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I'm taking percocet 10/650mg. I have (DDD), (Athritis), and the list goes on. I have a friend on Norco. Can you tell me what the difference is between them and the highest mg the norco comes in? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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I have been looking up Norco vs Oxycodone. Everyone seems to think that 10 mg of Codone And 10 mg of Codone are a stronger pill. The reason one is hydro the other Is Oxy. The hydro delivers faster and last not as long. The oxy delivers Right now part of the pill and then last longer as it delivers that amt thru the pill life. In reality look at what you are seeing Oxycodone. Hydrocodone. So its the codone the medication and the oxy / hydro that says how it works. so 10 mg is 10 mg. of course one is coated different. I only recommend taking these the way the doctor says to and this is usually why your doctor will put you on say 30 pills of Oxy, 120 of norco as oxy r usually used for break thru pain and contin is used to manage the same as hydro. hope this makes sense. The only thing that could be is oxy 20-30 etc are stronger than 10 Norco. It's in the mg. Hope this helps.

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Get your script filled through mail-order, then its all mailed to you and you don't have to wait for the pharmacy to stop being up tight jerks.

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Thank you I been taking Norco 10/325 for the past 8 years. And I have been taking 5 to 6 pills per day. I went to see a pain management today and I was worried because he gave me percocet 10/325 and I was worried because he gave me two pills per day. I still don't know if they will work because I haven't gotten yet. But reading this gave me hope. Thank you

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PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN 3000MG OF ACETAMINOPHEN IN ONE 24 HOUR PERIOD. YOU WILL KILL YOUR LIVER IF YOU MAKE A HABIT OF THAT. AS A PHARMACY STUDENT, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS

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Recently the state I live in stopped carrying Watson brand percocet. Thru research I have for Watson brand was bought out by As is
This seems to me the only brand available now. I want to know what is up. This new brand looks like extra strength Tylenol. What is up
Anybody have any information? What might be a new alternative?

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Vicodin and Norco are the SAME med. Drs want toy to think they are different, vut that is not true. Percocet is stronger then vicodin. If you're allergic to vicodin, how are you able to take Norco? Again those two meds are the same drug. My Mom has taken vicodin\norco for many years (same dosage\strengththis whole time) for her pain issues\health problems, and has recently got percocet to help more with her problems. It has helped tramwndously :)

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What do each of them come up as in urine results. Can they tell which one you have taken since one is oxycodne and hydrocodone?

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Can you help me

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Lock your medicine under lock and key.
If you have people in your home who may want to experiment with your medication, simply, lock it up.
This way the only people you have to feat are the gangsters who rob you when you're away.
Another helpful hint is have a neighbor watch your ho.e when you are away.
It took a break in for me to learn this. It is a shame. The less people who know that you take strong pain medicine the better God bless and I hope you feel better and the physicians can get your pain levels down to where you can tolerate them.

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Percocet works unbelievably well. It was Percodan for years (only difference is Percocet has acetaminophen whereas Percodan had aspirin (stuff was invented in 1950).

I had two wisdom teeth out 14 years ago and the doctor gave me 15 Percocet. The first day I didn't take any because I was too busy vomiting up blood, but the second night my mouth was really hurting, so I took one. After half an hour (you get impatient waiting for relief when you hurt in certain areas, and your mouth is one of them) I hadn't had any relief, so I took a second one. After about an hour they both kicked in. I was taking a college math class and I sat down - feeling no pain by this time - to take the practice quiz at the end of the chapter.

I got up the next morning and checked my answers, and I had gotten all 20 right, but I couldn't remember how I had done any of them (like I said, I was feeling no pain). So I took the quiz again and was careful how I took the rest of the pills.

In the 1978 movie, "Hooper" (based on real-life stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker) Burt Reynolds popped "Percs" like you or I would pop M&Ms. Sometimes the pills didn't do enough for the pain (which amazed me after I took them), so his buddy would give him inj's. of Xylocaine so that he could stand up straight. Stuntmen get paid good, but they pay for it by breaking practically every bone in their body at one time or another.

I have a torn rotator cuff now, and I take Norco 10-325s. The pills I have now from Qualitest work very well, unlike the garbage that Mallinckrodt puts out there. I took two Mallinckrodt 10-325s and hardly felt anything. I has some 5-325s left over, and I don't remember the manufacturer but one 5-325 worked better that 2 10-325 Mallinckrodts. That brand is junk. CVS sells them, so I stay away from there when I get a script for Norco. Target has the good yellow 10-325s and the ones I got today are yellow and from a supermarket that has a pharmacy.

How Mallinckrodt got those things past the FDA is beyond me. Imagine someone with cracked vertebrae (10 times as bad as a torn rotator cuff) who didn't know about Mallinckrodt trying to lessen the pain of a broken back with their garbage. I would transfer that prescription in world-record time to Target, Walgreens or some pharmacy that stocked meds that worked. If I'm going to a pharmacy for the first time, I always ask what brand of Norco they carry. I went to a different CVS and asked the pharmacy tech what brand of Norco they stocked. She was sharp, and said "Mallinckrodt" without having to look it up. I told her "No, thank you," and although the Target pharmacy was closed (they close at 7 p.m. M-F), I stuck it out and was waiting at 9 a.m. the next day when they rolled up the security shutters at the Target.

Stay away from Mallinckrodt if it's the last thing you do.

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Hi Good2beme, Do you find the patch works better on a non-fatty skin area? When you say below your breast, do you mean basically where you can feel your ribs with no fatty skin area? I have been on these for quite a while.I put them above the breast area, but sometimes they don't seem to work as well. Thanks

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Hi, I have a different opinion on Melllankroft norco. It has always been the best over Watsons n the others, for me. I have been using up to 4 a day for about 5 yrs now. 2-neck fusions, n herniated lumbar discs, that has caused severe nerve pain to the lower back, and in to my right knee/hip. My problem now after all this time, is, the drowsiness n depression that exists when I now, take them. I've tried the percocet, and did one 3-day round of fentynol patches. The fentynol was too much and I was afraid of going up to that level. The percocet also makes me a little dysfunctional but helped. I wish there was something else I could take, that, remedies the pain, yet keeps me active and not withdrawn. Thanks,

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I too have Fibrmyalgia and have used the Fentanyl patch...It was the most effective but now I have no insurance and they are 300+ a box...so back to the pills....but if you have insurance try them...

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My Dr. Prescribes me know 37 mgs of Methadone ,is he allowed to prescribe an opiate for a short time.I just recently fell breaking my arm, ribs and have a class 2 ligament injury

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Hi. I love in california and we are now having a very hard time with some of the new laws that are scaring doctors away from prescribing just about anything. And I have serious back and neuro issues. Can we talk, I would love to chat with you about this.

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I keep seeing references to 500 and 650 mg of acetaminophen in tablets here. I thought any more than 325 mg per any pill had been banned. It has been in Alabama. Was the ban not nationwide? Thanks!

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I was on neurontin for about 3 months for chronic ilioinguinal nerve pain caused by a hernia surgery.Started at 300mg and ended up over 2000 with no pain relief. Had multiple nerve block injections, no relief. Recently had neurectomy surgery and my doc gave me percocet. It doesn't stop the pain but at least I can function. Point is different people. need different things and everyone deserves to have the best quality if life possible

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THANKS BRO I AM TAKING NORCO 10/325 4 TIMES A DAY AND IT SEEMS TO WORK REALLY GOOD I USED TO TAKE 2 10'S AT A TIME NOW I TAKE 2 AND A HALF IS THAT SAFE TO DO I HAVE BEEN NORCO FOR 5 YRS. ?

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So if I was taking norco 10/325 and now on Percocet 5/325 I need more Percocet to get pain relief? I'd take 3 norco and it helped so should I take 4 Percocet?

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I have pancreatic cancer, neuropathy, schizophrenia, ptsd, bipolar, hypokalemia and I take gabapentin, Percocet, morphine, dilaudid, saphris, Prozac, folic acid, Norco, soma and xanax. I still be inpain everyday. Gabapentin doesnt do aanything for me and neither does my pain meds..what else should I try

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