How Long Will My Pain Medication Last

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I was prescribed 120 pills on April 17th. The dosing guidelines say to take 1 pill every 6 hours. When should I run out of medicine?

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Generally when you get pain meds from Pain Management or any other doc really and it will be taken on a regular basis, they give you what they expect to last 30 days and if you take 1 pill every six hours that should last 30 days. Patients get confused when they receive pain meds that state take one or two every 4-6 hours as needed for pain and say get 60. The Doctor generally still expects that bottle to last 30 days no matter what the instructions say. The Doctor or nurse really should make that clear. Anyway, you should have enough for a month.

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I am prescribed 30 5mg immediate release Oxycodone to take every 6hrs. How long will that prescription last me before I can call in another refill? Thanks in advance!

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@Magic Mustang, I would conservatively expect you to take 3 doses per day, so 30 pills / 3 doses = 10 days. You could stretch it to 15 days if you are able to keep it down to 2 doses per day. At 4 doses per day, which I'd expect to be the maximum, that's just over 7 days. Do you know if your doctor would be willing to call in a refill after only a week?

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