Should I Ask Doctor For Increase In Percocet?

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I was taking Oxycodone 15 now for 2 years and it's not working as well. Now my doctor put me on Percocet 10/325 that really does not work unless I take 2. So my question is, should I ask the doctor to give me 2 at a time ( 4x ) or should I get something different?

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Hello, Vicki! How are you doing? I'm sorry that you're in pain.

The Percocet was basically equivalent to the 15mg Oxycodone you were taking, since it contains 10mgs of Oxycodone and 325mgs of Acetaminophen. This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

The best thing to do is to speak to your doctor about the situation and let them know that the Percocet is not handling your pain. Since it contains Acetaminophen, you can't keep doubling up, due to the risk of liver damage.

Does anyone else have any advice to offer?

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How can you say that a 10mgs of Oxycodone and 325mgs of Acetaminophen is equal to a 15mg clean oxycodone. Do you know what Acetaminophen is ? Plan old Tylenol how does it = when combined with oxycodone another 5 mg of oxycodone!!!! What kind of rip off lab is that. ??? Do you really think thats 325mg Tylenol is = to 5mg of oxycodone. when blended together. Wow!! What the heck. It is Tylenol!! excuse my misspelling. How can you even reply like that!!!

And all Tylenol should be band from medications except Tylenol. For those who almost never have to take pain meds and just have a little boo boo. It is so bad for the kidneys and liver. Some people die on just a few. I took Lortab 7.5 in 1995 I still got addicited to it and I turned gray. I was young and beauitful before it. Sill beauitful but over weight afterwords and gray SKIN COLOR. . I HAD TO GET IT OUT OF MY BODY ASAP. (HYDORCODONE AND TYNOL). I use lORTAB the 7 .5 because I know nothing about norco, mabe it was not out yet. I hated vicidon. The extra tynol made me sicker then a dog. LATER i GOT A REAL PAIN DR. AND TOOK THE GOOD STUFF. AND STILL DO. BUT I THINK ALMOST EVERY DAY IF MY LIFE WOULD HAE BEEN BETTER IF I JUST LIVED WITH THE PAIN LONGER THEN I DID. PAIN MEDS ARE A PERSONAL CHOICE. THEY SHOUDL BE. SOME OF US WONER IF OUR LIFES MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE RIPED OFF BY THE MEDS. IT A GIVE AND TAKE. I HAVE NO ANSWER. I WISH I HAD NEVER TAKEN ANY PAIN MEDS AT ALL. THAT MAY NOT BE REALISTIC BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW. IT Took SOME OF YOU LIFE AWAY. BUT SO DOES PAIN AND THE STRESS OF IT.

For loved ones who try to use tought love on family who admites to having a issue from pain meds caz they would rathen not take them, dont think you can help them by rejecting their decision, ya or na. Support them. . Forbidding them to use them again like you would an alacholic. You are only hurting them. Bringing on shame of the handcap and pain and making them feel less then. I just don't get that one. Especially if the consummer knows the pro and cons and is the one who has to live with them.?? Really, so many people mistake tough love for no love at all. The love for the perfect person before the accident or pain illness. It is worse than any pain. Can cause the person to take more meds. So get real with tough love. Don't forget the loss the person who has the pain is going thru. Do you think they are stupid. I mean did you know before they told you?? In my case noone know except my ex husband and he laught at the small levels I took and wanted to got to hospital on a long weekend. But the pain still persisted when i got out. Darn---for 1 year i just slept with ice pacs and took one pill a week to get through Sat. house cleaning and getting ready for the next week. if this is not appropriate take it out k?

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Verwon..... Here is yet ANOTHER uninformed answer! You told Vicki that Percocet 10mg is basically equivalent to 15mg plain oxycodone.......NOT TRUE! Oxycodone is oxycodone! There is a 5mg difference and 325mg of acetaminophen in the Percocet.....it is an adjunct to a narcotic but has absolutely nothing to do with the comparison factor! You really need to get informed on some things as you have given many wrong answers to many people! What are your credentials? I don't mean you have to have a medical degree to post here but you DO have to know what you're talking about! I am a pain patient AND a medical professional! I have told you this before as well.

Vicki....you need to ask your doctor to either increase your oxycodone ( plain, no acetaminophen) to the next therapeutic level or try a completely different med that will work better. Or, you can, if he so advises, take 2 of the oxycodone/acetaminophen ( Percocet) and see if you get better pain relief. Percocet does not come in anything stronger than 10mg. So, you would be taking 2 4x a day instead of 1 and THAT would be a stronger dose than either oxy you have been on. I hope this helps!

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Equivalent in strength, because the Acetaminophen augments the action of the narcotic.

Thus, a 15mg Oxycodone and a 10/325mg Percocet are almost equal for pain relief efficacy.

It may not work as well for everyone, some people get better relief from one or the other, but that is why the Acetaminophen is included in the Percocet.

Now, if we were doing a straight comparison of the two doses of Oxycodone, without taking the Acetaminophen into account, then yes, the 15mg is stronger by 5mgs.

Tracy, I am sorry you're so upset with me, but I am going by the standard conversions.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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And yes, I do agree, Vicki, that you should speak to your doctor about the issue, because obviously, your pain is still out of control and the current dosage is not helping you.

Your doctor was likely hoping that the slight boost from the Acetaminophen would be enough to help you more, but since that only puts it close to what you were already taking, it's just not helping you.

Your doctor may be willing to prescribe 2 of them, or they may want you to go back to Oxycodone, or another narcotic that doesn't contain the Acetaminophen.

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Verwon, I am not upset with you except when you say things that not only I but others have told you were wrong, you keep repeating the wrong information.

Acetaminophen is suppose to give a narcotic a kick, so to speak, but in no way does it or is it suppose to make it feel like the narcotic is stronger than the actual strength. Therefore, that info is wrong. Another instance.....and not from u but someone else, he was looking at a conversion chart and claims oxycodone is twice the strength as hydrocodone. That is also wrong.....the real conversion is 1.5 and not 2. I don't know if you have ever thought wrong on that, never saw that but thought it was worth mentioning. I find people writing a lot of the wrong stuff here and it really bothers me. I have been a nurse/medical professional for over 24 years and, yes, some things change but some don't change. I just say double and triple check your info from numerous sources before claiming they are facts. That goes for everyone, including myself! Seriously. But, 325 MG of acetaminophen will never make a narcotic 5 MG stronger than what it already is. It's only suppose to make it work better...like some antidepressants will as adjunct therapy. I'm not trying to beat you up.....just clarify some things.

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