Hydrocodone and oxycodone are opioids, medicines that are mostly used to treat moderate or severe pain.
Hydrocodone and oxycodone overdose occurs when someone intentionally or accidentally takes too much medicine containing these ingredients. A person may accidentally take too much of the medicine because they are not getting pain relief from their normal doses. There are several reasons why a person may intentionally take too much of this medicine. It may be done to try to hurt oneself or to get high or intoxicated.
Factors that have led to opioid misuse in the United States are increased marketing by drug companies, development of new opioids, increased supply of opioids, and prescription by health care providers.
This article is for information only. DO NOT use it to treat or manage an actual overdose. If you or someone you are with has overdosed
Hydrocodone and oxycodone belong to a class of narcotic medicines called opioids. These medicines are man-made versions of the natural compounds found in opium.
Where Found
Hydrocodone and oxycodone are most often found in prescription painkillers (but are not combined by themselves). The most common painkillers that include these two ingredients are:
- Norco
- OxyContin
- Percocet
- Percodan
- Vicodin
- Vicodin ES
These medicines may also be combined with the non-narcotic medicine, acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Symptoms
When you take the correct or prescribed dose of these medicines, side effects may occur. In addition to relieving pain, you may be drowsy, confused and in a daze, constipated, and possibly nauseated.
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