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Brand name: Oxycontin TM
Active ingredients: oxycodone
What it is used for
The management of moderate to severe chronic pain unresponsive to non-narcotic analgesia.
How to take it
You should seek medical advice in relation to medicines and use only as directed by a healthcare professional.
- The way to take this medicine: Oral
- Store below 25 degrees Celsius
- Store in Original Container
- Shelf lifetime is 36 Months.
Always read the label. If symptoms persist see your healthcare professional.
Visual appearance
Round, unscored, gray-coloured, bi-convex tablets debossed with ON on one side and 15 on the other.
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Do I need a prescription?
This medicine requires authorisation for prescription from your doctor.It is
Pregnant or planning a pregnancy?
For the active ingredient oxycodone
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
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Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
You can report side effects to your doctor, or directly at www.tga.gov.au/reporting-problems
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Oxycodone for neuropathic pain in adults | Cochrane
There is no good evidence that oxycodone works in pain from diabetic neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia. No studies have reported its use in other types of neuropathic pain.
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Oxycodone for cancer-related pain | Cochrane
Many patients with cancer experience moderate to severe pain that requires treatment with strong painkillers that are classified as opioids. Oxycodone and morphine are examples of such strong painkillers that are used for the relief of cancer pain. Strong painkillers are, however, not effective for pain in all patients nor are they well-tolerated by all patients. The aim of this review is to assess whether oxycodone is associated with better pain relief and tolerability than other strong painkillers for patients with cancer pain. We found 17 relevant studies that compared different types of oxycodone to each other or to other strong painkillers. Generally, the studies showed that oxycodone is an equally effective strong painkiller whether taken every 6 or every 12 hours. All the strong painkillers examined in the studies are also associated with a number of unwanted effects, such as vomiting, constipation and drowsiness. Overall, we found that the current evidence base is comprised of studies that contain small numbers of patients of which there is a significant (20%) dropout rate. However, given the absence of important differences within this analysis, it seems unlikely that larger head to head studies of oxycodone versus morphine are justified.
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