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Increasing strength of hydro or switch to oxyI need some advice on which painkiller will help me more. I am going to have sugury on my shoulder soon and I have been taking 5/500 lortab about 1.5/2 times a day. My pain is moderate now but im sure It will be worse after surgery. What would you guys/girls recommend; upping the lortab to 7.5 or 10 or switching to oxycodone? ( categories: Discussion of Prescription and OTC Meds )
For me the oxycodone will be
For me the oxycodone will be a more efficient pain killer at equivalent doses but it doesn't last as long as the hydrocodone. My personal choice would be to up the hydrocodone because you will have longer lasting relief although slightly less relief than the oxycodone. but i would rather have some sort of relief longer(hydro lasts 3-4 hours for me) than having no pain for 2 hours and then pain throughout the day(oxycodone only lasts like 2 1/2 hours for me).  in my experience
your doctor probably wont ask you what you want to take he/she will prescribe what he/she thinks you need.. but having a choice (which I doubt you will) oxycodone is 1.5-2 times stronger so it should provide more relief johnny
Nascar #88 GO JR!! To be honest i have never
To be honest i have never had surgery except for having my tonsils taken out so I dont know how you would go about doing it. If it was me I would just take what he gave me at first then go back a day or two later and say they arn't helping. Or when he hands you the script say you took those for pre-op pain and they didn't give u any reliefe and ask politely if he could give you the next step up. most likely it will be 7.5mg
most likely it will be 7.5mg hydrocodone as the oxycodone is schedule II....most docs who are going to give you percocets would have just started you on perc 5's if they thought the situation warranted it. Since he started u on the 5/500 i doubt he would just jump to the percocet without trying the 7.5 hydro which is equivalent to a percocet 5mg. thats just my opinion though anything can happen Its been a while since Ive
Its been a while since Ive been perscribed percocet, actually it was when i had shoulder surgery like 3 years ago In south carolina. I now live in Washington. I can remember that it hurt after and I has perscribed 5mg percocet and promethazine pills. I wonder if ill get promethazine again or not. But you say that 7.5 lortab and 5 mg percocet are about the same in strength does one have a different feeling than the other. I cant remember. it depends on the doctor and
it depends on the doctor and the way he writes the script weather its prn, TID, QID etc but u have a rough estimate of accuracy...I wouldn't except more than 5 or 6 pills per day max for a more stanadard procedure with someone who is relatively intolerant so yeah 1-2 every 6 hours or so seems right thats awesome flyer, my
thats awesome flyer, my orthopedist seems pretty cool but ive only had like two oppointments with him so far. I am going to take freakonaleash's adive and just tell him that the 5/500's are not seeming to help anymore and suggest that we change medicine or up the dose. My pain now is probably like a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale but im sure after surgury it will be like a 9 or 10. Hopefully he gives me adequate meds to help the pain. thanx for the support it is an abbreviation for
it is an abbreviation for the latin words. prn is pre re nata aka "as needed" TID is Tre in die....three a day and qid is quarter in die or four a day. My spelling might be off a bit though. prn, tid, and qid are just short ways of saying as needed, three per day, and four per day in that order remember not to ask the doc
remember not to ask the doc directly to increase your dose to 7.5, or to directly request percocet. These are often taken as subtle drug seeking behaviors by many doctors. I would suggest you do inform your doc that the meds you have are no longer effective for pain relief (and also tell what you have been doing in the mean time to aid in relief such as using ice/heating packs), but leave it up to the doc to make a suggestion as to what actions to take afterward in medication changes. When prompted, do inform your doc that you have been prescribed percocet in the past after surgery, but that it was also not effective enough for pain relief. It is a good idea to remain honest with your doc about everything going on, but do not try to lead him. Many docs close up when they feel a patient is leading them towards a certain med- again, another drug seeking behavior. Just be open and honest and allow your doc to make the large decisions as to what pain med would be best in this situation. Good luck! I'm a social worker, not a medical professional. All comments and thoughts are simply my opinion and experience. You make a very good
You make a very good point. My approach to the situation is to inform the orthopedic that the pain medicine he gave me is no longer helping with the pain. I am not sure how to say this in the best way without sounding like a pill seeker. Im sure alot of people have been my situation on how to ask the doctor for stronger pain meds. Being honest is the right and best thing to do and Im sure he will understand that I am beginning to become tolerate of the 5/500 lortabs. i would
deff. suggest the oxycodone. i have chronic pain and for me the vikes didnt help very well. then my doc switched me to oxycodone and my pain level dramatically decreased.
----->this is just my personally opinion i am not a doctor so please ask a doc. before taking any advice.  spencej6....I was just
spencej6....I was just wondering how long the doc has had you on the 5mg's of the Hydro's? I remember when I had wrist surgery my doc gave me the 5mg's of Hydro's before surgery and then gave them again after surgery and I called a day after the surgery and explained that the Hydro's werent working and I wanted to know if he could Rx something different and he got all weird on me about needing something stronger and he had a fear of me developing a problem with the pills later. So needless to say I got the ol' song & dance about taking the Hydro's with Aleve & so on....In the end it all depends on the doc. It always does! Good luck with the surgery! Well I had an MRI done and
Well I had an MRI done and the results showed that I had impingement and a small tear in my labrum. He put me on 5/500 lortab on the 11th of this month and there were 30 pills i just finished them yesturday so i averaged a little under 2 pills a day. I have a pre op appointment on wednesday and im going to tell him that my pills ran out and they arent taking care of the pain im experiencing. My surgery is on the 7th of august so that leaves me a week before surgery to be on meds and then after for as long as I have pain. That is a shame that your doctor second guessed the amout of pain you were having and made you feel like you were doing something wrong. My doctor seems pretty understanding and hopefully wont second guess my amount of pain. But doctors due have the responsiblity for perscribing what they feel is adequate for the procedure and can be held responsible if they prescribe to strong a painkiller for a patient and they overdose. But in your case wrist surgery is a painful procedure and he shouldnt second guess your claim unless there were instances in the past which made him suspicious. Thanks for your inputs |
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