Q) What is Percodan?
A) Percodan is a combination of oxycodone and aspirin.
Oxycodone is a semisynthetic narcotic with strong analgesic
properties. Like any narcotic, it is potentially addicting and is
chemically different from heroin and opium only in structure and
duration. The oxycodone component is 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone, a
white odorless crystalline powder which is derived from the opium
alkaloid, thebaine. Oxycodone is also found in: Endocet®, Percocet®,
Percodan®, Roxicet®, Roxiprin®
Q) What does Percodan look
like?
A) Percodan comes as a scored yellow tablet, embossed
on one side with PERCODAN and on the other side with DuPont.
Percodan-Demi comes as a scored pink tablet embossed on one side
with PERCODAN-DEMI and on the other side with DuPont.
Q) What are the effects of
Percodan?
A)
- drowsiness
- dizziness
- blurred vision
- accidental injury
- lightheadedness
- sedation
- nausea
- vomiting
- euphoria
- constipation
- drug dependence
- tolerance
- impairment of mental and/or physical
abilities
Q) What are the symptoms of
overdose?
A)
- respiratory depression (a decrease in respiratory
rate)
- stupor
- coma
- skeletal muscle flaccidity
- cold and clammy skin
- hypertension
- circulatory collapse
- cardiac arrest
Q) What is Percodan
addiction?
A) Everyone's body is different but as little
as half a pill when combined with or other depressants can lower
your respiratory system enough to kill you. Taken in high doses
these tablets alone can kill you.
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
surroundings. | 
