Percocet

[shadee]

I was prescribed Percocet and I received the generic brand Oxycodone W/APAP 5/325
Two weeks later i had a kidney stone and was prescribed Percocet again. This time the generic name was Endocet 7.5/500

Why was it Oxycodone one time and Endocet the next time.

             Thank You,
                      Shadee

[cannedheels]

Hi everybody.   Please pardon me for breaking in here. Just a quick question....will  demerol provide me with as good pain relief as percs? I have surgery next week and told the doc that percs and vics make me itch. (I don't recall discussions about demerol.) Is it an opiate?

Thanks guys!

Sharon

[mrmichael67]

Demerol is an opioid medication.  How long are you going to be needing pain relief?  The reason I ask is because demerol metabolizes into a normeperedine and it accumulates in the body and can cause seizures.  I do know someone first hand that found out the hard way by eating too much and had a seizure.  She had a hip replacement and broke a leg during the seizure just after the replacement.  That had to be horrific.  Anyway, many docs are steering away from demerol.  Mostly, it is used as a one time pain shot in the er or something to that extent.  Oxycodone will work fine.  Any agonist such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and so on would be fine.  The key is whether they give you enough.  Usually, when a med "doesn't work", it is because the dose isn't high enough.  But, is it too late to say you had "a bad reaction" or something else so he might give you another med?

[mrmichael67]

I dropped it.  But, people talk about this stuff all the time.....about percs, vics, and what have you.  Sorry if I offended, but I don't see the big deal.  You know me better than that.

[cannedheels]

hi michael,

I've already got the vic. 7.5 rx from my doc., and the demerol one (50mg.)  I may only need the pills for about a week or so. But, he's  given me enough for 2 weeks. I love  percs., I just didn't want to be extra itchy while I'm healing.

Does demerol give that wonderful feeling like percs.?

[percsnomas]

Point taken.  The thread should have died after Dr. Bozians' response.

[mystere]

Amen-Couldn't have said it better myself--Mystere/N.O. Lady