Are you experiencing serious pain in any part of your body? Your healthcare provider may prescribe Oxycodone IR oral tablets to help relieve the pain. It is a drug commonly used by adults to relieve pain that is serious enough to require an opioid drug. This drug is used when non-opioid pain drugs are not treating the pain.
This article will discuss the uses, side effects, dosage, and other important things to jot about Oxycodone.
Oxycodone oral tablet basics
Oxycodone is a generic drug that has oxycodone hydrochloride. It is a member of a group of drugs known as opioids. The drug is administered by swallowing.
Oxycodone is referred to as an immediate-release type of drug. Their contents are released immediately into the body after you take them. Extended-release on the other hand, release their contents after a while.
You can get the drug in other forms. For example, it is available in extended-release capsules, oral solution, extended-release tablets, and immediate-release capsules. This article talks about only oxycodone IR tablets. You can talk to your healthcare provider if you want to learn about other types of the drug.
Oxycodone IR tablets is a generic drug that is also available in brand-name versions. Its brand-name drugs are Oxaydo and Roxicodone. It would help to note that the other types of drug have brand-name drug versions. Talk to your doctor to learn about these versions.
Oxycodone IR oral tablets are a generic drug. That is, they are the same copy of the active drug in brand-name versions of the drug. It would help to know that generic drugs are as safe and effective as the brand-name drug. Also, generic drugs cost less than brand-name drugs.