User Reviews for Percocet oral

it helps me walk better and control my pain better

I'm using it for a recent broken bone and it seems to help. However, if I don't take it when scheduled the pain comes back and then it's hard to get control over it.

I was taking this after oral (dental) surgery. Twenty times 325mg every three hours over three days. One of the less serious side effects is supposed to be constipation. It caused constipation alright - totally shut down my elimination system. I was drinking plenty of liquids, nevertheless my waste turned into brick. I was only able to eliminate two days after I stopped taking the medicine. I'm fifty years old and have never been constipated like this, ever. The feeling is horrible, incredibly painful to boot. Something to keep in mind when taking this stuff. Personally, I'll never take Percocet again. As far as percocet's pain relieving properties go, my dosage was only effective at relieving pain, from ca 70 minutes into taking the drug, for a one hour of the three hour period it was supposed to be for. Nevertheless it helped somewhat. Sometimes it made me woozy, at other times I could barely tell I had taken anything at all. Of course, that may all be dosage related. Read More Read Less

PERCOCET has been given a bad "rap" because of people abusing drugs. People can abuse anything. This is the ONE MEDICATION that works for my pain and with NO SIDE EFFECTS! ARE YOU LISTENING, DOCTORS/Prescribers? The Department if Justice regulates Percocet, Vicodin, Lorecet and all the other narcotics and scheduling. PEOPLE, we need to write them! Doctors are afraid to prescribe the medications that work fear of law suits, so they are all trying to prescribe the latest antidepressants out there, like CYBALTA, EFFEXOR, LRICA, etc. I am sure that these may work for some and great for depression and in some cases pain, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE ADDICTING! I am happy for those of you who can take them. I cannot. I have a friend who cannot get off of PAXIL! We have to speak, people and watch out for ourselves. The FDA has not done too well lately,and we have to watch out for ourselves and communicate with our doctors. There are laws for us, also and if we have a disease and are in pain, we have to be taken care of and not allowed to suffer as human beings. So many of the antidepressants, not only have severe side effects (like nausea, dizzyness, headache, chest pains)etc., but damage to the liver and kidneys. Percocet does have acetaminopen in it, but if you do not take over 4,000 mg a day, then you should be okay. The stigma placed on narcotics should not be there, especially when a physician prescibes this for their patient who is in PAIN! I would not be able to WALK or function without Percocet. I am not addicted, but IF I ever was addicted to anything, I would rather it be to this and able to lead a normal life, than an antidepressant or something else extremely detrimental to the essential organs in my body and may not live as long. Most of the medications just cover up the symptoms anyway unless it is an anti-iflammatory; those you have to be careful with, also. Good luck to us all in this horrible realm of pain. God Bless. Try and have a positive attitude!Read More Read Less

A 7.5mg/500mg dose of this doesn't relieve over half of my pain. I usually take one and a half tablets and relief lasts less than four hours.

Great for headaches, back aches and anxiety.

I felt absolutely nothing while on the drug. I took it after I used vicadin, when that stopped working...now what?

I just had my gall bladder romoved and they gave me a prescription of this to take home with me. It works if I take like 3 of them, but I'm sure there are better medications for things like this!

It's used for slightly blugging disks, neck pain, shoulder pain and head pain. Dulls pain at times.

I have Spinal Stenosis, bulging discs and osteo arthritis in my back. The pain is worsening over the years. I tried to stay way from Narcotics, but had no choice. I can't believe how ineffective this pain relief medication is. Tramadol is bad for the pancreas. Ibuprofen, bad for kidneys, acetometophen, bad for liver. I am at my wits end!!

slightly dulls pain,does not relieve it

I find this medication to be ineffective in the treatment of post surgical pain.

It works alot better than Vicodin or any other pain relievers I have used in the past. (I have had 2 major surgeries). Since I have been using it nightly to relieve pain, the effectiveness has gone down.

I have had to use this medication for several different problems (kidney stones, endometriosis, and lower back pain). This has been one of the only pain medications that has helped me through all my medical problems. I agree that there is a stigma with it and I can't stand that! It is so restricted to the people who actually need it because of the drug abusers out there and that is absoultely terrible. I am having back surgery soon and I would be in bed everyday if I didn't have this medication. Hopefully soon I will be able to live without it, but it has definitely helped me and I would recommend it to others in pain.Read More Read Less

Took generic form for migraine pain. Caused nausea and vomiting within an hour. Very dizzy -- room spinning. Did nothing for pain (may not have been in my system long enough!)

I have chronic pancreatitis and this drug does NOTHING for that pain. I also find if taken just befor bed it can keep me awake.

I HAVE SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN AND COULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT PERCOCET. I WOULD ONLY BE SURVIVING AND NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A LIFE. THANK YOU, PERCOCET. I HAVE "FIBROMYALGIA," A STRANGE SYNDROME; BUT THE EXTREME ALL OVER BODY PAIN IS HARD TO DESCRIBE. YOUR MUSCLES, TENDONS, NERVES, BONES AND YOUR ENTIRE BODY DOES NOT FUNCTION AND SOME DAYS YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF BED. FIBROMYALGIA IS DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE AND THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT. ONCE IT IS DIAGNOSED, DOCTORS SEEM TO WANT TO USE YOU AS A GUINEA PIG AND TRY ALL THE NEW DRUGS, EVEN THOUGH WITH FIBROMYALGIA, COMES A HIGH SENSITIVITY TO MOST MEDICATIONS! ALSO, WITH FIBROMYALGIA, PATIENTS HAVE A LOWER TOLERANCE FOR PAIN. NOTHING MUCH HELPS. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS HELPED ME WITHOUT ANY SIDE EFFECTS IS PERCOCET. I DO NOT FIND IT ANYMORE "ADDICTING" THAN ANY OF THE OTHER MEDICATIONS. IF YOU HAVE PAIN, YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING. EVEN NSAIDS ARE ADDICTING IF YOU TAKE THEM EVERY DAY FOR PAIN AND SO IS ALCOHOL IF YOU DRINK IT DAILY TO CALM YOURSELF OR WHATEVER. HOW MANY DOCTORS DRINK ALCOHOL? HOW MANY DOCTORS HAVE REALLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN? I BET YOU THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE PERCOCET! I DO NOT SPEAK FOR ALL DOCTORS AND DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE SCARED TO PRESCRIBE PERCOCET BECAUSE OF THE SCRUTINY PLACED ON THEM, BUT LEGITIMATE PATIENTS IN PAIN AND IN ORDER TO LEAD A SOMEWHAT NORMAL LIFE, NEED THIS DRUG.IT MAY NOT HELP SOME PEOPLE BUT IT HAS HELPED ME FOR THREE YEARS. I WOULD BE IN A WHEEL CHAIR WITHOUT IT. I AM DISABLED WITHOUT IT AND THE PAIN IS SO EXCRUCIATING, THAT IF IT WAS TAKEN AWAY, I DO NOT THINK I COULD LIVE. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO WRITE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO HAVE PERCOCET AS A SCHEDULE III DRUG SO DOCTORS ARE NOT AFRAID TO PRESCRIBE IT. IT IS NOW LISTED ON THE WEB SITE AS SCHEDULE II AND I DISAGREE WITH IT. ALSO, IT IS SO HUMILIATING IF SOMEONE KNOWS YOU ARE ON PERCOCET BECAUSE OF THE BOGUS STIGMA PLACED ON IT. THIS NEEDS TO GO AWAY. WE ARE NOT DRUGGIES!Read More Read Less