What is the difference between HYDROcodone & OXYcodone?

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what is the difference between the words hydro & oxy? Is one stronger than the other and how? I know the hydro is vicodin but I'm wondering about actual concentrations of codeine and what they do to it.

Answer 1

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Hydrocodone is the active ingredient in Vicodin and Lortab. They can be either 5 or 7.5 mg and are combined with acetaminophen (tylenol).

Oxycodone is the active ingredient in Percodan (with aspirin) or Percocet (with tylenol). It is also available in a timed release medication called Oxycontin (not mixed with any other medication). Oxycodone is usually considered to be stronger than hydrocodone, but different people react to them in different ways.

Codeine is an older and milder drug than either of the other two. It usually comes in #2, #3 and #4--15, 30 and 60 mg respectively.

All of these drugs are narcotics, are addictive and should not be taken unless prescribed by a physician. People get addicted to these drugs and build up a tolerance to them. When they start out, one makes them feel good. It gets to where it takes 5 just to get going every day, and they don't make you feel good anymore. And all that tylenol and aspirin can kill you slowly.

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Thanks for the info.

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone

Answer 3

hydro is 5 letters and spelled h-y-d-r-o and oxy is 3 letters spelled o-x-y.

it's been a while, but hydro is a hyrdroxil group (OH), and oxy is some Oxygen group. though O has a -2 valence, whereas OH has a -1....so maybe it's 2(OH)?

either way they both go well w/ CH3CH2OH:)

Answer 4

its where they come from hydrocodone comes from plants and oxy comes from a plant i belive

Answer 5

One has Tylenol as the a pain reliver and the other another pain medication both along with Vicodin the narcotic pain reliver. Call your local pharmacy to find out more information. Best Wishes!

Answer 6

Oxycodone (also known as Oxycontin and ingredient of Percocet and Percodan when combined with acetaminophen-tylenol or aspirin) is a much stronger narcotic pain reliever (analgesic). It is much more highly addicting than Hydrocodone (as known as Vicodin, Lortab, Hycotuss, Hycodan). There is no codeine in either of these, however codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone as well as other are semi-synthetic products of opium.

Answer 7

5 mg of hydro is equivalent to 30 mg codiene when orally administered

also hydro is an antu-tussive(cough depressant)


They are both opiates and derivitives chemically of codiene


also Oxy can usually be crushed and mixed with water and injected

This is not sone with hydro

Answer 8

the oxycodone is stronger then the other.The hydro is a codeine.I'm on a oxy and the pain is gone but don't get hooked on it.

Answer 9

um im not to sure about the difference but i do know that oxycodone is alot stronger than hydro.