DESCRIPTION

Note: This monograph pertains to both Percodan and Percodan-Demi. (The innovator brand name has been left in so as to avoid confusion).

Each tablet of Percodan contains:

Oxycodone hydrochloride: 4.50 mg* (WARNING: May be habit forming)
Oxycodone terephthalate: 0.38 mg** (WARNING: May be habit forming)
Aspirin, USP: 325 mg

*4.50 mg oxycodone HCl is equivalent to 4.0338 mg of oxycodone.

**0.38 mg oxycodone terephthalate is equivalent to 0.3008 mg of oxycodone.

Percodan Tablets also contain: D&C Yellow 10, FD&C Yellow 6, microcrystalline cellulose and starch.

The oxycodone component is 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone, a white odorless crystalline powder which is derived from the opium alkaloid, thebaine.

Each tablet of Percodan-Demi contains:

Oxycodone hydrochloride: 2.25 mg* (WARNING: May be habit forming)
Oxycodone terephthalate: 0.19 mg** (WARNING: May be habit forming)
Aspirin, USP: 325 mg

*2.25 mg oxycodone HCl is equivalent to 2.0169 mg of oxycodone.

**0.19 mg oxycodone terephthalate is equivalent to 0.1504 mg of oxycodone.

Percodan-Demi Tablets also contain: microcrystalline cellulose and starch.

The oxycodone component is 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone, a white odorless crystalline powder which is derived from the opium alkaloid, thebaine.

CATEGORIES, BRAND NAMES

CATEGORIES: Pain; DEA Class C.I. FDA Approval Pre 1982

FDA Drug Class: Analgesics, General; Analgesics-Narcotic

BRAND NAMES: Endodan; Oxycodan; Percodan; Percodan-Demi; Roxiprin
(Foreign brand names outside U.S. in italics)