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Oxycodone Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Roxicodone, OxyIR, Oxycodone IR (Show all)
Generic Name: Oxycodone
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 taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | 55 |
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9 | ||
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Trigeminal neuralgia | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Cluster headaches | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Left arm, both legs | 1 | 0 |
See all 64 patients currently taking Oxycodone
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycodone. See all 29 dosages ►
| 10 mg as needed | 10mg as needed | 15 mg all the time (24/7) | 15mg as needed | 20mg/mL as needed | 2 10mg as needed | 2 5mg as needed | 30mg as needed | 325mg as needed | 5mg/5mL as needed | 5 mg all the time (24/7) | 5mg as needed | 750mg as needed | mg as needed | 5 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 80 mg daily | 90 mg daily | 120 mg daily | 240 mg daily | 320 mg daily | 325 mg daily | 520 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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6 | 50% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 25% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 25% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 8% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 8% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 11 patient evaluations
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- Sudds Wife
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
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- Sudds Wife
- 5mg as needed
- since May 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Laya
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: severe
- Walking: severe
- See profile
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- Laya
- 10mg as needed
- since Jan 24, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips this medication is easier for my stomach to tolerate it. See full evaluation
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- grandma2009
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- grandma2009
- 2 5mg as needed
- since Mar 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips LAY DOWN FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER TAKING TO LET IT START WORKING. DON'T TRY TO KEEP GOING WHEN YOU TAKE IT YOU NEED REST. See full evaluation
See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on March 21, 2010.