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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 51 13
Fibromyalgia 11 3
Breakthrough pain 5 3
Other 4 3
Fibromyalgia Pain 1 1
severe back pain,surgery 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 5%
Moderate
6 32%
Mild
9 47%
None
3 16%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
7 37%
Constipation
6 32%
Forgetting Words
5 26%
dry mouth
3 16%
Nausea
2 11%
Itching (pruritus)
2 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycodone. See all 27 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 15mg as needed 2 15mg as needed 2 5mg as needed 30mg as needed 3 15mg as needed 4 5mg as needed 5 mg as needed 5mg as needed 7.5 mg all the time (24/7) 5 mg yearly 1 mg daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 45 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily 160 mg daily 180 mg daily 320 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
5 31% Doctor's advice: 31%
Did not seem to work
4 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Other
4 25% Other: 25%
Personal research
2 13% Personal research: 13%
Side effects too severe
1 6% Side effects too severe: 6%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 14 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
0
2
8
13
4
22

Stopped Taking Oxycodone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
3
2
3
5

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
12 63%
Usually
5 26%
Sometimes
2 11%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
4 21%
A little
4 21%
Not at all
11 58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 5%
$25-49
1 5%
< $25
12 63%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.