Comparing Oxycodone vs Promethazine
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Prescription only
Oxycodone is a semisynthetic opioid medication with potent pain-relieving properties that may be used to relieve severe pain that is unresponsive to less potent pain-relieving medicines (analgesics)... View more |
Prescription only
Promethazine may be used to relieve allergy symptoms and nausea. Sedation is the main side effect and it may interact with several other drugs including antidepressants, antipsychotics, and other... View more |
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| More about Oxycodone | More about Promethazine | ||||||||||||||||
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Oxycodone has an average rating of 6.9 out of 10 from a total of 1147 ratings on Drugs.com. 61% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 25% reported a negative effect. |
Promethazine has an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from a total of 398 ratings on Drugs.com. 65% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 21% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
View all Oxycodone side effects |
View all Promethazine side effects |
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Lower cost generic |
Lower cost generic |
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| Dazidox, Endocodone, ETH-Oxydose, Oxaydo, OxyContin, Oxydose, Oxyfast, Roxicodone, RoxyBond, Xtampza ER View more | Adgan, Anergan 50, Antinaus 50, Phenadoz, Promethegan | ||||||||||||||||
| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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5.6 hours |
16 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
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High potential for abuse
Has a high potential for abuse. Has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category N
Not classified
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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A total of 626 drugs are known to interact with Oxycodone:
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A total of 691 drugs are known to interact with Promethazine:
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October 26, 1998 |
March 29, 1951 |
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N/A |
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1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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