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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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 13 0
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 1 0

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Dosages

  10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 240 mg daily 250 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycontin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
2 50% Side effects too severe: 50%
Did not seem to work
1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Expense
1 25% Expense: 25%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycontin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Oxycontin

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

Stopped Taking Oxycontin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.