Percocet Without Tylentol Versus Percocet With Tylenol

I've been taking 10mg Percocet for about 10 years. My doc has just prescribed the oxy part of it without Tylenol for the first time but it gives me severe headaches. Why is that and will the headaches go away? Do I need to go back to with Tylenol. Also my doc has suggested using methadone instead of the oxycodone. What are your thoughts on that, Thank you

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Hello, Colleen! How are you?

The headaches may be due to a bit of a withdrawal effect. The Acetaminophen/Tylenol in it actually potentiates the efficacy of the Oxycodone, so a switch to just 10mgs of Oxycodone is actually a slight lowering of your dose.

This medication carries the risk of being habit forming and could cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

As to the Methadone, jumping to it is probably not actually a good choice. It is very addictive and, once on it, most other narcotics will not have any effect on you. It would be best to just increase your Oxycodone, or try other narcotics, such as Morphine, before resorting to Methadone.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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