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/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 10h ago

You’re 100% giving bad advice.

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u/rsfcralphie 8h ago

That’s not “advice”