The time - release formula meant companies could pack lots of oxycodone into one pill, with less risk of abuse, or so scientists claimed. (firstthings.com)
Usage started increasing rapidly in the mid-1990s, partly as a result of allowing family doctors to prescribe short - acting opioids such as oxycodone for chronic pain and other relatively common diseases. (sciencedaily.com)
Narcotics like oxycodone found in Percocet and hydrocodone found in Vicodin are opioids. (treatlyme.net)