Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alarming news 2013: While heroin overdoses have declined, overdoses from prescription opioids such as oxycodone (marketed as Oxycontin) increased seven-fold in New York City over a 16- year period. Further reports have shown that in the last past years the increase in unintentional drug overdose death rates has levelled up by an abuse of a class of prescription drugs called opioid analgesics. What is Oxycodone? Health professionals have said that Oxycodone is an analgesic medication which has been developed in Germany in 1916. Oxycodone was developed for the purpose of improving the various existing opioids like diacetylmorphine, codeine and morphine. Oxycodone oral medications are often prescribed for the relief of moderate to severe pain. Despite being an effective drug for reducing fatigue, dizziness, nausea...