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Oxycodone

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Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic usually used in palliative care.

  • has good oral bioavailability and considered to be 1.5 to 2 times more potent than oral morphine
  • an alternative option if morphine is not tolerated
  • care should be taken to ensure clarity when prescribing immediate release capsules or modified release tablets. The modified release tablets also deliver a small dose which is immediate release
  • oxycodone 5mg -7.5mg has the approximate equivalence to 10mg oral morphine on duration of repeated dosing

Reference:

  • (1) West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians (2007). Palliative care - guidelines for the use of drugs in symptom control.

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