• Anesthesiology clinics · Jun 2017

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    Revisiting Oxycodone Analgesia: A Review and Hypothesis.

    • Xiulu Ruan, Ken F Mancuso, and Alan D Kaye.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. Electronic address: drxruan88@gmail.com.
    • Anesthesiol Clin. 2017 Jun 1; 35 (2): e163-e174.

    AbstractOxycodone, a semisynthetic opioid analgesic, is widely used in clinical practice. Oxycodone and morphine seem to be equally effective and equipotent; however, morphine is 10 times more potent than oxycodone when given epidurally. This article provides an updated review of the basic pharmacology of oxycodone with a special focus on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics properties. The controversy regarding oxycodone-mediated effects for visceral pain via agonism and the possible role of peripheral opioid analgesia are discussed in the present investigation in an attempt to propose a plausible explanation to the perplexing question of oxycodone analgesia.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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