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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 and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 49 9
Other 5 1
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 3 0
Trigeminal neuralgia 3 1
Left arm, both legs 1 0
Cluster Headaches 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 9%
Moderate
2 18%
Mild
3 27%
None
5 45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
4 36%
dry mouth
1 9%
Nausea
1 9%
it is highly addictive and i was highly addicted, I was not the same person while taking this.
1 9%
nausea, vomiting, site irritation
1 9%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Oxycodone. See all 28 dosages ►

  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 2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

Stop Reasons

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%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxycodone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

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
4
10
10

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
6 55%
Usually
3 27%
Sometimes
1 9%
Never
1 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 9%
Somewhat
2 18%
A little
2 18%
Not at all
6 55%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
8 73%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.