Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002

The DAWN Report:  Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002  (PDF format)

Highlights:

• Oxycodone mentions in emergency department visits in SAMHSA's DAWN increased from 4,000 in 1994 to 22,000 mentions in 2002, an increase of 450%. About 29% of the oxycodone-related visits involved only oxycodone, 24% involved another drug, 29% involved two other drugs, and 18% involved three or more other drugs.

• While DAWN emergency department mentions of hydrocodone were more than twice as frequent as oxycodone in 1994, they have increased only 170% from 9,300 to over 25,000 in 2002.

• The most frequent substances found in combination with oxycodone and hydrocodone in drug abuse related emergency department visits were alcohol, benzodiazepines, other opioid pain relievers, and cocaine.

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This Short Report, The DAWN Report:   Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002  (PDF format), is based on the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), the primary source of national data on drug related emergency department visits.  DAWN is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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