Both medications change the way you think about pain, and this helps to dull your feeling of pain. Also, both medications are highly addictive. Oxymorphone and Oxycodone work in the same way, so they both have similar side effects. Here is a list of some of the most common side effects:. Some of the more serious side effects of the medications include slowed breathing, stopped breathing, cardiac arrest stopped heart , low blood pressure, or shock. Each medication does have a couple of different notable side effects.
Oxymorphone can cause fever and confusion while Oxycodone can cause sleeping trouble and lack of energy. Oxymorphone and Oxycodone are not recommended for long-term use. Both medications are controlled substances, and they are known to cause addiction and can be abused or misused. Although Oxymorphone and Oxycodone work in similar ways, they do have some notable differences.
Both drugs come as tablets, but Oxymorphone also comes as an injection. Oxymorphone is more expensive than Oxycodone, and they have a couple of slight differences in side effects as noted above. Stopping either drug suddenly can cause some very intense and uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Here is a list of some of the withdrawal symptoms of Oxymorphone and Oxycodone:.
You should never stop taking any opioid medication on your own. Street names include O. Percocet — This drug is a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen. It comes in tablet, liquid oral solution, and capsule form. Some of the street names for the drug include Percs and Hillbilly Heroin since it also contains oxycodone. Hydrocodone — The next in the list of opioids strongest to weakest is hydrocodone, which is sold under many different brand names such as Norco, Vicodin, and Zohydro.
It is usually sold as a way to manage pain after surgery, chronic pain, or pain from an injury. It comes in both a syrup and tablet form. Street names for hydrocodone include names such as Watson and Vike. Hydrocodone has about the same strength as morphine and is commonly combined with other pain relievers such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Brand names include MS Contin and Duramorph among others.
It is often used as a pain-management solution for cancer patients. It is available in tablet, capsule, suppository, and injectable form. Tramadol Ultram — Tramadol is used to relieve moderate to moderately severe pain and has about one-tenth the potency of morphine. Demerol Meperidine — The brand name opioid, Demerol, is most frequently used treat moderate to severe pain, and is about 7 to 10 times less potent than morphine.
It may also be used as anesthesia due to its potency. The drug comes in a variety of forms including an injectable solution, tablet, and liquid oral solution. Common street names include Pain Killer and Demmies.
Though meperidine is less potent than many other opioids, it is classified as a Schedule II narcotic along with oxycodone and fentanyl. Codeine — This opioid is a relatively short-acting opiate. IV drip or suppository. Injecting Opana intravenously may cause the user to develop a serious blood disorder that can lead to kidney failure or deathf kidney failure requiring dialysis and at least one death have been linked to injection of Opana into the bloodstream.
The blood disorder , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura TTP , causes blood clots to form in blood vessels throughout the body. Blood flow to the kidneys, brain, heart and other organs may limited or stopped altogether.
The blood clots can also cause bleeding under the skin and internal bleeding throughout the body. In addition to kidney failure, possible effects of the disorder include stroke and brain damage.
Opana is an extended-release opioid painkiller that contains oxymorphone. Like OxyContin, it carries a high risk of abuse, addiction and overdose. Since , law enforcement authorities have seen a rise in the addiction to Opana. The growing popularity of the drug has been attributed to the reformulation of OxyContin to make it harder to inject or snort. When injecting OxyContin became too difficult, many drug abusers discovered that they could crush Opana and snort or inject it for a heroin-like high.
Prescription drug abusers who switch from OxyContin to Opana are often unaware that Opana is more potent per does and carries a greater risk of overdose. Endo Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Opana, has developed a crush-resistant version that has been approved by the FDA. Although the new formula is slated to replace the older extended-release version, many pharmacies still stock the older version.
When the new Opana formula completely replaces the old one, authorities are expecting drug abusers to turn to heroin or another drug. TTP is only associated with injection of Opana.
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