Oxycodone and Asthma: Is It Safe? Risks and Safety Plan

Most medical conditions never appear by name in the contraindications section of an opioid label. Asthma does. Every U.S. oxycodone label states that the drug should not be used in people with acute or severe bronchial asthma in an unmonitored setting or without resuscitative equipment available. That sentence often worries people who have asthma and …