Editing Oxycodone (section)

===Hormone levels===
{{See also|Opioid#Low sex hormone levels}}

As with other opioids, chronic use of oxycodone (particularly with higher doses) can often cause concurrent [[hypogonadism]] (low [[sex hormone]] levels).<ref name="pmid30343356">{{cite journal |vauthors=Coluzzi F, Billeci D, Maggi M, Corona G |title=Testosterone deficiency in non-cancer opioid-treated patients |journal=[[Journal of Endocrinological Investigation]] |volume=41 |issue=12 |pages=1377–1388 |date=December 2018 |pmid=30343356 |pmc=6244554 |doi=10.1007/s40618-018-0964-3}}</ref><ref name="pmid23414717">{{cite journal | vauthors = Brennan MJ | title = The effect of opioid therapy on endocrine function | journal = The American Journal of Medicine | volume = 126 | issue = 3 Suppl 1 | pages = S12–S18 | date = March 2013 | pmid = 23414717 | doi = 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.12.001 }}</ref>