Oxycodone/Summary

Main article: Oxycodone

Psychoactive class: Opioids

Chemical class: Substituted morphinans

Oral

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  1	-	2.5	-	10	-	25	-	40	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 4 - 6 hours
  • Onset: 20 - 40 minutes

Insufflated

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  1	-	2.5	-	7.5	-	15	-	25	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 3 - 5 hours
  • Onset: 2 - 5 minutes

Harm potential

• • Extremely addictive with a high potential for abuse
  • Low toxicity, potentially lethal when mixed with depressants like alcohol or benzodiazepines

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached develops with prolonged and repeated use
  • Decreases to half after 3 - 7 days
  • Returns to baseline after 1 - 2 weeks
  • Cross-tolerance with all other opioids

Physical effects

• • Appetite suppression
  • Cough suppression
  • Pain relief
  • Respiratory depression
  • Sedation
• • Constipation
  • Difficulty urinating
  • Increased perspiration
  • Itchiness
  • Nausea
  • Respiratory depression
  • Skin flushing
  • Stomach cramp

Visual effects

• • Internal hallucination

Cognitive effects

• • Cognitive euphoria
  • Compulsive redosing
• • Increased music appreciation
• • Anxiety suppression

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index