How to Use oxycodone in a Sentence

oxycodone

noun
Definition of oxycodonenext
  • For many of my co-workers, oxycodone and hydrocodone were the painkillers of choice.
    — Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
  • Police documents state the man had THC and oxycodone in his system at the time of the crash.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • A half pill of oxycodone, a narcotic painkiller, was found on a nightstand next to the man’s chair.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The drugs were identified as 30-mg pills of oxycodone, the statement reads.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Sep. 2019
  • His drugs of choice later in life were opioids, such as oxycodone.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In hindsight, Puerta said, Daniel was getting what the teen thought was oxycodone.
    — Jennifer Griffin, Fox News, 23 June 2022
  • There was the team trainer busted by the DEA for peddling oxycodone to players.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • She was overprescribed oxycodone, which dampened, shaped and authored the end of her life in March 2020.
    — New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • Harper went on to note that the tests are not designed to detect oxycodone, methadone, or clonazepam.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • The driver, a Garfield Heights man, 22, did not have a driver’s license, and was found to be in possession of five oxycodone pills.
    — cleveland, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The doctor gave her intravenous Tylenol and four oxycodone tablets.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2021
  • The child, who was not identified, bought and consumed a pill with a label consistent with the painkiller oxycodone.
    — Josh Campbell, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But available records show the arrests on Monday came to just 33 oxycodone pills and 30 grams of meth, or about enough to fill eight sugar packets.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, submitted a prescription for the oxycodone to the court prior to the ruling.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Pills containing oxycodone and hydrocodone topped the list.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Pills are sometimes disguised to look like other painkillers, like oxycodone.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • There was pain, but nothing a tapered dose oxycodone couldn’t manage.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 18 Nov. 2019
  • There were oxycodone pills that tested positive for heroin and over-the-counter cough medicine, and Vicodin tablets that turned out to be fentanyl.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • By 2015, doctors and prescribers were more aware of the addictive properties of the drugs, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.
    — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Pettit at the time pleaded not guilty to selling Miller the fake oxycodone pills that led to the Grammy nominee’s overdose at age 26.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Mills’ pregnant wife and children were held at gunpoint while Baker ransacked the home for oxycodone pills.
    — Fox News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Alex Nava got his first little blue pill, a prescription-strength dose of oxycodone, from a friend during the summer of 2018.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • No oxycodone was observed during the testing as of Friday.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2020
  • He was charged in April with providing oxycodone and morphine sulfate to a patient who died.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 May 2022
  • Blood tests showed the presence of benzodiazepines and oxycodone.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The biggest rise, 264.6%, came from deaths involving oxycodone.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Wade was told her scan was normal and discharged with oxycodone for pain management, according to the suit.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
  • Several of the pills were altered to pass off as legitimate oxycodone and Xanax pills, the press release added.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Bad actors are selling drugs such as cocaine and oxycodone through search engine loopholes, resulting in a rise in fraudulent online pharmacies that the FDA is aware of, but hasn’t taken down.
    — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Nashville police arrested an 18-year-old shortly after his arrival on a Greyhound bus when he was discovered to have thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills in his possession, the department said.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024

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