Oxycodone can be administered orally, intravenously, via intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous injection or rectally. Some people are fast metabolizers resulting in reduced analgesic effect but increased adverse effects, while others are slow metabolisers resulting in increased toxicity without improved analgesia. The dose of OxyContin must be reduced in patients with reduced hepatic function.
Oxycodone is approximately 1.5–2 [...]

Developed for the first time in Germany in 1916, Oxycodone is an analgesic medication synthesized from thebaine, a derivative of opium. Freund and Speyer of the University of Frankfurt in Germany were trying to improve on the existing opiates and opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine (heroin), and codeine.  On that time the German pharmaceutical company Bayer had [...]

One of the most prescribed narcotic analgesics for pain relief is OxyContin. It is true that it works as painkiller for severe injuries like dislocations, fractures, arthritis, lower back pain, but it is also used illicitly as drug on the street due to it’s main component, oxycodone.
Oxycodone can be found in many narcotic analgesics like [...]

Goes over the different aspects of oxycodone use and effects of oxycodone

Overview of the danger of getting addicted to oxycontin