Oxycodone

Oxycodone is used to relieve pain severe enough to require opioid treatment and when other pain medicines did not work well enough or cannot be tolerated. It belongs to the group of medicines called narcotic analgesics (pain medicines). Oxycodone acts on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain. Oxycodone is used for managing moderate to severe acute or chronic pain when other treatments are not sufficient.

It may improve quality of life in certain types of pain. Numerous studies have been completed, and the appropriate use of this compound does improve the quality of life of patients with long term chronic pain syndromes. Oxycodone’s chemical name is derived from codeine.

• Oxycodone has a hydroxy group at carbon-14 (codeine has just a hydrogen in its place)
• Oxycodone has a 7,8-dihydro feature. Codeine has a double bond between those two carbons; and
• Oxycodone has a carbonyl group (as in ketones) in place of the hydroxyl group of codeine.

It is also similar to hydrocodone, differing only in that it has a hydroxyl group at carbon-14.

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