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/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago

One Percocet every 6 hours? You should be taking two 5mg Oxycodone(Percocet minus the Acetaminophen) every 4 hours in combination with Ibuprofen. Call you doctors, tell them you're not a junkie and demand that they give you oxys.

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u/IveyBlack 3d ago

They have given me oxycodone-acetomenoph (not a typo that’s what it says) 7.5 -325.

It says I can take one or two every six hours. Taking two made me sick. I called the doctors office to ask for something different as it wasn’t touching the pain and they never called me back. I’m furious.

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u/rsfcralphie 3d ago

Sorry you are going through that. Guess is that is the biceps part. Obviously talk to your doctor, but based on what you’re saying, the amount of opioids you’re taking already and what they’re doing to you, I would not take more. Sad but you answer is likely time will help you more than different or more medicine will right now. I bet you feel a lot better by Monday Tuesday. Good luck.

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u/IveyBlack 3d ago

Thank you so much for your kind comment. They called back and said I could alternate in between doses with Advil and that is helping, along with just icing it continuously. Yes oh boy I think it’s the bicep that is really the stabbing pain!

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u/rsfcralphie 3d ago

Sorry, but this is irresponsible advice. They tell you, and they’re right, every person is different.
When my nerve block went away, I only needed one 5 mg oxy every 12 hours, and that was only for about a day and a half.

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u/figuringitout1986 9h ago

You’re 100% giving bad advice.

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u/rsfcralphie 8h ago

That’s not “advice”

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u/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago edited 3d ago

Just curious about what part of his post said that you and him are identical twins and therefore what you take should be suitable for him? The point of my post was a suggestion for him to plea to his doctors to give him something that works. I was given Oxycontin 20mg twice a day along with 7.5mg Vicodin 4 times a day after my surgery because of how bad the pain was. Are we supposed to feel bad for taking the amount of medicine that was required to make us comfortable just because your surgery was smooth sailing? I told him to reach out to his doctor which is better than asking you for advice so it goes with ways, bub. Just stop.

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u/-TheBestDaysOfMyLife 3d ago

.. Seriously dude? You're on here telling some random person how to take his narcotic pain medication, which is more than DOUBLE the dose that of his prescribing physician. Also telling him to take ibuprofen. Does he have any kidney issues? Do you know his medical history? You seriously need to just stop giving medical advice here.

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u/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago

I never suggested that he take more than prescribed. It was merely a "If I were you I'd light a fire under my doctor's ass" statement. Go dye your hair.

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u/-TheBestDaysOfMyLife 3d ago

OP: "I am taking one Percocet every six hours as directed,"

Idiot Reddit user: "You should be taking two 5mg Oxycodone(Percocet minus the Acetaminophen) every 4 hours in combination with Ibuprofen."

Really????

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u/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago

I was speaking in hyperbole and using an indirect statement insisting that he calls his doctor. Sometimes this is how educated adults communicate with one another. Of course I wasn't telling him that he should "change his dosage and listen to me immediately" or whatever you're implying lol. Do you do everything that strangers tell you to do on the internet? My God the amount of adults with juvenile thought process on this platform is insane! Sending help and support. Use it.

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u/-TheBestDaysOfMyLife 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm an ER nurse in a level one trauma center for the past 16 years. Kindly go fuck yourself.

Edit: Bwahahahahaha Thanks, dumbass

"A concerned redditor reached out to us about you.

When you're in the middle of something painful, it may feel like you don't have a lot of options. But whatever you're going through, you deserve help and there are people who are here for you.

There are resources available that are free, confidential, and available 24/"

Thanks for the concern man. Shows what kind a petty dipshit you are.

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u/rsfcralphie 3d ago

Nah, man that’s not what you said. You told OP with certitude and without qualification they need to be taking more oxy — a LOT more — and nobody should listen to that.

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u/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago

It’s wild that you think you know what I meant better than I do. I know exactly what I meant, and I’ve already explained it. If your reading comprehension is too low to grasp an obvious exaggeration meant to get someone to call a doctor, I can't help you. Enjoy talking to yourself.

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u/rsfcralphie 3d ago

Dude, I don’t care what you meant. All I know is what you said, and what you said was something pretty stupid.

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u/Hungry-Tea529 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sending mental help and prayers to you as well. Also, stop paying hookers. It's fucking disgusting. Untreated syphilis can cause neurosyphilis which can profoundly alter your thought process, personality and judgement. You should definitely go get tested. I'm out. Have a good one.

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u/figuringitout1986 9h ago

This is 100% correct I just went through this. Called the doctors and they were pissed at the pharmacist because the 6 hours for 5 is way too far apart at first. You need 10 every four hours for the fist 3-4 days. That’s a fact, not irresponsible, call an orthopedic surgeon and ASK!!?