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Q) What is
Percocet?
A) Percocet is a narcotic (oxycodone) and
acetaminophen combination. They are combined to get a
syngergistic effect on pain. Oxycodone is similar to other
narcotics in terms of effect and addiction. Acetaminophen is
better known as Tylenol. Other brand names are Roxicet and
Tylox. Tablets contain 25 mg oxycodone hydrochloride and 325
mg acetaminophen; 5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride and 325 mg
acetaminophen; 7.5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride and 500 mg
acetaminophen; 10 mg oxycodone hydrochloride and 650 mg
acetaminophen.
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Q) How is Percocet used?
A) Percocet when abused can be taken orally in pill
form, chewed, or crushed (then snorted like
cocaine).
Q) What are the side effects of
Percocet?
A)
- drowsiness
- constricted pupils
- nausea
- euphoria
- dizziness
- light-headeness
- sedation
- vomiting
- constipation
- depressed feeling
- exaggerated feeling of well-being
- itchy skin
- skin rash
- slowed breathing
Q) What are the symptoms of
Overdose?
A)
- bluish skin
- eyes or skin with yellow tone
- cold and clammy skin
- decreased or irregular breathing
- extreme sleepiness
- stupor
- coma
- heart attack
- low blood pressure
- muscle weakness
- nausea
- slow heartbeat
- sweating
- vague bodily discomfort
- vomiting
Q) What is Percocet
addiction?
A) Addiction is a major risk with prolonged use
(over 2-3 weeks) of narcotics. Even moderate doses of some narcotics
can result in a fatal overdose. When increasing doses of narcotics,
the person may first feel restless and nauseous and then progress to
loss of consciousness and abnormal breathing. Other risks include
withdrawal symptoms that may last for months.
Addictive drugs activate the brain’s reward systems.
The promise of reward is very intense, causing the individual to
crave the drug and to focus his or her activities around taking the
drug. The ability of addictive drugs to strongly activate brain
reward mechanisms and their ability to chemically alter the normal
functioning of these systems can produce an addiction. Drugs also
reduce a person’s level of consciousness, harming the ability to
think or be fully aware of present
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