If you use opioid medicine while you are pregnant, your baby could become dependent on the drug. This can cause life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in the baby after it is born. Babies born dependent on opioids may need medical treatment for several weeks. Ask a doctor before using opioid medicine if you are breastfeeding.
Tell your doctor if you notice severe drowsiness or slow breathing in the nursing baby. Follow the directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides. Never use oxycodone in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed.
Tell your doctor if you feel an increased urge to take more of this medicine. Never share opioid medicine with another person, especially someone with a history of drug abuse or addiction. Selling or giving away opioid medicine is against the law. Stop taking all other around-the-clock opioid pain medicines when you start taking extended-release oxycodone.
Swallow the capsule or tablet whole to avoid exposure to a potentially fatal overdose. Do not crush, chew, break, open, or dissolve. If you cannot swallow a capsule whole, open it and sprinkle the medicine into a spoonful of pudding or applesauce. Swallow the mixture right away without chewing. Do not save it for later use. Never crush or break an oxycodone pill to inhale the powder or mix it into a liquid to inject the drug into your vein. This can cause in death.
Measure liquid medicine carefully. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon. You should not stop using oxycodone suddenly. Follow your doctor's instructions about tapering your dose. Store at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and light.
Keep track of your medicine. Oxycodone is a drug of abuse and you should be aware if anyone is using your medicine improperly or without a prescription.
Do not keep leftover opioid medication. Just one dose can cause death in someone using this medicine accidentally or improperly. Ask your pharmacist where to locate a drug take-back disposal program. If there is no take-back program, flush the unused medicine down the toilet. Since oxycodone is used for pain, you are not likely to miss a dose. Skip any missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose.
Do not use two doses at one time. Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at An opioid overdose can be fatal, especially in a child or other person using the medicine without a prescription. Overdose symptoms may include severe drowsiness, pinpoint pupils, slow breathing, or no breathing. Your doctor may recommend you get naloxone a medicine to reverse an opioid overdose and keep it with you at all times.
A person caring for you can give the naloxone if you stop breathing or don't wake up. Your caregiver must still get emergency medical help and may need to perform CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation on you while waiting for help to arrive. Anyone can buy naloxone from a pharmacy or local health department. Make sure any person caring for you knows where you keep naloxone and how to use it.
Avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how oxycodone will affect you. Dizziness or severe drowsiness can cause falls or other accidents. Avoid medication errors. Always check the brand and strength of oxycodone you get from the pharmacy.
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Opioid medicine can slow or stop your breathing, and death may occur. Serious breathing problems may be more likely in older adults and in those who are debilitated or have wasting syndrome or chronic breathing disorders.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may have breathing problems or withdrawal symptoms if you start or stop taking certain other medicines. Tell your doctor if you also use an antibiotic, antifungal medication, heart or blood pressure medication, seizure medication, or medicine to treat HIV or hepatitis C.
Opioid medication can interact with many other drugs and cause dangerous side effects or death. The picture on the right is an image of counterfeit Oxycodone pills. Law enforcement and public health officials have also noted a sharp increase in overdoses and deaths from fentanyl. In , synthetic opioids caused more overdose deaths than any other opioid including heroin. Synthetic opioids accounted for approximately 73 percent of all opioid-involved deaths. Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide in , DEA found that 27 percent contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.
Gonzalez said. Unless prescription drugs are obtained from an authorized medical provider or pharmacy, the public should not consume or even handle these pills.
The synthetic opioids contained in them are often lethal if consumed even if in the smallest amounts. All Idahoans are urged to only use prescription drugs prescribed to them by legitimate health care providers and obtained from their pharmacy.
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