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What is Oxymorphone?

Oxymorphone is an opioid analgesic available in regular release for moderate-to-severe pain and in extended release for management of moderate-to-severe pain in patients requiring around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 65 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 18 10 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in lower back 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Breakthrough pain 4 1 Efficacy_none
Back pain 3 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 88 patients currently taking Oxymorphone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 4
Mild
 8
None
 13

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

Sleepiness 3
Constipation 2
Drunk feeling 2
Generalized itching 2
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
Elevated liver enzymes 1
See all 15 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Oxymorphone. See all 18 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 5mg as needed 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 22 Number of Patients: 22 9 Number of Patients: 9 12 Number of Patients: 12 13 Number of Patients: 13 9 Number of Patients: 9 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxymorphone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 41%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 33%
Expense 4   Expense: 15%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 15%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 11%
Other 1   Other: 4%

See all 27 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxymorphone

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

Currently Taking Oxymorphone

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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 Oxymorphone

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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 Oxymorphone

Always
 25 78%
Usually
 3 9%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 3 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Oxymorphone

Very
 4 13%
Somewhat
 6 19%
A little
 6 19%
Not at all
 16 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Oxymorphone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 4%
$50-99
 8 31%
$25-49
 5 19%
< $25
 12 46%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.