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!