new med - Pain Management Message Board

kelsey1 · 10-09-2006, 08:28 PM

well my dr changed my meds from the norco to oxycodone 30 mg every 4 hours .Any info about this med? kelsey

Sage48 · 10-10-2006, 10:39 AM

I have been taking oxycodone 10/325 (generic for percosett) 3 to 4 times a day since the beginning of May. I was on Lortab 10...but I guess either my pain or my body became used to it..I took the Lortab for a couple of years.

To me the oxycodone is not much different than the Lortab...after the first day or two, during which I was a little more tired . It does help with the pain that I have in my lower back/legs...but it does wear off in about 4 or 5 hrs...so then I have to wait another hr. until I can take it. On bad days I will take it in 5 hrs.

I have had problems with medications in the past, but so far this one hasn't given me any problems. I hope that it helps you....

Sage

RetiredDirector · 10-10-2006, 11:35 AM

Hi Kelsey: I would imagine you are referring to Oxycodone as in Roxicodone or a generic of such that is a 30 mg pill. I have taken these (and many others on the board have too) for breakthrough meds. Oxycodone comes in 5, 15, and 30 mg tabs and should provide you more pain relief than Norcos have. How many are you allowed per day? Every four hours would be six, if needed, but I was curious if your doc said to try to keep it to four or five or if he/she is leaving it up to you.

I took it when I was on Oxycontin for BT and I found it to be quite effective. I hope you will get good pain relief from it. Please let us know.

kelsey1 · 10-11-2006, 06:02 PM

hi all,
thanks for the help. I am on the 30 mg tabs. I can take 1-2 every 4 to 6 hours if needed. So far i am only taking 1/2 a tab about every3-4 hours til i get use to it,but so far I am doing ok with this dose ,i have took 1 whole dose 2 times .This med is a lot better it is controling my pain. So i am very please. Also i can take this med around the clock i couldn't do that with the norcos because i was to take them 4 times a day so i needed them every 4 hours which left me in pain many hours a day. So thank god pain relief... thamks kelsey

RetiredDirector · 10-11-2006, 08:26 PM

Kelsey: Just a note to you concerning the Oxycodone tabs. You're getting 30 mg with these, but no Tylenol (apap), so you can take more per day, if needed. The Norcos have 325 mg of apap in them, that's one of the reasons docs limit you on the number you can take in a day.