Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. For more information go to dailymed. Medication Guide Oxycodone Hydrochloride ox" i koe' done hye" droe klor' ide and Acetaminophen a seet" a min' oh fen Tablets, CII Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets are: A strong prescription pain medicine that contains an opioid narcotic that is used to manage pain, severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate and when other pain treatments such as non-opioid pain medicines do not treat your pain well enough or you cannot tolerate them.
An opioid pain medicine that can put you at risk for overdose and death. Even if you take your dose correctly as prescribed you are at risk for opioid addiction, abuse, and misuse that can lead to death. Important information about Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets: Get emergency help right away if you take too much Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets overdose.
When you first start taking Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets, when your dose is changed, or if you take too much overdose , serious or life-threatening breathing problems that can lead to death may occur. Taking Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets with other opioid medicines, benzodiazepines, alcohol, or other central nervous system depressants including street drugs can cause severe drowsiness, decreased awareness, breathing problems, coma, and death.
Never give anyone else your Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Acetaminophen Tablets. They could die from taking it. Buying oxycodone on the street gives money to people who commit crimes.
They may steal oxycodone from drugstores or from family members or others who are sick, or they may sell oxycodone that was prescribed to them. Prescribed oxycodone is often paid for with tax dollars or by private health insurance.
Buying oxycodone that was prescribed to someone, and paid for by our health care system, wastes money that could be spent on treatment for sick people. The effects of oxycodone make it harder to drive or operate machinery safely. If you drive a motor vehicle after taking oxycodone, you are more likely to crash, and hurt or kill yourself or someone else. If you take oxycodone every day, your body will get used to the drug. You may be hooked if you:.
Depending on your age, health and history, your doctor may prescribe medications to ease your way through withdrawal or suggest opioid maintenance treatment OMT with methadone or buprenorphine Suboxone.
Group support, counselling or a stay at a drug treatment centre can help you to stop using oxycodone. Aim to stay off all other mood-altering drugs including alcohol. These strategies help to prevent relapse using oxycodone again.
In most states, Naloxone, the antidote for opiate overdose, is available from the pharmacy without a prescription. Naloxone is available as an intranasal spray, as well as an intramuscular injection and other FDA-approved product forms. Your local poison control center can be reached directly by calling the national toll-free Poison Help hotline from anywhere in the United States.
This national hotline will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions. This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention.
It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The health care provider will measure and monitor the person's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The health care team will closely monitor the person's breathing. Do not breastfeed.
This medicine can pass into breast milk and cause drowsiness, breathing problems, or death in a nursing baby. Follow all directions on your prescription label.
Never take this medicine in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed. An overdose can damage your liver or cause death. Tell your doctor if you feel an increased urge to use more of this medicine.
Never share this medicine with another person, especially someone with a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medicine in a place where others cannot get to it. Selling or giving away acetaminophen and oxycodone is against the law. Measure liquid medicine carefully. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon. If you need surgery or medical tests, tell the doctor ahead of time that you are using this medicine.
You should not stop using this medicine suddenly. Follow your doctor's instructions about tapering your dose. Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Keep track of your medicine. You should be aware if anyone is using it 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 this medicine 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
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