Brief Answer:
Yes.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have read your query.
Your doctor has prescribed you medicine rightly as he had done your physical examination and provide best of his knowledge to you.
Yes,
oxycodone is more potent than
codeine because oxycodone is capable of diminishing pain to a far greater degree than codeine, and it requires only about one-tenth of the dose of codeine to provide the same amount of pain relief. Therefore, oxycodone is much better suited to control moderate to
severe pain.
Codeine's weaker efficacy may be desirable at times, for example, to treat mild pain, or to treat pain in individuals with little to no
opioid tolerance.
Oxycodone is more addictive than codeine. Oxycodone addiction can become a serious problem. Once the addiction is fed, it becomes harder to break and those addicted become more susceptible to overdose, which can lead to a number of health problems, including fatal
cardiac arrest.
So you must remain in-touch with your doctor while on this medication and please do not alter the dose of drug you are taking without the knowledge of your doctor.
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Dr.Singh.
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