Journal
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages S47-S56Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.01.010
Keywords
oxycodone; oxymorphone
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Oxycodone has been in clinical use since 1917. Parenteral oxycodone was used mainly for the treatment of acute postoperative pain whereas combinations, for example, oxycodone and acetaminophen, were used for moderate pain. Since the introduction of controlled-release oxycodone, it has been used to manage cancer-related pain and chronic non-cancer-related pain problems. Controlled studies have been performed in Postoperative pain, cancer pain, osteoarthritis-related pain, and neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy. The phormacodynamic effects of oxycodone are typical of a mu-opioid agonist. Oxycodone closely resembles morphine but it has some distinct differences, particularly in its pharmacokinetic profile. Being an old drug, the basic pharmacology of oxycodone has been a neglected field of research. (c) 2005 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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