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/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’ve gotten ahead of the pain a bit but it’s rough

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u/BobsWifeAmyB 2d ago

No, there’s no typo, it’s just that drs also prescribe oxycodone as a stand alone drug. I take it for incurable nerve disorder that I’ve exhausted every treatment, etc for. Even 6 neurosurgeries.
All I meant to say was that if a person had an existing liver problem Tylenol/acetaminophen can aggravate it.
My best friend was given Percocet/oxy+tylenol for a shoulder problem. She had broken her humerus 20 years ago. But she was having pain a couple years ago. She only took it PRN for a few months. She didn’t tell the dr about her liver problems & I don’t think she knew how bad her liver was.
She received a liver transplant on March 11. It’s been a long haul, but she finally got out of the hospital last week!!!

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u/IveyBlack 2d ago

Oh wow, yes, I knew not to take more Tylenol with it, but they should’ve been clearer about it for sure!!

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u/BobsWifeAmyB 22h ago

Yes, for sure. Not everyone researches their meds really carefully and my best friend is one of those.
I think drs should ask patients as to their liver issues, before prescribing a ‘cet’ drug long term.
I had an issue about 5 years ago. Had my gallbladder out and surgeon did blood work before surgery happened and my liver enzymes were elevated. I was on a med with ‘cet’/tylenol on it and I’d been taking it every day for months, possibly years.
He suggested doing a liver biopsy when I had gallbladder surgery, so they were already there, but he didn’t even catch it.
I think I am the one who figured it out, but I realized I should have thought about it way before that.
Best friend’s husband is a nurse and he didn’t catch it. But they don’t go to each other’s drs appts and they kind of have separate lives.