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.
Similar to heroin, oxycodone produces â along with pain management â a euphoric high caused by stimulation of the reward center of the brain. Oxycodone elevates levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is considered the pleasure chemical of the brain. On the street, OxyContin is known as âOxy,â âOC,â âOxyCotton,â âHillbilly Heroin,â and âKickers,â and is often used if heroin or morphine is not available.