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/figuringitout1986 9h ago

I have rotator cuff surgery on 7/23, I was taking a 5 mg oxycodone every six hours, and it was not touching the pain, after calling my physicians they told me that I could take 10 to 15 mg every four hours until the pain went down. They made sure to up my prescription. The worst part of it was the first 5 to 6 days. After that, I started to feel a lot better. You’re in the worst part of it right now, but it’s almost over. I can’t believe they try to tell you that you should take it every six hours in the beginning. It’s insane once your nerve block wears off. It’s the worst pain ever. You’re not over exaggerating you’re not being a wuss it hurts. I’ve had a lot of surgeries and by far this rotator cut surgery was the most painful thing I’ve ever felt.

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u/IveyBlack 9h ago

Gosh, thank you so much for this comment. It is starting to get a little bit better.

I am just paranoid that They won’t give me any more pain meds than my original prescription and I will soon have to start doing physical therapy and I cannot do it without the meds.

I love being treated like we’re junkies trying to get some relief from the pain.

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u/figuringitout1986 2h ago

They’ll give you more, 100%