Directory of Oxycodone Resources

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Oxycodone is a powerful opiate narcotic used in drugs like Percodan, Percocet, and Oxycontin. While useful (under strict doctor supervision) in controlling severe pain, it is most known for being abused and has been the cause of a number of deaths of young people.

Resources in This Category

• Drugs.com: Oxecta

  http://www.drugs.com/oxecta.html
  Consumer information regarding drug use, side effects, interactions and pill identification.

• Guardian Unlimited: Hillbilly Heroin - The Painkiller Abuse Wrecking Lives in West Virginia

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/25/usa.julianborger
  Special report on the OxyContin problem in West Virginia, and the drug's addictive affects.

• HowStuffWorks: OxyContin

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/question706.htm
  Offers a question and answer about the drug oxycodone hydrochloride.

• MedlinePlus: Oxycodone

  https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682132.html
  Features information about dosage, usage, warnings, and side effects.

• Oxycodone

  http://opioids.com/oxycodone/index.html
  Explores various issues regarding the pharmacology, uses, and problems associated with this narcotic.

• RxList: Oxycodone

  http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/oxyapap.htm
  Prescribing information from RxList.

• The OxyContin Controversy

  http://www.csdp.org/news/news/oxycontin.htm
  Collection of articles related to this issue.

 

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