Purposes:Back surgery and Surgery(Started Nov 15, 2011)
Date
Dosage
Back surgery
Efficacy
Surgery
Efficacy
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Nov 22, 2011
40 mg
Daily
Major
Major
Mild
Always
Not at all
Date
Nov 22, 2011
Advice & Tips
I suggest not to use percocet, which is a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, but to use oxycodone and acetaminophen each on its own. It's easier to titrate the exact dose of each medication when you take them separately.
For example, after my surgery I took 10 mg of oxycodone 4 times a day, and acetaminophen usually once a day (1000 mg). As the pain from surgery subsided, I reduced the dose of oxycodone and took more acetaminophen. I never took more than 3000 mg of acetaminophen in 24 hours to make sure that it doesn't damage my liver.
I have found that since I started taken this medication that I am now sleeping better. I think that it is because it is long acting I am not waking up in the middle of the night needing to take a pain killer.
This dosage is becoming less and less effective as the pain in my hip worsens, which now regularly radiates down my leg from sciatica in my glutes (butt), as well as into my low back, triggering pain in my degenerating disks and bone spurs. Per Mt doc, I. Alspo now take my initial dose at 5mg more than my other doses (taken every 4 hours) to get the med in my system more quickly. And, since I'm taking it more often, day after day, the constipation is awful.
Cost:
< $25 monthly
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