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Oxycodone Treatment Report

Brand Names: Oxycodone IR, Amide, Roxicodone, Oxycodone ER, Oxynorm

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.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

16 patients in the community are taking or have taken Oxycodone.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5 31%
Pain, chronic 3 18%
chronic pain 2 12%
pain relief from spinal stenosis 1 6%
Neuropathic pain Left Foot 1 6%
Pain 1 6%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Oxycodone.

  20mg/mL as needed 5mg as needed 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 60 mg daily 120 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Oxycodone or how long patients were taking Oxycodone before stopping.

Currently Taking Oxycodone

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

Stopped Taking Oxycodone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
0
2
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 3 60% Doctor's advice: 60%
Other 3 60% Other: 60%
Personal research 1 20% Personal research: 20%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include: Sleepiness, Constipation, Forgetting Words

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • Big Baz
    Sex: M
    Depression: 2
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 2
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 1
    External Stress: Low
    63 M
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
  • Big Baz
  • by Big Baz
    Sep 03, 2009
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Neuropathic pain Left Foot
Advice/Tips
Used as a top up for those bad days when I over do it, or whatever else causes pain to increase.

See all evaluation results for Oxycodone

Report created on November 07, 2009.