Hi - I have a question about Oxycodone IR 15mg and severe nausea - Pain Management Message Board

kim46 · 05-06-2009, 06:44 AM

Hi, I hope you can give me some ideas. 2 months ago my medication was changed from Percocet 10/325 to Oxycodone IR 15 mg. I had been at the Percocet 10mg for 2 years. When I get the script, I take 1 pill every 4 hours (sometimes I extend it to 6 if I am having a good day).

From last Monday until this past Monday, I only needed 1.5 or 2 pills a day. Some days I took only 1. Yesterday was not a good day (I have Chronic Myofascial Pain and painful scoliosis). I took my allotted 3 pills - 1 every 3 hours. I got so sick last night............full on nausea.

I took some Pepto Bismal and it helped somewhat. I didn't sleep well. Last month I had similar symptoms.

I have read about Phenergan here (sp). Should I ask my doctor for a prescription - will it help? The percocets never made me nauseous.
Thanks for any advice.
Tara

lifeaftr40 · 05-06-2009, 07:04 AM

I occasionally get nauesa from my percocets and or my morphine. It is funny because sometimes NOTHING and then wham.. I get that feeling. I did mention to my Dr. and she did suggest taking meds with food. But I never know WHEN I am going to get sick. She did mention that Phenegran was an option but was hestiate to give as it can be sedating ( I am also on MS Contin 2x a day )So I do keep Dramamine on hand when I need it.

kim46 · 05-06-2009, 07:40 AM

Thank you - I will pick some Dramamine up today. I have been hopeful that the Oxy IR would work as the percs 10/325 (3 a day) weren't doing the job toward the end of the 2 year mark. I'ld like to give it another month or two but getting that "wham" sick, oh boy, I wasn't expecting this.
Thank you.

Executor · 05-06-2009, 08:06 AM

Sorry to hear about your nausea. Hang in there...Your body will adjust. Are you getting brand or generic in the IR? Were you getting brand or generic in the Percs?

Also, if you take with food, it should help a lot.

Regards,

Ex

ThreeBadDiscs · 05-06-2009, 10:00 AM

It also could be that you just got too much medicine in your system all at once. You said that on your bad day you took 1 pill every 3 hours. One pill COULD theoretically last 4-6 hours, so when you took another there is a good chance there was still some of the old one in your blood, and then you took another 3 hours later on top of THAT, so there was even MORE in your blood. So if you had been stable on 1-2 day, and then took 3 close together, you were getting a lot more medicine than your body was used to. See if you can analyze when you get sick and see if it is when you are taking more than you had been before getting sick. If so, try to space them out a little more, to 4, 5, or 6 hours - though I know that sucks when you're in pain. It might even be better to take 1.5 at a time, then wait 6 hours and take 1.5 again. This still keeps you at 3/day. Of course, talk to your doctor before doing this and get it approved by him/her. Those are just my thoughts on the issue. I hope you start feeling better soon! But ex is right too, your body *should* adjust and you'll stop feeling sick. But do pay attention to when it is you're feeling sick, and if you had done things differently that day then in the previous days. You might find a pattern and from there be able to change things slightly to reduce the sick feeling. Take care!