Oxycodone: A Drug
By: Elisa Weber
What is Oxycodone?
How is it Taken?
Street Names for Oxycodone
- oxies
- oxys
- OC
- O
- oxycotton
- Kicker
- Hillbilly Heroin
- Roxy
- Killers
- Blues
What Happens After You Take OC?
Short Term Effects:
After taking oxycodone, the short term effects are constipation, cough suppression, feelings of relaxation, pain relief, euphoria, and sedation, you can also get high on oxycodone. However, the most dangerous short term effect is respiratory depression, which is when a person only inhales less than 12 breaths per minute. The human body needs 18-22 breaths per minute to function properly, 12 or less breaths can be very deadly.
Long Term Effects:
The most severe long term effect from oxy is addiction. After taking oxy for a long period of time, a person can become addicted to it very easily. And if you use oxy for a longer time period, you will feel like you need to take a higher dosage to get the same sense of euphoria as before. And if you take a higher dosage than prescribed, you can get respiratory failure and die.