oxycodone

noun

oxy·co·done ˌäk-sē-ˈkō-ˌdōn

: a narcotic analgesic C₁₈H₂₁NO₄ used especially in the form of its hydrochloride

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Two men met at a Colorado park in July 2021 for what the buyer thought was a handoff of prescription oxycodone pills, according to court documents. —

Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023 An East Hartford pediatrician who served a federal sentence for illegally prescribing oxycodone and failing to pay more than $177,000 in employee withholding taxes to the IRS has voluntarily surrendered his medical license. —

Kate Farrish, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2022 Prosecutors also pointed to a pharmacy that AmerisourceBergen allegedly knew was its largest purchaser of oxycodone 30mg tablets in all of Colorado. —

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2022 Authorities learned the pill had been laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opiate over 100 times more potent than oxycodone. —

Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022 Deaths attributed to a drug class that includes prescription opioids such as oxycodone pills, once the major factor in the crisis, plateaued in recent years, due in part to tighter regulations on prescriptions. —

Max Rust And Jon Kamp, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022 Ben Campofreda turned from prescribed oxycodone to heroin and then fentanyl to treat chronic back pain. —

Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022 Investigators were able to determine that Nathans was selling counterfeit versions of Roxicodone pills, one of the brand names under which oxycodone is distributed. —

Henri Hollis, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022 In the Portland metro area, fentanyl typically has been found pressed into counterfeit prescription pills resembling M30 oxycodone tablets. —

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