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.
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You may opt-out of e-mail communications at any time by clicking on the Unsubscribe link in the e-mail. Our Housecall e-newsletter will keep you up-to-date on the latest health information. All rights reserved. There have been at least four OxyContin overdose deaths in Pulaski, Virginia, since To Top To Contents OxyContin is designed to be swallowed whole; however, abusers ingest the drug in a variety of ways.
OxyContin 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. Figure 3. Any opioid includes prescription opioids natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone , heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone primarily fentanyl.
Opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21, in to 47, in and remained steady in with 46, deaths. This was followed by a significant increase in to 49, overdose deaths.
Figure 4. Drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose from 3, in to 17, in From to , however, the number of deaths dropped to 14, Figure 5.
Drug overdose deaths involving heroin rose from 1, in to 15, in Since , the number of deaths has trended down with 14, deaths reported in If you or someone you are with overdoses, call the local emergency number such as , or the local poison center can be reached directly by calling the national toll-free Poison Help hotline from anywhere in the United States.
Hydrocodone and oxycodone belong to a class of narcotic medicines called opiates. These medicines are man-made versions of the natural compounds found in opium. Hydrocodone and oxycodone are most often found in prescription painkillers.
The most common painkillers that include these two ingredients are:. 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.
When you take too much of these medicines, symptoms become much more serious. Symptoms may develop in many body systems:. In most states, Naloxone, the antidote for opiate overdose, is available from the pharmacy without a prescription.
Naloxone is available as an intranasal spray, as well as an intramuscular injection and other FDA-approved product forms. Your local poison control center can be reached directly by calling the national toll-free Poison Help hotline from anywhere in the United States.
This national hotline will let you talk to experts in poisoning.
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