.

The help page lists who is reachable today, including anonymous options, and what to say if you do not know how to begin.

Sources for this page

  1. Zorginstituut Nederland (GIP): 443,200 people used oxycodone via community pharmacies in 2024.
  2. Trimbos Institute, Red Alert March 2025: fatal incident involving counterfeit oxycodone bought online.
  3. Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ): why medicines bought online are discouraged.
  4. Fraudehelpdesk: reporting fraud in online purchases.

This page describes how the illegal market works, to make clear why there is no safe way to obtain oxycodone outside a pharmacy. Last checked: 23 July 2026.