Oxycodone Street Names and Slang: Blues, 30s, 512s, Roxies, Percs & Pressies

Oxycodone street names include Oxy, Roxy, Perc, Blues, 30s, 512s, OC, Hillbilly Heroin and several color or strength-based names. The terminology matters because someone already using opioids may know the pill as a blue 30, a Perc, a 512 or a Roxy and never use the word oxycodone.

Some names map cleanly to real pills. A legitimate M30 is a light-blue oxycodone 30 mg tablet. A legitimate 512 pill is a white round oxycodone 5 mg / acetaminophen 325 mg tablet. Other names, such as Perc, Roxy or Blues, are broader street labels that can cover several products or counterfeit pills.

Oxycodone Street Names at a Glance

M30s, Blue 30s and 30s

M30 is one of the clearest examples of a pharmaceutical imprint becoming a street-market identity. DailyMed documents the legitimate Mallinckrodt M30 as a light-blue oxycodone hydrochloride 30 mg tablet. DEA separately lists 30s and Blues among oxycodone street names.

The illicit market has made the term even broader. Counterfeit M30s can copy the light-blue color, round shape and 30 marking while containing a different opioid. Someone saying they use “blue 30s” may therefore be describing pharmaceutical oxycodone, counterfeit pills, or a supply that has changed between purchases.

See M30 Pill for the legitimate imprint, counterfeit M30 supply, body effects, overdose risk, testing and withdrawal.

For treatment intake, the important translation is: what did “30s” mean to this person, where did they get them, how often were they used, what happened when they stopped, and were there overdose or naloxone events?

512s and the Real 512 Pill

DEA lists 512s among oxycodone street names. DailyMed provides the pill-level connection: the legitimate 512 tablet is a white round scored oxycodone 5 mg / acetaminophen 325 mg product.

The imprint identifies a regulated product, while the street term describes how people may refer to it outside a pharmacy. The two can overlap without being interchangeable.

People searching “512s” may be trying to identify a prescription tablet, understand an opioid they are using, or explain withdrawal. See 512 Pill for the imprint-specific guide.

The name also appears in counterfeit-pill slang lists, so a 512 marking on a loose pill cannot establish the chemical contents by appearance alone.

Percs, Perc 10s and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Pills

DEA lists Perc as oxycodone slang. In everyday drug language, Percs can refer broadly to oxycodone-acetaminophen pills, including generic products that are not brand-name Percocet.

That matters for products such as IP 204 and RP 10 325. Both are documented 10 mg oxycodone / 325 mg acetaminophen products. Someone may call either one a “Perc 10” even though the imprint identifies a generic tablet.

The street name communicates the expected drug family, while the imprint identifies the regulated product when the tablet is authentic.

The acetaminophen component also matters during heavy use because repeated combination-pill use adds liver toxicity risk to the opioid risks of sedation, respiratory depression and dependence.

Roxy, Roxies, Oxy and OC

DEA lists Roxy, Oxy and OC among oxycodone street names. These terms are broader than one imprint. They can refer to immediate-release oxycodone products, branded or generic pills, or illicit pills sold as oxycodone.

Roxy and Roxies are especially common search terms among people discussing oxycodone use socially. The word can carry an assumption that the pill contains pharmaceutical oxycodone even when the source is unregulated.

Oxy is the simplest shorthand and may refer to oxycodone itself or a specific pill depending on context. OC has historical ties to oxycodone product culture and still appears in DEA street-name material.

These broad names can refer to oxycodone across several products, while imprints such as M30, IP 204, RP 10 325 and 512 identify more specific pill families.

Colors, Strengths and Oxycodone Street Language

Drug-market language often uses visible color or milligram strength because those features are easy to remember. DEA has documented terms such as Blues and 30s, and law-enforcement cases have also described users and sellers referring to oxycodone by colors such as yellows, pinks and blues and by numbers such as 15s, 20s and 30s.

Those names can be locally useful and still be imprecise. Different manufacturers use different colors and imprints, and counterfeiters can intentionally copy familiar color families.

A treatment history should preserve the person’s own language, then add the details that matter clinically: reported strength, color, imprint, source, frequency, route, withdrawal and overdose.

Color and number slang can reveal the drug culture around the use without proving the exact contents of an individual tablet.

How Oxycodone Street Names Change With Strength

Strength-based language is common in oxycodone culture because users often distinguish pills by the number printed on the tablet. Terms such as 15s, 20s and 30s can function as shorthand for the expected milligram strength.

This kind of language can become disconnected from a verified pharmaceutical source. A seller may call a pill a “30” because of the appearance or expected market category even when the tablet is counterfeit.

For a person with growing tolerance, the number can also become part of the addiction story. Moving from lower-strength pills to stronger pills may reflect a search for a more intense effect or an attempt to stop withdrawal that is breaking through between doses.

The treatment history should therefore record the number the person uses, what pill they believed it represented, and whether the supply came from a pharmacy, friend, dealer or social-media source.

Why “Perc” Can Mean More Than Brand-Name Percocet

Street language often turns a brand name into a category. Perc and Percs can be used for oxycodone-acetaminophen pills even when the actual tablet is a generic product such as IP 204 or RP 10 325.

A person saying “Perc 10” may be describing a generic oxycodone-acetaminophen pill, while someone in treatment may use “Perc” for years without knowing the manufacturer or imprint.

The drug exposure remains oxycodone plus acetaminophen when the pill is legitimate. A legitimate oxycodone-acetaminophen pill therefore carries both opioid-dependence risk and acetaminophen-related liver risk.

Pressies and Counterfeit Oxycodone

Pressie is contemporary slang for an illicitly pressed pill. Oxycodone is one of the major prescription-drug identities copied by counterfeit pill manufacturers.

M30s are the most prominent example in the current illicit opioid market, but the same manufacturing logic can be applied to other recognizable imprints. A pill can look like oxycodone while containing another opioid or a variable mixture.

Counterfeit supply changes the addiction history because a person who identifies as an oxycodone user may have repeated exposure to a different opioid. That can affect overdose patterns, tolerance and withdrawal.

Counterfeit supply belongs in the clinical history because a person who identifies as an oxycodone user may actually have repeated exposure to another opioid, which can change overdose, tolerance and withdrawal patterns.

How Street Names Connect to Withdrawal

Someone who says “I get sick if I do not have blues” is describing an opioid dependence pattern even if the exact pill source is uncertain. Early withdrawal from a short-acting opioid can begin within about 8 to 24 hours, with fully developed symptoms commonly appearing over the next one to three days.

Symptoms can include yawning, watery eyes, runny nose, sweating, restlessness, insomnia, muscle aches, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

See Oxycodone Withdrawal for the full symptom and timing discussion. Street terms can help connect a person’s own vocabulary with the opioid exposure causing those symptoms.

Counterfeit M30 users may have a different opioid exposure from pharmaceutical oxycodone, so the withdrawal history should include what the pills were believed to be and how the body reacted when use stopped.

How Street Names Connect to Drug Testing

A drug test follows the actual chemical exposure, not the nickname. A person can call a pill a Roxy or a blue while the laboratory looks for oxycodone, oxymorphone or another opioid that was actually present.

For pharmaceutical oxycodone, SAMHSA TIP 63 lists a urine detection window of about 1 to 1.5 days at the stated testing framework, with longer practical windows possible depending on cutoff and repeated use.

The How Long Does Oxycodone Stay in Your System? article covers urine, blood, saliva and hair in detail.

For pills such as M30, IP 204 and RP 10 325, detection follows the actual oxycodone exposure and its metabolites. The imprint itself does not determine the test result.

Why Street Names Matter in Treatment

Street names are often the first vocabulary a person learns about a drug. Someone may search 30s, Blues, Percs or Roxies years before they ever search opioid use disorder.

Connecting slang to the expected drug helps explain why withdrawal, constipation, nodding, overdose and toxicology questions may all arise from the same pattern of opioid use.

It also gives families a way to translate what they are hearing. A parent who hears “blue 30s” can reach M30 information, while someone hearing “512s” can reach the 512 pill family.

Street language is most useful when it helps translate familiar terms into the actual drug exposure, withdrawal pattern, overdose risk and treatment history.

Frequently Asked Questions About Oxycodone Slang

What are common street names for oxycodone?

DEA documents terms including Oxy, Roxy, Perc, OC, Hillbilly Heroin, 30s, Blues and 512s, among others.

What are blue 30s?

Blue 30s commonly refers to M30-style oxycodone pills. Legitimate M30 is a light-blue 30 mg oxycodone tablet, and counterfeit M30s are also widespread.

What are 512s?

DEA lists 512s as oxycodone slang. DailyMed documents the legitimate 512 pill as oxycodone 5 mg / acetaminophen 325 mg.

What does Perc mean?

Perc is DEA-documented oxycodone slang and is commonly used around oxycodone-acetaminophen pills.

What is a pressie?

Pressie is slang for an illicitly pressed pill made to resemble a prescription product.

Sources

• DEA: Oxycodone: Oxycodone effects, abuse context and street terms such as Roxy, Perc and Oxy.
• DEA: Fake Prescription Pills: Broader oxycodone slang including 30s, Blues and 512s.
• DailyMed: 512 Oxycodone/Acetaminophen: Verified 512 pill identity.
• SAMHSA TIP 63: Opioid Withdrawal: Short-acting opioid withdrawal timing and symptoms.
• SAMHSA TIP 63: Drug Testing Windows: Oxycodone urine detection framework.