OxyContin Neo

Management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment & for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.

Initially 10 mg every 12 hr. Hepatic impairment ⅓-½ the usual starting dose followed by careful dose titration.

May be taken with or without food: Swallow whole w/ water, do not dissolve/chew/crush. Taking dissolved, chewed or crushed tab leads to rapid release & absorption of a potentially fatal dose of oxycodone.

Hypersensitivity. Acute resp depression, cor pulmonale, cardiac arrhythmias, severe bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive airways disease, paralytic ileus, suspected surgical abdomen, delayed gastric emptying, acute alcoholism, brain tumor, increased cerebrospinal or ICP, head injury, severe CNS depression, convulsive disorders, delirium tremens, hypercarbia, concurrent administration of MAOIs or w/in 2 wk of discontinuation of use. Not recommended for pre-op use or for the 1st 24 hr post-op. Rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Moderate to severe hepatic impairment. Severe renal impairment (CrCl <10 mL/min).

Analgesics (Opioid)

N02AA05 - oxycodone ; Belongs to the class of natural opium alkaloids. Used to relieve pain.

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