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What is Oxycontin?

Oxycontin is a brand name for the extended release preparation of the drug oxycodone, a narcotic analgesic drug used to treat or prevent moderate to severe pain. Oxycontin is a brand name owned by Purdue Pharmaceuticals. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 72 0
Other 10 0
Fibromyalgia 5 0
Mobility 2 0
back pain radiating into right leg 1 0
Chronic Acute Pain 1 0

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Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycontin. See all 23 dosages

  10 mg as needed 10mg as needed 15 mg all the time (24/7) 20mg as needed 30 mg all the time (24/7) 40 mg all the time (24/7) 80 mg all the time (24/7) daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily 130 mg daily 240 mg daily 325 mg daily 650 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 5 Number of Patients: 5 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycontin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
9 39% Side effects too severe: 39%
Did not seem to work
8 35% Did not seem to work: 35%
Other
8 35% Other: 35%
Doctor's advice
3 13% Doctor's advice: 13%
Personal research
2 9% Personal research: 9%
Expense
1 4% Expense: 4%
Not indicated
1 4% Not indicated: 4%
Course of treatment ended
1 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycontin

Currently Taking Oxycontin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
2
11
4
11

Stopped Taking Oxycontin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
3
2
4
4
6

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.