Point-of-care testing (POCT), or bedside testing is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of careâthat is, at the time and place of patient care.[1] This contrasts with the historical pattern in which testing was wholly or mostly confined to the medical laboratory, which entailed sending off specimens away from the point of care ...
Generic OxyContin would have cost 25 per cent of the price for the brand-name product, according to Tam. Consumers must spend $251.85 for 100 40-milligram tablets of OxyNEO and $442.84 for 100 80-milligram tablets. The price was the same for OxyContin.
Narcotics, including oxycodone and OxyContin, are prescribed to alleviate very severe pain, such as might follow surgery, a car crash or some other traumatic injury. While narcotics are very effective, they are also highly addictive. The main difference between oxycodone and OxyContin is that oxycodone is a generic drug rather than a brand name. Neither oxycodone or OxyContin should be taken for more than three to four months, according to the National Institutes of Health.