| div class="googleright"> | | | | it last as long. The first clinical use of this drug |
| Oxycondone’s chemical name is derived | | | | was documented in 1917. It was first introduced |
| from codeine. Freud and Speyer first synthesized | | | | to the US market in May 1939.The International |
| the oxycodone from thebine in the year 1916 a | | | | Narcotics Control Board estimates that 11.5 tons |
| few years after one of the top the German | | | | of oxycodone were manufactured worldwide in |
| pharmaceutical companies had stopped the mass | | | | 1998, which grew to 75.2 tons in 2007. Of all |
| production of heroin due to hazardous and harmful | | | | countries, the United States had the highest total |
| use as well as dependence. It was hoped that a | | | | consumption of oxycodone in 2007 (82% of the |
| thebine-derived drug would retain the analgesic | | | | world total of 51.6 tons). In addition, in 2007 the |
| effects of morphine and heroin with less | | | | U.S. had the highest per capita consumption of |
| dependence. To some extent this was achieved, | | | | oxycodone, followed by Canada, Denmark, |
| as oxycodone does not have the same | | | | Australia, and Norway. |
| immediate effect as heroin or morphine nor does | | | | |