Does anyone actually know the difference between hydrocodone and oxycodone?
Hydrocodone is NOT codeine. Codeine, hydrocodone and oxycodone are all different pain medications in the same family; they are all opioids. Oxycodone is the strongest, next hydrocodone and then codeine after that. They are all ‘sister’ drugs in that they are in the same family and work in similar ways, but they are not the same drugs. If hydrocodone and oxycodone feel the same to you, then maybe you took a higher milligram of the hydrocodone than the oxycodone, because oxycodone is stronger. Out of the three, it is the only one that is a class 2 controlled substance, meaning you have to have a written prescription for it and it cannot have refills. Codeine and hydrocodone both can be written or called into the pharmacy and may contain up to 6 refills.
