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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 240 57 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 58 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Breakthrough pain 49 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Chronic pain 9 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Trigeminal neuralgia (trigeminal nerve pain) 9 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 387 patients currently taking Oxycodone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 25
Mild
 39
None
 32

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

Constipation 20
Sleepiness 11
Nausea 9
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 6
Itching (pruritus) 6
Forgetting Words 5
See all 40 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycodone. See all 64 dosages ►

  15mg as needed 10mg as needed 5mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily
  15 Number of Patients: 15 19 Number of Patients: 19 56 Number of Patients: 56 18 Number of Patients: 18 20 Number of Patients: 20 28 Number of Patients: 28 30 Number of Patients: 30 34 Number of Patients: 34 17 Number of Patients: 17 27 Number of Patients: 27  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 22   Doctor's advice: 29%
Other 18   Other: 24%
Did not seem to work 16   Did not seem to work: 21%
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Personal research 6   Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 7%
Expense 2   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 71 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycodone

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

Currently Taking Oxycodone

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

Stopped Taking Oxycodone

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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 Oxycodone

Always
 69 68%
Usually
 23 23%
Sometimes
 8 8%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Oxycodone

Very
 4 4%
Somewhat
 10 10%
A little
 23 23%
Not at all
 65 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Oxycodone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 2 3%
$50-99
 6 8%
$25-49
 6 8%
< $25
 58 81%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.