Going From Hydrocodone To Percocet

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My husband's pain management doctor is wanting to switch him to percocet. He is currently taking hydrocodone 10mg 7x/day. What will that equal out to in percocet?

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Hi Wendy - it looks like your husband will be switching opiate medications since Percocet contains Oxycodone instead of Hydrocodone. Overall it is a stronger medication. According to an Equianalgesic chart, Oxycodone is about 33% stronger than Hydrocodone. So approximately 6.67 mg of Oxycodone is equal in strength to 10 mg of Hydrocodone.

My question for you is would you happen to know which version of Percocet he is being prescribed? For example, it can be prescribed in doses containing 5, 7.5, or 10 mg of Oxycodone. So depending on which dosage your husband is being prescribed you can kind of get an idea of how strong it will be compared to the Hydrocodone. Although keep in mind that Percocet also contains Acetaminophen which is added to increase the effectiveness of the drug.

I hope this helps to clarify things!

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Roy, thank you for responding! To be honest, I'm not sure which dosage they wanted to prescribe? I didn't know what MG of percocet would equal a 1000mg pill? He's at a point where the hydrocodone isn't helping him much, so I know a change would be good! I know he's concerned it won't be enough, like 3 pills a day kind of thing. Does that make sense?

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Yes, that makes total sense. Hmmm, well if your husband is taking 10 mg 7 times per day, that's 70 mg of Hydrocodone per day. In the case of Oxycodone, that would equal out to roughly 46.7 mg per day. Of course, with the Acetaminophen also being in the Percocet, the doctor might not do a straight conversion like what I listed. But if your husband is prescribed the Percocet 7.5 to take just as often that should provide more than enough relief (even the Percocet 5 might be a good starting dose).

Of course I can't claim to know your husband's medical history or be an expert on this, but I am just going off that chart. At any rate, I do hope your husband is able to get proper pain relief. I'd be interested to know what the doctor does prescribe him as far as the strength of the Percocet as well as how many doses per day he will be taking?

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My guess is your doc will do 4 of the 5/325 which actually could be a cut in medication but still may help more due to resistance to the hydro.... docs are being strong armed by the govt to stop writing pain opioid scripts... They have been doing this ever since the sar in Afghanistan (which is the major opium manufacturing point in the world) but i find it suspect they go on tv & radio saying opioids have the same effects as heroin... I hope it's just bad timing but like i said it is very suspect.

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We go back next month for another refill, so I'll let you know what they end up doing! Thanks again!! :)

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