DRUG DESCRIPTION
Oxycodone CAS number 76-42-6
Oxycodone is a central nervous system depressant. Oxycodone's action
appears to work through stimulating the opioid receptors found in the
central nervous system that activate responses ranging from analgesia to
respiratory depression to euphoria. People who take the drug repeatedly
can develop a tolerance or resistance to the drug's effects. Thus, a
cancer patient can take a dose of oxycodone on a regular basis that
would be fatal in a person never exposed to oxycodone or another opioid.
Most individuals who abuse oxycodone seek to gain the euphoric effects,
mitigate pain, and avoid withdrawal symptoms associated with oxycodone
or heroin abstinence.
Oxycodone has a high abuse potential and is prescribed for moderate to
high pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocation,
fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, and lower back and cancer pain. It is
also used postoperatively and for pain relief after childbirth.
OxyContin, Percocet, Percodan, and Tylox are trade name oxycodone
products.
OxyContin is designed to be swallowed whole; however, abusers ingest the
drug in a variety of ways. abusers often chew the tablets or crush the
tablets and snort the powder. Because oxycodone is water soluble,
crushed tablets can be dissolved in water and the solution injected. The
latter two methods lead to the rapid release and absorption of oxycodone.
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