(CBS/AP) As pharmaceutical companies are approaching the final stages of development for a new type of painkiller said to be 10 times stronger than Vicodin, addiction experts worry a new wave of abuse may soon follow.
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Vicodin and Percocet. Both hydrocodone bitartrate with acetaminophen (Vicodin) and oxycodone hydrochloride with acetaminophen (Percocet) are narcotic medicines. They are most commonly prescribed for short-term pain relief, such as after a surgery or injury.
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I had a really bad injury and was prescribed percocet 5/325 (or simply oxycodone). Prior to the trip to the doctor, I was on lortab 5s and vicoden 5s to help relieve the pain at home (by the way, those are hydrocodone). They are fine medicines but with some inherent disadvantages in comparison to oxycodone.
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Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: 30 mg of hydrocodone has an equianalgesic dose similar to that of 20 mg of oxycodone. Therefore in a direct comparison oxycodone would normally be assumed to be stronger. However, hydrocodone, is never dispensed in the US without having another analgesic medication added to it.
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Existing products combine the drug with nonaddictive painkillers such as acetaminophen. Hydrocodone belongs to family of drugs known as opiates or opioids because they are chemically similar to opium. They include morphine, heroin, oxycodone, codeine, and methadone. Critics are especially worried about Zohydro, a timed-release drug meant for managing moderate to severe pain, because abusers could crush it for an intense, immediate high.
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Dosage Conversion: Hydrocodone vs. Oxycodone. In terms of strength, 5mg of oxycodone is roughly equivalent of 7.5 of hydrocodone. That is the conversion required to bring about the same effects. Hydrocodone would work better if you happen to be a lightweight person with a weak stomach.
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Painkillers, specifically narcotics, can cause constipation.A lot of receptors for the narcotic class of drugs are in the digestive tract, so it tends to bring everything to a halt, says Dr. Thomas Park, a gastroenterologist with the University of Rochester Medical Center Park in New York.
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Vicodin is the mildest narcotic after codeine. Oxycodone is stronger, but not by a whole lot (percocet is 5mg of oxycodone plus tylenol). If you take strait oxycodone, the doses can be much higher, as it has no ceiling dose. 10 mg of hydros is equal to 10 mg of oxy. Just a lot safer.
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Oxycodone vs. Hydrocodone – Which is Stronger. Both oxycodone and hydrocodone are highly popular among manufacturers and consumers. If they don’t sound familiar, these are generic names for some commercially available pain medications.
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Oxycodone is now the most-abused medicine in the U.S., with hydrocodone second, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The latest drug studies come as more pharmaceutical companies are getting into the $10 billion-a-year legal market for powerful yet highly addictive opioid narcotics.
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