PERCOCET Reviews (ACETAMINOPHEN; OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.7 (554 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PERCOCET with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PERCOCET | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Knee Surgery | Euphoria, decent pain relief, mild itching, constipation, vivid/strange dreams while asleep | It takes 40 minutes for percocet to work its wonders. It doesn't seem to take long to get addicted. When I stopped taking it regularly my entire body ached. | M | 51 | 2 weeks 5/300 2X day | 8/25/2010 | 3 | Four impacted wisdom teeth removed | slight but minimal nausea, drowsiness, itching, lots of itching | percocet didn't help, i would have preferred vicodine. caused lots of itching, taking allergy meds helped a bit. minimally helped with the pain, wish i had a higher dose. slept alot, but woke up at least once every hour so didnt get a lot of rest. may work fo other but didnt work for me. | F | 20 | 6 days 325mg 1X AN | 8/25/2010 | 3 | broken fibula/ankle | upset stomach, paranoia, night terrors, terrifying and vivid hallucinations, panic, hearing voices | This is a good pain killer for severe pain but I suffered extreme psychological side effects. I will not take this medication again. | F | 22 | 3 weeks 5/325 2X day | 8/24/2010 | 4 | Wisdom teeth extraction | tiredness, light headed, warm feeling, little itchy | it honestly worked great for me, the only thing i didnt like is if i woke up during the night the pain would be really bad if they wore off (they tended not to last as long as the directions said) but other than that i took them with a glass of milk and didnt experience any nausea | M | 20 | 3 days 5 : 325 3X day | 8/22/2010 | 5 | Spinal Lamenectomy/discectomy | Headaches, agitation/hyperness, constipation | The first week I was taking Percocet, I felt great, but as I tapered off the pills and started taking them intermitantly, they began to make me very hyper/agitated and I could not sleep | F | 34 | 14 days 7.5/325 4X day | 8/16/2010 | 4 | Knee injury | Excellent pain relief, extreme drowsiness AFTER drug wore off | Tore tendon & ligament in my knee & took Rx along with Rx-dose Naproxen for anti-inflammatory. My body has a high pain tolerance - vicodin rarely ever works for me & others give me bad headaches. Found the 5/325 worked WELL when I took it w/ breakfast in AM; as needed in afternoon but definitely @ bedtime. Noticed EXTREME fatigue when the drug wore off (about 5-hrs later). I can see how people become addicted to this drug. Plan to start weaning myself off as the pain seems to be subsiding - doing a 1/2 pill in AM & night and then a 1/4 pill. Want to do it w/out withdrawal & more fatigue. If you are in pain & not expecting to need to take this long-term, I'd recommend. Be smart about it & take it ONLY as needed. Wean yourself off as soon as you begin having pain relief. | F | 37 | 7 days 5 mg 3X day | 8/11/2010 | 5 | Post Parotidectomy Surgery | Drowsiness | I had percocet prescribed for me after I had a right parotidectomy (removal of the main salivary gland on the right side) because of a tumor. The highly complicated surgery left me with muscle and nerve damage. The percocet worked wonderfully. I was told to take them as needed, and I only took 1 every twelve hours! Percocet only made me drowsy, but I had no other psychological side effects. This was amazing! | F | 31 | 2 weeks 10/650mg 2X day | 8/10/2010 | 4 | Sacroilitis, Bursitis, Torn Labrum | Euphoria, Some pain relief, Nausea, Itches, Headaches the morning after, dehydration which leads to constipation, Can't stop talking, Energetic | I was on it regulary for a few years for my chronic pain and post hip surgery. It stopped working for me at the dosage and I only got the bad side effects. I stopped taking it cold turkey and experienced horrible withdrawls for weeks. Now that I'm over the withdrawls, I try to deal with the pain and only take the Percocet when I absolutely can't stand the pain and am about to cry. It sucks but I'd rather have a couple good days a week instead of average days everyday and horrible withdrawls later. | F | 25 | 3 years 5 MG 4X W | 8/9/2010 | 4 | Pain in back and neck | Nausea, itching, restlessness | I was on Hydrocodone for more than a year, and then the prescribed dosage stopped working. My doctor put me on Percocet, and it works great. I have to take 1/4 or 1/2 a tablet at a time, otherwise I become nauseous and experience a feeling I can only describe as being poisoned. Sounds horrible, I know, but I'd rather feel that than the pain. I recommend not taking the medicine before bed. Take your last dose three hours before. | F | 42 | 2 months 10/325 4X day | 8/8/2010 | 3 | tonsillectomy | anxiety, mood changes, paranoia, vivid dreams, makes me fall asleep but can't stay asleep, blurry vision, short term memory loss, out of it, depression | first off, as far as pain, it's wonderful. thats where the positives end though. when i first started taking it i liked it. it made me feel loopy. then after the next few days i started to have mood changes and began to feel depressed for no reason. last night i laid in bed shaking because i was so anxious. tonight i feel very paranoid. i have been laying in my bed trying to remember what i have done for the past 5 days in detail. I am very afraid to fall asleep because i always have very vivid nightmares and when i wake up in a cold sweat it takes me a good 30 minutes to realize that it was just a dream. that is why i am up at 3am writing this. i feel trapped because i know if i don't take it i will be in and immense amount of pain, but if i do then i will have to deal with these torturous side effects. | M | 19 | 5 days 5/325 8X day | 7/20/2010 | 2 | back pain | sedation, severe nausea | I ended up taking this medication only once due to the incapacitating nausea I experienced about and hour after I took it. It did take the edge off my back pain (a muscle pull/strain), but the nausea was so severe that I could not eat or drink (even water) for hours afterward. It's been almost 24 hours since I took one 5mg pill and I still feel a bit queasy. It's back to the ibuprofen for me... | F | 39 | 1 days 5 mg 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 1 | Post-Op Heart Surgery | Horrific Hallucinations | I was given a low dose Percocet in ICU the day after my heart valve surgery and I experienced horrific hallucinations every time I closed my eyes for about six hours. I was convinced that I was seeing Hell. The experience was so bad that I was afraid to close my eyes for over a week. I am now four months post surgery and I am still mentally traumatized by what I saw. | M | 48 | 1 days Minimal 1X day | 7/15/2010 | 4 | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Drowsiness,Euphoria, Dysphoria, Pruritus, Nausea | A great medication to help with pain; however, the side effects can be quite bothersome, especially if you have taken the medication as long as I have. Initially, I used to feel euphoric, but this has recently changed to dysphoria. I now become angrier, and irritated when taking percocet. The itching is quite a problem; I'll spend 2-3 hours scratching my entire body after taking the medication, as a result, losing out on sleep. I feel nauseous at times, but it's not lasting. I would take this med over codeine/morphine any day. | M | 25 | 1.5 years 5/325 3X day | 7/7/2010 | 4 | two molars extracted | Itching, elevated mood followed by heat flashes, trouble concentrating, mild nausea, and then extreme sleepiness (had to take a nap.) | Worked amazingly well to take away my pain, however some of the negative side effects were horrible, especially the nausea, itching, and the extreme sleepiness. I can understand why it may become addictive because of the feeling of elation but I would say the negative side effects outweigh the positive side effects. Make sure you take the recommended dosage because last year I did try it as a recreational drug and took just over the recommended dosage and over-dosed. I wound up throwing up constantly for 2 days (I literally could not stop vomiting) and then was horribly nauseous for the rest of the week. It is DEFINITELY not worth it to abuse it. | F | 19 | 7 days 325 3X day | 6/15/2010 | 5 | Deep Vein Thrombosis Pain | Euphoria, enhanced energy followed by extreme sleepiness, constipation | This medication is definitely worth the side effects. It works wonders for pain. I was in the worst pain of my life with the blood clot in my leg and percocet was the only medication that gave me relief. You need to be careful with it because it can be very addictive due to its mood altering qualities. It gives you a sense of well being and happiness. | F | 32 | 3 months 5/325 3X day | 6/2/2010 | 3 | Post Lasik Surgery | Insomnia, mind racing, very wired | The percocets were prescribed after having laser surgery for my eye, and I have to say they worked. ( I took the generic: oxycodone and acetominophen.) My discomfort was entirely gone within a few minutes, which was enough to make me very grateful. However, I could not fall asleep that night. I had a feeling of heat, as if I had a fever. And my mind raced like crazy. I felt as if I had just drunk a pot of coffee. The flurazepam the doctor prescribed for sleep had no effect. I would not take it again, if only because insomnia really does not help if you are trying to heal. | F | 57 | 1 days 325 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 1 | Scar tissue removed from abdomen | depression, emotional, suicidal thoughts, couldn't eat, panic, zoned out, lonely, paranoid | I do have anxiety and depression issues which don't help. Stopped cold turkey and became a mess. Felt like I was having a break down. Found that I should go back on 1/2 pill every 4-6 hours for couple days and then expand my hours after until I'm weaned off. It's working so far but make sure you document every time you take it and stick to the schedule or it won't work. I don't EVER want to feel like this again. Never had trouble with other pain meds after the many surgeries I've had before. No percocet for me. Hope this helps those who have a preexisting condition. Check with your doc before you take something this powerful, especially if you have depression and panic disorder. | F | 37 | 2 weeks 5 Mg 8X day | 5/28/2010 | 5 | cervical spinal stenosis (pain from | All over itchiness, feeling flushed, one episode of vomiting today after the flushed feeling... | None of the side effects are worth stopping the medicine. I was taking Vicodin but it doesn't work anymore. I NEED my Percocet.....itching, flushing and all. | F | 39 | 6 days 5-10 mg 4X day | 5/24/2010 | 1 | 2 infected molars | Nausea, headache, feeling of impending doom, itchy, slow heavy heart rate, fast shallow breathing, hypertension, shaking, confusion | I have an abcessed molar that infected the molar beside it and the pain is awful. Doc gave me percs and I hate them. The first day I took one and it took forever to rid me of pain, took another (prescribe is 1-2 every 4-6 hours) and I was completely terrified. I tried to take a walk to " walk it off " and side shuffled into a curb. I had to call my man and he rushed home from work and took me to the ER where my blood pressure was up to 156/90 with a slow rate of 60. I could only lay there and convulse...they pumped me full of benedryl and steroids and put me on a drip. I was released that nite and been messed up since. The pain is too much to bear so I broke down and took half a pill...did nothing for the pain but gave me the same side effects plus vomiting. So now I'm managing the pain with hot compresses and like 5 OTC motrins...this pill must be bad if i'd rather deal with the pain. And if u r one to get addicted...seriously WTF is that wrong with u?! | F | 30 | 2 days 5/325 2X day | 5/21/2010 | 5 | back/neck injury & PHN | Mild drowsiness (increases w/increased dosage) - iching only when I've had to take 10mg at a time for severe headaches | I take percocet for two reasons: small doses for chronic pain and large doses for severe headaches. It works great for me. I never take the full prescribed amount unless I have a headache, I just cut the 5s into halves or quarters. It's just enough to take the edge off, but not enough to make me not functional. I find it much more effective than anything else I've tried. It's short acting, so if I do err and take a little too much, I know it will wear off soon. I think the biggest problem people might have with it is automatically taking the full dosage instead of trying smaller doses and grading up until you find what works for you. | F | 53 | 3 years 1/2-5/325 4X day | 5/19/2010 |