OxyContin

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the  Rowland Medical Library.  OxyContin is a semisynthetic opioid analgesic prescribed to relieve moderate to severe pain. It is available in controlled-release tablets ranging from 10mg to 160mg in strength.  The active ingredient is oxycodone.  OxyContin has a potential for addiction similar to morphine and has been abused by patients for whom it was prescribed as well as others.  Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer, has worked with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen the warnings and precautions in the drug's labeling.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

         Drug facts and comparisons. p.799a-c.
                 REF QV 772 F142 2000-

AHFS drug information 2002. p.2072-4.
        REF 740 .AA1 A512 2002

USP DI/drug information for the health care professional. v.1 p.2217-22, 2235-6, 2298, MC 18.
        REF 738 .AA1 U86 2002

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Professional's handbook of drug therapy for pain  p.404-7.
       WL 39 P763 2001

Handbook of clinical drug data. 10th ed, p.47.
        REF QV H24 2002

Ballantyne, Jane (ed.). The Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of pain management. 2nd ed, p.120,312,330.
       WB 39 M277 2002

Selected textbooks

Noble, John (ed). Textbook of primary care medicine. 3rd ed. p.96, 1073-4,1184.
       WB 1000 T33a 2001

Karch, Steven B.  Karch's pathology of drug abuse. 3rd ed. p372-3.
       WM 270 K272 2002

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Analgesics, Opioid
Pain-Drug Therapy
Palliative Care
Narcotics
Substance-Related Disorders
Drug Therapy
Neoplasms - Drug Therapy
Pharmaceutical Preparations

Selected journals

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Pain - Periodicals
Palliative Care  - Periodicals
Terminal Care - Periodicals
Therapeutics - Periodicals
Patient Education - Periodicals
Medical Oncology - Periodicals
Medicine - Periodicals
Pharmaceutical Preparations - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Analgesics, Opioid
Oxycodone
Opioid-Related Disorders
Pain/Drug Therapy
Substance-Related Disorders
Narcotics-Therapeutic Use
Prescriptions, Drug
Pain Measurement

 

Academic Search Elite  On-Campus  Off-Campus

Search using keywords: OxyContin
Oxycodone
Purdue Pharma
Opioid Analgesics
Opioid Abuse
Pain Management
Painkilling Drugs

Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)

Search using keywords: OxyContin
Oxycodone
Opioid Analgesics
Opioid Analgesic
Pain Therapy
Opioid Drugs
Opioid Abuse
Chronic Pain

Selected journal articles

Oxycodone and oxycontin.  Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. 2001 Sep 17; 43(1113):80-1.

FDA strengthens warnings for OxyContin.  FDA Consumer. 2001 Sep/Oct; 35(5):21.

Baumrucker SJ. OxyContin, the media, and law enforcement.  American Journal of Hospice  &  Palliative Care. 2001 May-Jun; 18(3):154-6.

Roth SH, et al. Around-the-clock, controlled-release oxycodone therapy for osteoarthritis-related pain: placebo-controlled trial and long-term evaluation. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000 Mar 27; 160(6):853-60.

Citron ML, et al. Long-term administration of controlled-release oxycodone tablets for the treatment of cancer pain.  Cancer Investigation. 1998; 16(8):562-71.

Kalb C, et al. Playing with pain killers.  Newsweek. 2001 Apr 9; 137(15):44-8. Available through Academic Source Elite

More reference sources

Portenoy, Russell K. and Eduardo Bruera (eds.). Topics in palliative care. v.1 p.135,150,155,188. v.3 p.14-17,85,87,224. v.5 p.48,256,260-1,264.
        WB 310 T674 1997-2001

American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine. End-of-Life Consensus Panel. Physician's guide to end-of-life care. p. 79-80,85-7,91-2.
        WB 310 A547 2001

Specialized sources

Progress in pain research and management. Check Rowland Medical Library Catalog for call numbers.

Health reference series. Check Rowland Medical Library Catalog for call numbers.

Department of Psychiatry.  601-815-1022.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        William L. Woolverton, Ph.D.   wwoolverton@psychiatry.umsmed.edu

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.  601-984-1675.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Michael P. Hughes, MCS. mhughes@pharmacology.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/search/search.html

How OxyContin Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/oxycontin.htm

CenterWatch. Clinical Trials Listing Service
http://www.centerwatch.com

U.S.Food and Drug Administration.  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/oxycontin/

Drug Digest
http://www.drugdigest.org/

Purdue Pharma L.P. Science Into Practice
http://www.purduepharma.com

Author:  Ardis Haaland
Copyright 2002 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson