Oxycodone

Synonyms / Brand Names: Dihydrohydroxycondeinone, Dihydrohydroxycodeinone, Dihydrone, Oxycodone Hydrochloride, Oxicodona, Oxycodone Hcl, Oxycodonum, oxycodone, PTI-821, Combunox, Dihydroxycodeinone, Dinarkon, Diphydrone, Endocet, Endodan, Endone, Eubine, Eucodal, Eucodalum, Eukodal, Eutagen, Oxanest, Oxicon, Oxicone, Oxikon, Oxycodeinone, Oxycodon, Oxycon, Oxycontin, Pancodine, Percobarb, Roxicodone, Supendol, Tecodin, Tekodin, Thecodine, Thekodin, OxyIR, OxyNorm, Percolone, OxyFAST, Supeudol, Remoxy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Street Names/Slangs: Blue, Hillbilly Heroin, Kicker, OC, OX, Oxy, Oxycotton, Poor man’s heroin

Dosing and Administration

While symmetric (same dose AM and PM), around-the-clock, q12h dosing is appropriate for the majority of patients, some patients may benefit from asymmetric (different dose given in AM than in PM) dosing, tailored to their pain pattern. It is usually appropriate to treat a patient with only one opioid for around-the-clock therapy.

Physicians should individualize treatment using a progressive plan of pain management such as outlined by the World Health Organization, the American Pain Society and the Federation of State Medical Boards Model Guidelines. Health care professionals should follow appropriate pain management principles of careful assessment and ongoing monitoring

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