hydrocodone

[hahy-druh-koh-dohn]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.

hydrocodone

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈkəʊdəʊn /

noun

1. a semi-synthetic opioid drug derived from codeine and thebaine

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrocodone¹

First recorded in 1950–55; hydro- ² ( def. ) + cod(eine) ( def. ) + -one ( def. )

Example Sentences

Skaggs’ lawyers will say the Angels are responsible for his death because they knew Kay was a habitual drug user that procured opioids for players, pointing to evidence that Angels team physician Craig Milhouse prescribed Kay with hydrocodone 15 times from 2009 to 2012.

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In a filing, the Skaggs family showed evidence that Angels team physician Craig Milhouse prescribed Kay Hydrocodone 15 times from 2009 to 2012.

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The album’s first single, “Hydrocodone,” is a nod to the pain medication he was on after being involved in a near-fatal car crash while out on tour in 2018.

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“The early trials show superiority of the high dose regimen to placebo for acute pain with a reasonable side effect profile, which is necessary for FDA approval,” Friedmann said “Noninferiority would be if it were compared to a known efficacious med like hydrocodone/acetaminophen.”

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ICER, using using a placeholder price for suzetrigine of $420 for a one-week course, suggests that, taking into account the wide range of estimates that exist of opioid use disorder risk of a one-week course of a typical hydrocodone/acetaminophen combination, there may be a slight long-term cost saving in using suzetrigine due to avoidance of that risk.

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