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Alcohol and Oxycodone: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 8 records that name Alcohol and Oxycodone together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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An evidence index, not guidance.

Every statement below is attributed to a named, dated, linked source.

This page lists published research relevant to Alcohol and Oxycodone. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

8 studies naming Alcohol and Oxycodone.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

Acute administration of oxycodone, alcohol, and their combination on simulated driving-preliminary outcomes in healthy adults.

Psychopharmacology · 2021 · PMID 33169203

Randomized Controlled Trial

“These preliminary data suggest that acute doses of oxycodone (5, 10 mg) do not significantly impair acuity on laboratory-based simulated driving models; however, 10 mg oxycodone produced increases in self-reported outcomes that are not compatible with safe driving behavior (e.g., sedation, impairment). Additional controlled research is needed to determine how opioid misuse (higher doses; parenteral routes of administration) impacts driving risk.”

Babalonis et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names both Alcohol and Oxycodone in its title.

Voluntary alcohol intake alters the motivation to seek intravenous oxycodone and neuronal activation during the reinstatement of oxycodone and sucrose seeking.

Scientific reports · 2023 · PMID 37932476

Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralAnimal study

“Nucleus accumbens shell dopamine 1 receptor expressing neurons displayed activation patterns consistent with oxycodone reinstatement. Thus, alcohol alters the motivation to seek oxycodone in a sex-dependent manner and the neural circuitry engaged by cue-primed reinstatement of sucrose and oxycodone-seeking.”

Wilkinson et al. · From the abstract

Names both Alcohol and Oxycodone in its title.

The effect of concurrent access to alcohol and oxycodone on self-administration and reinstatement in rats.

Psychopharmacology · 2022 · PMID 35972517

Human subjects

“Taken together, this study demonstrates that rats will concurrently self-administer both oxycodone and alcohol in operant chambers, and this procedure can serve as a platform for future investigations in polysubstance use and relapse-like behavior.”

Amico et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names both Alcohol and Oxycodone in its title.

Ethanol Reversal of Oxycodone Tolerance in Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons.

Molecular pharmacology · 2018 · PMID 29467238

Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralAnimal study

“Oxycodone tolerance was reversed in isolated DRG neurons by the acute application of either ethanol (20 mM) or the PKC inhibitor, bisindolylmaleimide XI hydrochloride (Bis XI), when a challenge of 3 µM oxycodone significantly reduced neuronal excitability following prolonged exposure.”

Jacob et al. · From the abstract

Names both Alcohol and Oxycodone in its title.

Ethanol Reversal of Tolerance to the Antinociceptive Effects of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone.

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2017 · PMID 28442580

Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralAnimal study

“Oral ethanol (2 g/kg) reversed the tolerance to chronic oxycodone, but did not alter brain concentrations of either acute or chronic oxycodone. These studies show that there is a metabolic component of tolerance to oxycodone; however, the reversal of that tolerance by ethanol is not due to an alteration of the biodisposition of oxycodone, but rather is neuronal in nature.”

Jacob et al. · From the abstract

Names both Alcohol and Oxycodone in its title.

Limitations

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NutriStack

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NutriStack is a free iPhone app for organising a supplement routine: what you take, when, and what the published record says about it. Its exploratory interaction checker covers Alcohol, Oxycodone, and several hundred other substances.

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