NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Percodan (Oxycodone / Aspirin)
NSAID Prescriptions for Pain 'Out of Control'
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines [2013.06.15]
An increasing number of patients with heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors are prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs rather than safer alternatives, warn researchers.
Medscape Medical News
EU regulator advises caution on painkiller diclofenac
Source: Yahoo! Health News [2013.06.14]
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's drugs agency warned on Friday that use of the common painkiller diclofenac, especially in high doses, carries extra heart attack risks which should be taken into consideration by doctors prescribing the drug. While ...
Steroid Injections for Back Pain Linked to Spinal Fracture Risk
Source: MedicineNet Low Back Pain Specialty [2013.06.14]
Title: Steroid Injections for Back Pain Linked to Spinal Fracture Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 6/14/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
Cardiac MRI Use Reduces Adverse Events For Patients With Acute Chest Pain
Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today [2013.06.13]
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center doctors have found that using stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in an Emergency Department observation unit to care for patients with acute chest pain is a win-win - for the patient and the institution. In a small, single-center clinical trial, Chadwick Miller, M.D., M.S...
Scant data on seizure drugs for women's genital pain
Source: Yahoo! Health News [2013.06.13]
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although doctors sometimes prescribe anti-seizure drugs to treat chronic pain in the vulva, just a handful of low-quality studies have examined the drugs' effects, according to a new review. Based on ...
Published Studies Related to Percodan (Oxycodone / Aspirin)
Oxycodone-related side effects: impact on degree of bother, adherence, pain relief, satisfaction, and quality of life. [2011.05]
OBJECTIVES: Oxycodone immediate-release, alone or in combination (hereafter, oxycodone), is widely used to treat pain and is often associated with bothersome side effects. The objective was to assess side effect frequency, degree of bother, and impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL)... CONCLUSIONS: The majority of survey respondents experienced side effects of oxycodone, with a majority being bothered by side effects and impacting their QoL. This raises a question about the unmet need for pain medications with improved side effect profiles.
Oxycodone combinations for pain relief. [2010.06]
No single analgesic drug provides the perfect therapeutic/adverse effect profile for every pain condition. In addition to convenience and possibly improved compliance, a combination of analgesic drugs offers the potential, requiring verification, of providing greater pain relief and/or reduced adverse effects than the constituent drugs when used individually...
Oxycontin: the concept of a "ghost pill" and the postmortem tissue distribution of oxycodone in 36 cases. [2002.10]
Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid that is structurally similar to codeine and equipotent to morphine in producing analgesic effects.The tissue distribution ranges of oxycodone in the 36 case examples were heart blood 0.12-46 mg/L (36), femoral blood + < 0.10-13 mg/L (35), liver 0.11-6.1 mg/kg (16), urine 2.5-122 mg/L (22), bile 0.19-49 mg/L (15), vitreous 0.24-0.82 mg/L (6), and gastric 0.06-119 mg total (21).
The relative potency between high dose oral oxycodone and intravenous morphine: a case illustration. [1999.07]
Oxycodone is an effective opioid analgesic for cancer pain. In the United States, it is available exclusively as an oral formulation, predominantly in fixed dose combination with acetaminophen or aspirin...
Clinical Trials Related to Percodan (Oxycodone / Aspirin)
A Study Comparing Oxycodone to Oxycodone/Naloxone in Moderate to Severe, Chronic Cancer Pain [Recruiting]
Oxycodone-Naloxone Prolonged Release Tablets in Relieving Opioid-Related Constipation [Active, not recruiting]
Oxycodone-Naloxone in Relieving Opioid-Related Constipation [Active, not recruiting]
The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that subjects with moderate to severe
non-malignant pain taking oxycodone/naloxone prolonged release tablets have improvement in
symptoms of constipation compared to subjects taking oxycodone prolonged release tablets
alone.
Morphine vs. Oxycodone for Postoperative Pain Management [Recruiting]
The purpose of this study is to determine whether oxycodone provides better analgesia
compared to morphine after laparoscopic hysterectomy or myomectomy.
Efficacy and Safety of Fentanyl Buccal Tablets Compared With Oxycodone for the Management of Break Through Pain [Recruiting]
Evaluate the efficacy of treatment with Fentanyl Buccal Tablets (FBT) compared with immediate
release oxycodone in alleviating breakthrough pain in opioid tolerant patients with chronic
pain.
Reports of Suspected Percodan (Oxycodone / Aspirin) Side Effects
Pain in Extremity (7),
Drug Ineffective (5),
Abdominal Pain Upper (5),
Depression (5),
Back Pain (5),
Abnormal Behaviour (5),
Verbal Abuse (5),
Disease Recurrence (4),
Memory Impairment (3),
Portal Hypertension (2), more >>
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