hydrocodone
an opioid analgesic, C18H21NO3, used to treat moderate to severe pain.
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Morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone belong to the same major class of epoxymorphinan opioids and share nearly identical chemical structures.
Chemists think they’ve found a way to make opioids less addicting | Purbita Saha | July 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe was prescribed the opioids hydrocodone and tramadol, as well as muscle relaxants and antidepressants, she recalled.
The problem is that within three years, I took that two-and-a-half milligrams of hydrocodone, I was taking 500 milligrams of OxyContin a day.
The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation” (Ep. 402) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 16, 2020 | FreakonomicsZohydro is a new, government-approved, ultra-pure form of the commonly used opioid painkiller, hydrocodone.
There was the 27-day stretch beginning on Dec. 4, 2008 in which Boogaard was prescribed 110 hydrocodone pills.
Derek Boogaard: The Player Hockey Hooked by Feeding Him Painkillers | Buzz Bissinger | June 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for hydrocodone
/ (ˌhaɪdrəˈkəʊdəʊn) /
a semi-synthetic opioid drug derived from codeine and thebaine
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