If you take oxycodone every day, your body will get used to the drug. You may be hooked if you:. Depending on your age, health and history, your doctor may prescribe medications to ease your way through withdrawal or suggest opioid maintenance treatment OMT with methadone or buprenorphine Suboxone.
Group support, counselling or a stay at a drug treatment centre can help you to stop using oxycodone. Aim to stay off all other mood-altering drugs including alcohol. These strategies help to prevent relapse using oxycodone again. Relapse after withdrawal is common, and carries a high risk of overdose.
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Do not switch from one brand or form to the other unless your doctor tells you to. This is normal and nothing to worry about. The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label.
The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so. The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine. If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible.
However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses. Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing. Oxycodone can cause serious unwanted effects if taken by adults who are not used to strong narcotic pain medicines, children, or pets. Make sure you store the medicine in a safe and secure place to prevent others from getting it.
Drop off any unused narcotic medicine at a drug take-back location right away. If you do not have a drug take-back location near you, flush any unused narcotic medicine down the toilet.
Check your local drug store and clinics for take-back locations. You can also check the DEA web site for locations. Here is the link to the FDA safe disposal of medicines website: www. It is very important that your doctor check your progress while you are using this medicine, especially within the first 24 to 72 hours of treatment.
This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly and to decide if you should continue to take it. Blood and urine tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
This medicine may cause a serious type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Call your doctor right away if you have a rash, itching, hoarseness, trouble breathing or swallowing, or any swelling of your hands, face, or mouth while you are using this medicine.
It is against the law and dangerous for anyone else to use your medicine. Keep your unused medicine in a safe and secure place. People who are addicted to drugs might want to steal this medicine. If you think you or someone else may have taken an overdose of this medicine, get emergency help at once.
Your doctor may also give naloxone to treat an overdose. Signs of an overdose include: change or loss of consciousness, cold, clammy skin, coughing that sometimes produces a pink frothy sputum, decreased awareness or responsiveness, extreme dizziness or weakness, increased sweating, irregular, fast, or slow, or shallow breathing, pale or blue lips, fingernails, or skin, sleepiness or unusual drowsiness, slow heartbeat, seizures, swelling in legs and ankles, or trouble breathing.
Call your doctor right away if you notice these symptoms. This medicine may cause sleep-related breathing problems eg, sleep apnea, sleep-related hypoxemia. Your doctor may decrease your dose if you have sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods during sleep while using this medicine. This medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants. Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for allergies or colds, sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine, other prescription pain medicine or narcotics, medicine for seizures or barbiturates, muscle relaxants, or anesthetics numbing medicines , including some dental anesthetics.
This effect may last for a few days after you stop using this medicine. Check with your doctor before taking any of these medicines while you are using this medicine. This medicine may be habit-forming. If you feel that the medicine is not working as well, do not use more than your prescribed dose. Call your doctor for instructions. Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting may occur when you get up suddenly from a lying or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help lessen this problem.
Also, lying down for a while may relieve dizziness or lightheadedness. This medicine may make you dizzy, drowsy, or lightheaded. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you. Using narcotics for a long time can cause severe constipation.
Increased side effects from other drugs: Taking oxycodone with certain medications raises your risk of side effects from these drugs.
Increased side effects from oxycodone: Taking oxycodone with certain medications raises your risk of side effects from oxycodone.
This is because the amount of oxycodone in your body may be increased. When oxycodone is used with certain drugs, it may not work as well to treat your pain. This is because the amount of oxycodone in your body may be decreased. However, because drugs interact differently in each person, we cannot guarantee that this information includes all possible interactions.
Always speak with your healthcare provider about possible interactions with all prescription drugs, vitamins, herbs and supplements, and over-the-counter drugs that you are taking. All possible dosages and drug forms may not be included here. Your dosage, drug form, and how often you take the drug will depend on:.
The kidneys of older adults may not work as well as they used to. This can cause your body to process drugs more slowly. As a result, a higher amount of a drug stays in your body for a longer time. This raises your risk of side effects. Your doctor may start you on a lowered dose or a different dosing schedule. This can help keep levels of this drug from building up too much in your body. Oxycodone extended-release tablets can only be used for certain children in this age range.
These are children who have taken and tolerated opioid medications for at least five days in a row. However, because drugs affect each person differently, we cannot guarantee that this list includes all possible dosages. Always speak with your doctor or pharmacist about dosages that are right for you. Taking it again could be fatal cause death.
Do not drink alcohol while taking oxycodone. The use of drinks that contain alcohol raises your risk of serious side effects from oxycodone. It may even result in coma or death. For people with breathing problems: Oxycodone may slow down your breathing or cause you to have shallow breathing. If you have a breathing problem such as asthma or COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , talk with your doctor about whether this drug is safe for you. Certain people should never take oxycodone: These include people who already have slow or shallow breathing, or who have too much carbon dioxide in their blood due to poor breathing.
They also include people with acute or severe asthma. For all of these people, taking this drug could harm their breathing too much and cause death. For people with gastrointestinal GI problems: Oxycodone can worsen certain stomach or bowel problems. This is because this drug makes it harder for food to move through your digestive tract. It can also make it harder for doctors to diagnose or find the cause of these problems. If you have a condition called a paralytic ileus, you should not take oxycodone.
Or if you have any type of GI obstruction, you should not take extended-release oxycodone. The immediate-release version may be used cautiously. For people with head injury: Oxycodone may cause increased pressure in your brain. It may also cause breathing problems. Both of these issues raise your risk of complications, and can cause death. For people with liver problems: Your body may process drugs more slowly.
Your doctor may start you on a lower dosage. For people with kidney problems: If you have kidney problems or a history of kidney disease, you may not be able to clear this drug from your body well. This may increase the levels of oxycodone in your body and cause more side effects. This medication may also decrease your kidney function, making your kidney disease worse. For people with seizure problems: Oxycodone may cause or worsen seizures. If you have epilepsy , talk with your doctor about whether this drug is safe for you.
Oxycodone may make your condition worse. Your doctor may prescribe a lower dosage of this drug. For people with hypothyroidism low thyroid levels : Talk with your doctor about whether this drug is safe for you.
Oxycodone could make your condition better or worse. For people with urination problems: If you have trouble urinating due to certain problems, talk with your doctor about whether this drug is safe for you. These problems include an enlarged prostate, a bladder obstruction, or kidney problems.
Oxycodone can make it even harder for you to urinate, or make you unable to urinate. For people with pancreas and gallbladder problems: Oxycodone raises your risk of pancreatitis.
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