Written By: Fiona Stockard
Roxicodone Addiction Facts and Statistics
Roxicodone abuse has exploded since 2010. With other oxycodone products, like OxyContin, coming under stricter regulation, Roxicodone suddenly became the go to drug for addicts everywhere.
This explosion has paved the way for a lot of false information surrounding Roxicodone and likely led to people smoking roxycodone, as well. What exactly is Roxicodone abuse and addiction? What about Roxicodone drug addiction facts? What about Roxycodone addiction statistics?
Find out the answers to these questions and more!
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Roxicodone Addiction Facts
Find Roxicodone addiction facts below:
Roxicodone is an immediate-release form of oxycodone. Because it’s relatively new, there aren’t a whole lot of hard facts about Roxycodone addiction. However, because it’s an opioid-type drug, it behaves in the same way as other opioids.
Roxicodone doesn’t contain any OTC analgesics. That means it has no Tylenol, aspirin or ibuprofen or any other pain-killer drug. It’s pure oxycodone. It also isn’t extended-release. So, Roxicodone is easier to abuse than other oxycodone products and as such, Roxycodone addiction is often encountered.
Roxicodone is available in 15 and 30- milligram strengths. Users will take the pills orallyor crush them but smoking Roxycodone is also a popular method of use. If they crush the pills, they can either snort the powder or mix it with water and inject it. Sniffing Roxis will produce a high in minutes. Injecting them will produce in a high in seconds.
Smoking Roxycodone is another popular way of abusing the drug. Users will smoke the pill from tinfoil. This is similar to how people smoke heroin.
Common side effects of Roxicodone abuse include: reduced respiration and heartbeat, short periods of passing out (often called nodding out), nausea, constipation, loss of appetite, itching and reduced pupil size.
More severe side effects of Roxycodone abuse include: seizures, severe muscle weakness and respiratory failure.
Street names for Roxicodone include: blues, perc 30s, and roxis.
Roxicodone interacts with MAO inhibitors (an older type of anti-depressants). No one should abuse Roxicodone, but those taking MAOI’s should definitely not abuse it!
Roxicodone Addiction Statistics
Find Roxicodone drug addiction statistics below:
Since there aren’t many facts about Roxicodone addiction, there aren’t many statistics solely about this drug, either. Instead, find general oxycodone statistics here.
-Between 2006 and 2011, oxycodone products led to a total of 3,733 deaths.
-In 2008, there were 14,800 overdoses due to oxycodone products.
-According to the American Academy of Neurology, 50 percent of patients who take opioids as prescribed for over three months remain on opioids five years later.
-Oxycodone prescriptions are written most frequently in the Mid-west and the Southeast. This is in stark comparison to a few years ago, when they were written mainly in California and the Northeast.
What Do These Roxicodone Addiction Facts and Drug Statistics Mean For You?
The above statistics and facts about Roxicodone addiction paint a grim picture. As one type of prescription painkiller falls out of fashion, another rises to take its place. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, OxyContin reigned supreme. Starting in the late 2000s, the crown was passed Roxicodone.
There’s good news, too! The fact that there isn’t a ton of hard information about Roxicodone abuse and addiction shows that it isn’t an epidemic. Yes, it’s part of America’s painkiller epidemic. However, on its own, it doesn’t seem to be reaching the same levels of abuse OxyContin did.
