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What is Oxycontin?

Oxycontin is a brand name for the extended release preparation of the drug oxycodone, a narcotic analgesic drug used to treat or prevent moderate to severe pain. Oxycontin is a brand name owned by Purdue Pharmaceuticals. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 140 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Chronic pain 95 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 42 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 20 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Pain in lower back 13 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Back pain 6 2 Efficacy_major

See all 269 patients currently taking Oxycontin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 8
Moderate
 17
Mild
 22
None
 25

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Oxycontin

Constipation 25
Slow speech (bradyarthria) 11
Slowed thinking 11
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 8
Drugged feeling 8
Itching (pruritus) 7
See all 30 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycontin. See all 39 dosages ►

  daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily 160 mg daily 240 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 19 Number of Patients: 19 52 Number of Patients: 52 14 Number of Patients: 14 36 Number of Patients: 36 31 Number of Patients: 31 27 Number of Patients: 27 27 Number of Patients: 27 10 Number of Patients: 10 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycontin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 24   Did not seem to work: 30%
Other 22   Other: 28%
Side effects too severe 21   Side effects too severe: 26%
Doctor's advice 20   Doctor's advice: 25%
Expense 9   Expense: 11%
Personal research 5   Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 3%

See all 76 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycontin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Oxycontin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Oxycontin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Oxycontin

Always
 56 78%
Usually
 10 14%
Sometimes
 5 7%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Oxycontin

Very
 7 10%
Somewhat
 12 17%
A little
 15 21%
Not at all
 38 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Oxycontin

$200+
 6 11%
$100-199
 1 2%
$50-99
 6 11%
$25-49
 13 25%
< $25
 26 49%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.