A 42-year-old member asked:
can you tell me about drug oxycodone?
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Dr. Peter Fischer answered
25 years experience Anesthesiology
Oxycodone: Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid that is used as a narcotic analgesic to treat moderate to severe pain. Side effects such as dizziness, fatigue, constipation, nausea, itching are some of the more common ones.
Answered on May 21, 2014
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Dr. Dheeraj Raina answered
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Dr. Monson Shuh answered
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Oxycodone testing: Oxycodone will show up on a drug test if it is testing for opioid (narcotic).
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Dr. William Harris answered
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Come clean fast!: Let your pain management doc know that you usually take oxycodone for chronic pain, but that you had more pain and took the tramadol. All of these con ... Read More
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