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Commentary: Percocet Doesn’t Work for Me Because It Has Tylenol, and Tylenol Doesn’t Help My Pain

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Commentary: Percocet Doesn’t Work for Me Because It Has Tylenol, and Tylenol Doesn’t Help My Pain

Thanks but no thanks.  Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) doesn’t work for me.  Why?  Isn’t it obvious?  You’re the one with the medical degree and you don’t even know?  Well let me explain it to you.  Percocet contains Tylenol.  No, I’m not allergic.  But Tylenol does nothing for my pain.  Nothing.  I’ve taken Tylenol and Motrin for years and I’m still in pain.  Sometimes so much of it I have to go to the ER.

I’ve had pain for a long time.  I know my body and I know what works.  Tylenol definitely doesn’t work.  To be honest I don’t think any oral medication works.  It just makes it feel just barely tolerable to get by.  Takes the edge off.

I’ve been prescribed Tylenol and Motrin for years.  I’m not doctor shopping, just trying to find someone that doesn’t make me sign anything and gives me what works.

What, where is my pain?  My abdomen.  Don’t get another CT scan either.  No “doctors” have been smart enough to find the source of my pain.  Oxycodone works, but barely.  The only thing that ever really helps is Dilaudid.  But even THAT makes me itchy so you’ll have to push some IV Benadryl first.  Wait don’t even think about pushing it slowly either, I’m a fast metabolizer.  That stuff will be gone before it gets to where it needs to go.  I know my body.

Percocet.  Big Tylenol would like you to prescribe Percocet.  Quit holding back on me, give me the stuff that works: oxycodone.  Thanks for doing your JOB.

I’ll be going to hang out with girls tonight, don’t think for a second I’ll be telling them how you tried to give me Percocet for the pain.  No, I won’t be drinking Screwdrivers.  Urgh haven’t you learned anything?  Orange juice doesn’t get me drunk.

108 COMMENTS

  1. Thanks for the suggestion. I also basically avoid pain medication … I tend to just deal with it since the opiates don’t work on me anyway and I end up with a ton of useless percocet and vicoden just sitting in a drawer.

  2. The next time you’re prescribed a pain pill for surgery… Ask specifically for vicoprofen. That has ibuprofen in it rather than acetaminophen. Works way better. Tylenol really doesn’t help me. So percocet and vicoden really are useless for me. I rarely use pain pills BTW. I do usually attempt to avoid them.

  4. Hey…. This IS what I say…. But I found out about vicoprofen and THAT stuff works! I tried vicoden and percocet when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. They did absolutely nothing. When I had a couple of teeth pulled after learning about vicoprofen I will forever be asking specifically for that. Otherwise I will suffer through pain. There’s no point in my attempting to take something that doesn’t work. That’s one way addictions can start.

  9. I mean, it’s not a magic wand…
    There are side effects, and for some types of pain (surgical, long-term chronic, acute injury, etc), it isn’t going to be enough…
    But to say it’s no better than placebo is ludicrous.

  15. Please doa search for tylenol ineffective, and5you will find that it is only as effective as a plcebo, in other words, it isn’t except if you believe, and are gullible. There are further studies sonce then shoeong why you might believe, and thereduction of your ability to respond to anything is not agood thing, reducing any response is reducing your ability to think. I was not tolerant because I had not used anything except if a doctor prescribed it, not even alcohol or caffeine, or asperin. The doctors finally tested and said it was a super efficient liver. However, the recent studies say tylenol doesn’t work, and it has bad side effects, especially if used with other things, such as alcohlo, common in cold medications. It causes liver damage. That is why there are warnings posted by law regarding it’s use with alcohol.

  18. Creating patient’s profile at the pharmacy: Do you have any drug allergies?
    New patient: I’m allergic to codeine, and hydrocodone, but dilaudid works just fine.

  35. I have CRPS and my BP runs low as does my pulse. I’m in chronic pain and have been for 6 years. I hide my pain I take norco and relaxers. Tired of the judgments, I’m an RN unable to work because of this now, but also.
    New nurses and some older nurses think they see all, I was a nurse for yrs a chronic pain pt will not and does not display those symptoms. JS …..

  39. I dilute Dilaudid in a 30 cc syringe with 29 ml of saline. You never know, this stuff is so strong it could cause patients to become dizzy and sigh loudly while closing their eyes.

  43. A patient was trying the “dila, dild? Something with a D” routine and the attending looks straight at me and says, “I think it’s Dibuprophen, let’s order that.” Needless to say I left before I lost all composure.

  48. tylenol doesnt work for me anymore, or at least it doesnt seem like it… i think i used it too much as a kid… i bounce around to different ones now so my body doesnt build up any tolerence ;)

  49. Tylenol is actually an incredibly potent painkiller. We’re just spoiled by the easy availability of it… in third world countries, Tylenol is highly sought and appreciated.

  54. I remember asking why it didn’t work, and the nurse said it didn’t work for her either. There is now proof that the Tylenol part,at least, does not work for pain. Placebo and place the blame on the patient. Thank heavens for an honest nurse.

  58. I have a really high pain tolerance. So if I’m here in the ED it’s bad pain! To me a 7 is really a 50. I will need that Dilatin stuff or oxy-co-gen? And I’m nauseated, but stopped by the food mart prior to arrival and drinking my Dew and eating chips.

  60. And honestly—your vital signs and body language tell us so much. If you are talking on your cell phone and your B/P is 110/70 etc, etc……..there’s a good chance you are not in a HUGE amount of pain…. JS…..

  66. No one is bothered when you’ve had an actual procedure, we want to help the pain. But there’s that special cocktail request (like for people who don’t want to be late for plans later on) that we hear like every day that becomes a joke.

    At least half the chronic pain I see in the er is relieved by a 800 mg ibuprofen and a big cup of water. (Unless “water makes you sick”!)

    Cheers and congrats on the (I’m assuming successful) c section

  72. Percocet does nothing for me because have always had an insanely high tolerance to opiates. Which really pisses me off because that basically eliminates an entire class of drugs that are effective painkillers since no doctor ever believes me and is willing to prescribe something useful.

    But if I take it with some ibuprofen that does help a bit since ibuprofen and Tylenol work well together.

  74. Gives people with actual pain a bad name. I tried to hold out as long as possible after my c-section because I didn’t want to look like the chick in this parody.

  90. Destroying the liver and costing taxpayers millions is a small price to pay for the moral security that comes with knowing hillbilly heroin can’t be abused.

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