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What is Oxycodone?

Oxyocodone is an opioid analgesic used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is available in both immediate release (IR) and extended release (ER) preparations. Oxycodone is often combined with acetaminophen (paracetomol), aspirin, or ibuprofen in brand-name drugs.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 10 0
Other 1 0
Hernia 1 0

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Dosages

  10mg as needed 20 mg as needed 5mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 30 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Doctor's advice
1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycodone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Oxycodone

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

Stopped Taking Oxycodone

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