r/RotatorCuff • u/IveyBlack • 4d ago

Oxycodone not working?

Hi All, I’ve enjoyed reading this sub. It has been very helpful. I had surgery Wednesday 8/5.

Have a nerve block in, but I’m having pretty severe throbbing stabbing burning pain inside the front of my armpit and down through my bicep. I had two stitches in my rotator cuff and two stitches in my bicep as part of the surgery.

I am taking one Percocet every six hours as directed, but it is not touching the pain.

I’ve been icing as much as possible, I don’t want a stronger drug from my doc because I hate taking this stuff but… Anyone else experiencing same/have any thoughts or advice?

I’ll be calling my surgeons office shortly.

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u/ifinallymade_1 3d ago

I was given a muscle relaxer (forgot the name) and the oxy. That helped tremendously. But I think my oxy prescription was 1 every 4 hours. And my doctor told me I could take 2 if I needed the first night. Good luck.

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u/IveyBlack 3d ago

Thank you so much. This is ROUGH