oxycodone
[ok-see-koh-dohn]
- an opioid analgesic, C18H21NO4, used to treat moderate to severe pain.
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Traitz, it should be noted, has a long criminal history that includes trafficking Oxycodone, ID fraud, theft, and more.
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Florida, which began a pill mill crackdown in 2010, saw a 50 percent decrease in overdose deaths from oxycodone in 2012.
A recent medical journal suggests doctors regularly cave when patients ask for meds, even controlled substances like Oxycodone.
There were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.
Word Origin and History for oxycodone
n.
from (hydr)oxy(l) + codeine. Developed 1916 in Germany; introduced in U.S. 1939.
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