- IDET not for tears?? 28th April 2004
... eleptic, and a few minor opiods all with no luck. The percocet and oxycontin helps, but side effects worry me. So...
- Nerve Damage question. Looking at another surgery! 26th April 2004
... walk easier. Prior to that my doctor had me take a percocet to ease the pain enough to take a walk.
I don...
- Any Suggestions? Pain Dr. Wants to do Caudal Block 23rd April 2004
... than snipping @ my girls." The doc wrote a script for percocet . I am much better on this.
Sorry so long....I just...
... take exactly the same as you, Oxycontin 10mg/2x with Percocet as a BT. Helps a bit. I know this main sound crazy...
... the night and see? didn't need it. I have taken percocet , but had horrid nightmares with it, and have heard...
... BP.
I never heard of anyone having nightmares w/ percocet ....but, I Do know a couple people who itch like crazy...
- 2 days post hemilaminectomy/discectomy 23rd April 2004
... there was no way 'I' was ever going to have surgery. Percocet was given 2 every 4 hours as well as valium for muscle...
- I need your opinions Please help 23rd April 2004
... now my doc has me on the Fentanyl patches 50mgs and percocet 5mgs/325 (percocet for break thru pain) I must say...
- Survey on pain meds Shoreline - please comment! 17th April 2004
... meds and was rxed oxy IR.The oxy iR is good as it is percocet without the cet.all it has is straight oxycodone,...
- Post Surgery Update 14th April 2004
... Facet done Sept. 02 causing severe back pain. Two Percocet 10 mg Valium every 4 hours attempt to releave pain...
- Home from Surgery 12th April 2004
... encouraging words, Gonna go lay day now, for sure. The percocet is kicking in....
- I'm new and Have some questions 12th April 2004
... trying the pain pills yet such as hydrocodone, lortab, percocet , ect. Personally I'd be more afraid of the Celebrex...
- GOT HELP...but TOO much meds??? 6th April 2004
... growing hemangioma(upper). The docs wanted to stop the percocet and just leave it at that....just lemme take celebrex ... laying down too long...she also said "you CANNOT take 4 percocet per day" She said it sounds like my pain is all NERVE ... pain and percocet does not work on nerve pain.so, this was the outcome ... for the meds....
in the morning I am to take...
2 percocet s 5/325
1 blood pressure pill
1 Prozac 10mg (eventually ... 200mg)
nightime...........
1 celebrex (200mg)
1 percocet 5/325 (by the way...she is tapering me completely ... all these eventually control the pain with out the percocet ? and if it doesnt and I dont see her til the 15th ... and I have the beginings of arthritis..........and percocet WILL NOT take the pain away.........I told her YES...
... relaxer and unfortunately, it is very addicting.
If percocet doesn't work on nerve pain (and it doesn't!) why is...
- Fusion L4 - What is hospital stay like? 5th April 2004
... Yuck. When my pressure improved they switched me to Percocet which was so much better. To me, it managed the pain...
- Esi 23rd March 2004
... attempting anything else. I'm currently taking vioxx, percocet and tylenol, and alternating ice and heat. Can anyone...
- Anyone whos had disc nucleoplasty 22nd March 2004
... number) is herniated and pressing on nerve. I am on percocet daily, along with muscle relaxers. I was fired from...
... I have to take the narcotics. Some days, even the percocet doesn't relieve the pain. I hate those days.
But...
- Workcomp/Back Injury 19th March 2004
... currently on neurontin, celebrex, amitriptyline & percocet . Also using a TENS unit. Which only helps with mild ... basically have to be a couch potato otherwise I am popping percocet every 4-6 hours to try to get rid of the pain.
...
... that nerve pain is very hard to treat. She gave me percocet for pain 1 or 2 every 4-6 hours as needed. It took ... pain pills. Iv'e been trying to stay away from the percocet as much as I can. I take it at last resort. b-4 i...
... nerve just like yours. She is on Nuerontin and then Percocet for the breakthrough pain. Her doctor released her...
... currently on neurontin, celebrex, amitriptyline & percocet . Also using a TENS unit. Which only helps with mild ... basically have to be a couch potato otherwise I am popping percocet every 4-6 hours to try to get rid of the pain.
...
- Just curious...how did you all come to have bad backs? 16th March 2004
... down my butt and leg was terrible and I was taking Percocet and muscle relaxers even at work (don't know how...
- Yet Another Pain Med Question.... 10th March 2004
... about: Darvocet and Tylenol with codeine; to Endocet, Percocet , vicodin, Lortab, Tylox, Percodan; to dilaudid, demerol...
... about: Darvocet and Tylenol with codeine; to Endocet, Percocet , vicodin, Lortab, Tylox, Percodan; to dilaudid, demerol...
... [FONT=Comic Sans MS]So far percocet has helped me the past year but I have "really really...
- Had Mylegram Friday-HELP!!! PAIN!!!! 8th March 2004
... usually take for pain. I had Darvocet, vicodin and percocet at home. I can't stand the spaced out feelings from ... vicodin and percocet , and honestly they don't help any more than Darvocet...
- L-5 fusion 4th March 2004
... supposed to.
Also they finally gave me some more percocet , which in my case is the only medication that takes ... relieves the pain for a good while, but I cannot take percocet the rest of my life. It has side effects; it makes ... made me itch. I kept telling them to just give me percocet , because they had given me 2 shots of Toradol in the ... first got hurt, and it didn't work and then after 1 percocet the pain went away so they gave me percocet for two ... pain klillers. They just think you'll get addicted to percocet .
After I went to the civilian Dr's, I was on Vicodin ... tylenol. They kept telling me that vicodin, darvocet and percocet were the same medicine, and I said well then, why...
... my leg, foot and ankle are swollen really bad. The percocet has made me nauseated all day, Plus my chest has been ... am having problems having a bm probably due to the percocet , and sitting on the toilet is killing me.
We went...
... Texjoan,
When I was on percocet (only taking 1/2 doses because like you, it made me...
... Yes tonight I feel better. I think the percocet I took this morning wore off. I may need to only take ... Tuesday the pain won't be masked.
Could be the percocet is making me hyper this time. I haven't taken any...
- new here. med probs. 1st March 2004
... to start everything over again. They have had me on Percocet for pain and tried everything for day time...such ... front of a student? so, final? he took me off the percocet that I have been on for 4 years and put me on 1 Ultram...
... knock me out and can handle most pain with darvocet or percocet , at the worst, and cannot take demorol or morphine...
... knock me out and can handle most pain with darvocet or percocet , at the worst, and cannot take demorol or morphine ... am not into pain meds. Last night I finally took a Percocet to see if it would ease the pain of the inflammation...
- L5-S1 options 27th February 2004
... area for maximum inflammation. This time I did take a Percocet but I couldn't sleep for two days afterwards so didn...
- Epidural injections, to do or not to do.... 18th February 2004
... clumping. That pain was #10 pain, I was given 2 5 mgs of percocet and was in severe pain afterwards, stars, dizzy- hyperventi...
... clumping. That pain was #10 pain, I was given 2 5 mgs of percocet and was in severe pain afterwards, stars, dizzy- hyperventi...
- What are c4-5 symptoms? 16th February 2004
... fingertips im currently on roxicodone 15 mg 4 x a day and percocet 4 x a day for breakthru i cancelled disc surgery twice...
- idet... 23rd January 2004
... .so i have suffered the whole time...they gave me percocet after discogram and idet ..but it doesnt help at all...
... very respondent to your needs. Are you taking the percocet on a regular basis? And, are you taking it Before ... .so i have suffered the whole time...they gave me percocet after discogram and idet ..but it doesnt help at all...
- Which procedures have the most success rate??? 22nd January 2004
... normal life. I bearly sleep without medication. The percocet seems to be the only med strong enough to provide...
- Post Nucleoplasty - questions 22nd January 2004
... night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the Elavil should 'calm things...
... night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the Elavil should 'calm things...
... night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the Elavil should 'calm things...
- Jan 30th Fusion....I have some questions 18th January 2004
... m now only taking one pill before bed (I was given Percocet to take every 4 hours).
I hope all goes as well...
- Poll : How does the weather affect you ? 17th January 2004
... not stand the pain. It was unbareable. I was taking Percocet 10/325 with Bextra and NOTHING would even come close...
... not stand the pain. It was unbareable. I was taking Percocet 10/325 with Bextra and NOTHING would even come close...
- hello everyone .. I am new here.. had a microodiscetomy 3 weeks ago 4th January 2004
... and was squeezing my nerve as tight as they could. Percocet wouldn't even help it. The PA for the doc said that...
... and was squeezing my nerve as tight as they could. Percocet wouldn't even help it. The PA for the doc said that...
- Help please. I am in the ARMY and pending Spinal Fusion 1st January 2004
... possibly getting addicted.
I tried over 6 drugs - like percocet , darvocet, hydrocodone (Lortab)...and all of those...
- more pain than before 29th December 2003
... Patches. So I had to call her and she now has me on Percocet as the ES Vicodin hasn't been working as well.
...
- Mark! 22nd December 2003
... daily, and two on really bad days (and an occasional percocet ). Of course my bad days were "really good days" as...
- S/P Lumbar Fusion and still in PAIN!! 21st December 2003
... the most painful thing ever. I was on Oxycontin plus Percocet every 4 hours (I was allowed 10 a day) for 1 month...
... knew medication that is helping me which would be percocet . How have you been feeling? I do pray that you are...
- symptoms for tear/facet/si 20th December 2003
... the morning. But, I am on oxycontin 20mg2x/day and percocet 3x/day. So, I wake up in the wee hours, between 5...
- Good laminectomy outcomes wanted (really, all experiences) 15th December 2003
... someone keeping track of things. Still taking some Percocet , along with the Celebrex, mainly at the end of the...
... often. I have exhausted my supply of post-surgery percocet so I called my neuro to get a refill. At my last appointmen...
... could not believe that was possible. I am taking percocet , they don't really get rid of the pain but they take...
- surgery vs pain meds 14th December 2003
... level 5/6 pain daily and am now trying bextra. I am on percocet 5mg 2x daily but have become tolerant and will need...
... :)
I am currently taking oxycontin 2x/day and percocet for breakthrough. It doesn't completely take care ... low level now and taking a immediate release med, percocet . I think I would consider trying the longer-acting...
- frustration 11th December 2003
... 10 minutes at a time & I am out in disability. On Percocet for pain. Also am on 200 mg Topamax for Migaraine...
... .I took Myocalm when I was also taking vicodin or percocet , soma, an anti-inflammatory, a laxative and zantac...
- How do you all feel about.... 9th December 2003
... fluctuates all day, even on hydromorph contin with percocet for breakthrough, he now wants me on the Fentanyl...
- Kennethhoff - how are you? 8th December 2003
... inflammatories, with no help, and am now back to P/T and percocet . I know in time the percocet will become more and...
- Post-Op Meds (Posterior Lumbar Fusion) 5th December 2003
... right away!
I was given pain killers(vicodin es, percocet ), muscle relaxers, nerve meds, etc. for months and...
- Doctor won't prescribe strong narcotics!!!!! 2nd December 2003
... neck condition. It's not as strong as Codeine, or Percocet , or Vicadin, but it seems to work for me. It also...
... you, Darvocet, but a few days of that he put me on percocet and Soma. I would think the best solution would be...
- second surgery on the 19th 30th November 2003
... have had some withdrawals doing that? I am now taking percocet , 2 of them 4 times daily but it does very little to ... will help a little more? Is there anything between percocet and oxycontin?...
... have had some withdrawals doing that? I am now taking percocet , 2 of them 4 times daily but it does very little to ... will help a little more? Is there anything between percocet and oxycontin?
I'm sure there is, Cowboy! There...
- Tomorrow? 28th November 2003
... t an option for me!! I'm on hydromorph contin with percocet for breakthrough, which I have to say doesn't do any ... mine ever did!!
I was on 120mg oxycontin with 6-8 percocet /day!! Both meds would only last 3-4hrs at a time, ... s it!! Now I take 48mg hydromorph contin with 2-4 percocet s daily, and they each last 3-4hrs!! I really don't...
- Pain Meds? 28th November 2003
... for chronic spinal pain. Along with the oxycontin, percocet can be given for break through pain, or simply additional ... released oxycontin does not cover. Oxycontin and percocet are both oxycodone--oxycontin being timed release ... and percocet , 5 mg. oxycodone and 333 mg of tylenol in it, oxycontin...
... for chronic spinal pain. Along with the oxycontin, percocet can be given for break through pain, or simply additional ... released oxycontin does not cover. Oxycontin and percocet are both oxycodone--oxycontin being timed release ... and percocet , 5 mg. oxycodone and 333 mg of tylenol in it, oxycontin...
... irritable bowel and I have found that the oxycontin and percocet DO calm my bowels; a wonderful side effect that I...
- Question regarding Medial Branch Block.. 25th November 2003
... relief. (I was so thrilled, I refused morphine and percocet because the incision after surgery hurt way less than...
- Post-IDET Report 18th November 2003
... I might be able to cut out either the oxycontin or percocet all together! The reality is - @ 5 days postop, I ... increase in pain that the doc on call increased my percocet from 1-3x/day to 2-3x/day. I took myself back to the...
... I might be able to cut out either the oxycontin or percocet all together! The reality is - @ 5 days postop, I ... increase in pain that the doc on call increased my percocet from 1-3x/day to 2-3x/day. I took myself back to the...
- Minimally Invasive Surgery: Cervical Fusion 18th November 2003
... bad as I thought I was. It was easily controled by percocet . My main pain was the tightness in my chest and back...
... bad as I thought I was. It was easily controled by percocet . My main pain was the tightness in my chest and back...
... walking and talking so well:) I had a prescription for percocet and I took two every 4 hours and that seemed to work ... was only for a week. The second week I was taking 2 percocet s a day...and now I am just talking Ultram and Maybe...
- 4 months post-op from lumbar spinal fusion and laminectomy 8th November 2003
... have built up a tolerance to them, I am now taking Percocet . I also asked my doctor to order blood work to check...
... still take pain medication's every day but I now take percocet . I don't think that it would be a good idea for you...
... and films. But my pain meds have been changed from Percocet to ms contin. I still haven't made the switch until...
- spinal fusion C5 & C6 2 weeks post op in pain 5th November 2003
... long before the pain goes away? Also, I am taking percocet for the pain. Had to plead with my doctor for pain...
- Severe Pain after Caudel Block 30th October 2003
... I am currently on 60 mgs. oxycontin 2 x's day and Percocet 4 per day. DOes that seem like a lot of pain meds...
- nucleoplasty help needed - please respond 23rd October 2003
... looking forward to something. i don't know if it was the percocet that helped me get there while I was driven, evn though...
... The only thing that lessons the pain even a bit is percocet .
Successtory -
Did you have low back pain before...
- Nucleoplasty tommorrow. Thoughts and questions? 19th October 2003
... had immenese low back, man i hurt. not even 15mg percocet helped. called doc at 10pm. he said cold be 3-5 days ... 4x day. also given anti-biotics.
today, now at 5mg percocet 4x/day. first day pain at 10. now at 7. but i can...
... Orthopeadic Spinal Surgeon said not a candidate for surgery, Percocet 5/325 every 6 hrs.
2003 June-1 month at PM clinic ... , Percocet 7.5/325 every 4 hrs.
08JULY2003-Had Discogram, comfirmed...
- Post Surgery Tips 17th October 2003
... LOL I'll be thrilled when I can just stop taking Percocet (wicked stuff:( and not be kringing from the pain...
- there is hope for spondies 14th October 2003
... just horrid pain in my lower back.i was taking 2-3 percocet in a few hours and sluuring my speech but still had...
- Burning means permanent nerve damage? 13th October 2003
... ER one night because it was uncontrolable even with percocet . I then went back in for a standard micro discectomy...
- question about pain meds 13th October 2003
... with taking pain meds. I know I had queasiness with percocet , but have had absolutely no trouble with Vicodin,...
- Back Surgery #3 11th October 2003
... success. I have been in bed since January 2003, taking percocet every 2 hours just to survive. My pain was excruciating...
- Women Only / Personel Question 10th October 2003
... helps numbness in legs somewhat. Taking neurotin and percocet . My question is has anyone lost sexual ability? ...
... it could be medicine related. I take neurontin and percocet and soma. Has anybody tried quiting meds and see...
- Pain Patches 7th October 2003
... it doesn't last quit that long,it helps and I have percocet for brerak-thru pain I seem to be doing okay on it...
- Percocet question? 4th October 2003
... constipation while taking narcotic medications (such as Percocet ). Narcotics slow the motility of the bowel/gut, which...
... I noticed it with Percocet and Vicodin, another wonderful side effect..........
- Question for those who have had surgery 26th September 2003
... not stand the pain and he was taking Endocet and Percocet and still feeling pain. Hope you all the best of luck...
- what should i expect my doctor to do 26th September 2003
... Ibuprophen 800(sp?), darvocet, skelaxin, lorocet, Norco, percocet , duragesic, and finnaly Oxycontin before I found a ... Orthopeadic Spinal Surgeon said not a candidate for surgery, Percocet 5/325 every 6 hrs.
2003 June-1 month at PM clinic ... , Percocet 7.5/325 every 4 hrs.
08JULY2003-Had Discogram, comfirmed...
... Ibuprophen 800(sp?), darvocet, skelaxin, lorocet, Norco, percocet , duragesic, and finnaly Oxycontin before I found a...
- I had nucleoplasy on Friday, 9/19/0 21st September 2003
... more contrallable via drugs. If I have pain, I pop a percocet and that does the trick. If this is as bad as the...
- back pain 20th September 2003
... has anyone else had this. He is taking morphene and percocet for pain control but isn't helping much at all.
thanks...
- Getting off oxycontin before surgery 15th September 2003
... m starting to get off the oxycontin and back on to percocet . I hope that won't cause me a problem. I'm talking ... oxycontin, but do feel a lot more doped up than when on percocet ....
- 9 weeks postop from posterior lumbar fusion and still feels like screws are digging 13th September 2003
... break-through pain which I can take either Vicodin, Percocet or Dilauted. But all in all, I'm taking nothing on...
- A little depressed. 13th September 2003
... back upstairs. I made coffee, took Neurontin and percocet , turned around, and saw where the cat had thrown...
- Pain Medication 12th September 2003
... What's the difference between percocet and vicodine?...
... difference between the two is the narcotic agent in it. Percocet is a mixture of oxycodone and acetaminophen(tylenol...
... Hi. One other difference is that Percocet (oxycodone) is a schedule II medicine, and may not...
... wasn't putting a dent in the pain, so he precribed percocet (7.5 mg). Wanted to know what I was getting into...
- Burning sensation in back, legs and/or buttocks? 12th September 2003
... time though...hmmm, never thought to) with vicodin, percocet , soma, bla bla bla. Only needed it for a few days...
- Microdiscectomy - What to expect? 11th September 2003
... thing that really got me was coming off the meds ( Percocet ) which I did after 3 days, that gave me chills and...
... Vicotin is a non-narcotic, so I would recommend it over Percocet . I got the staples removed on 9/9/03. That made it...
- My Pain Management Experience!!!!! 6th September 2003
... day). He changed my meds gave me oxy 40mg every 12. percocet for breakthru, kept my nuerontin at the same dose...
... mgmt doc. He will not give me anything stronger than percocet 7.5/325 3 times a day. Well that just does nothing...
- pain meds are not working 6th September 2003
... no releif. So I went back to my leftover script of percocet 7.5/325. I am supposed to take one, three times a...
- Microdisectomy Recovery - I think I messed up! 5th September 2003
... Orthopeadic Spinal Surgeon said not a candidate for surgery, Percocet 5/325 every 6 hrs.
2003 June-1 month at PM clinic ... , Percocet 7.5/325 every 4 hrs.
08JULY2003-Had Discogram, comfirmed ... 14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin, with percocet for breakthru untill my dose is stable. Scheduled...
- lower back pain and w/c doctor 4th September 2003
... some vikaden pain killers, are they any good close to percocet ?. i will try to reply back later kathy got to go to...
- im lost 31st August 2003
... all this pain is normal for ddd?I take oxycontin and percocet but when they ware off I can really tell!!I am just...
- back pain is tearing my life apart!! 29th August 2003
... slightly hurniated.Now I take oxy 20mg 4 times a day and percocet 5 four times a day. I keep missing work or have to...
