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Oxycodone Treatment Report

Brand Names: Roxicodone, OxyIR, Oxycodone ER

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

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

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 47 73%
Other 5 7%
Trigeminal neuralgia 3 4%
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 2 3%
Left arm, both legs 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Oxycodone.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  10 mg as needed 10mg as needed 15 mg all the time (24/7) 20mg/mL as needed 2 10mg as needed 2 5mg as needed 30mg as needed 4 5mg as needed 5mg/5mL as needed 5 mg all the time (24/7) 5mg as needed 750mg as needed as needed mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 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
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

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
1
1
6
9
11

Stopped Taking Oxycodone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
4
3
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxycodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 50% Other: 50%
Doctor's advice 3 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 3 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Did not seem to work 1 8% Did not seem to work: 8%
Course of treatment ended 1 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 11 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 9% 1
Moderate 18% 2
Mild 27% 3
None 45% 5

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

Summary results are based on 11 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 11)

  • Sudds Wife
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: mild
  • Sudds Wife
  • by Sudds Wife
    May 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain

  • NW native son
    Sex: M
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • by NW native son
    Jan 14, 2009
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain
Advice/Tips
Do not take this medication. It is good for Pain but is very addictive.

See all evaluation results for Oxycodone

Report created on November 08, 2009.