billy Bob sd Says:
Which Is Stronger Hydrocodone 10 325 Or Oxycodone 5 325 (Page 3) (Top voted first)
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Bill Says:
I have been taking Hydrocodone 10/325 for chronic pain, 1 pill every 6 hours. My Dr. just prescribed Oxycodone 5/325 with up to 2 pills every 6 hours. Which is stronger?
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Keisha, sorry to hear that. pm doctors in different states are stricter than other states and doctors are the same. Best option for you is to look for another doctor. The problem with that is you go in blind and that doctor might not give you what you need. try first to find out about the doctor your going to see by asking your insurance company. That's what I did when my doctor said he was sending me to pm. I asked about the the different pm doctors and he told me that what he was prescribing me that he was sending me to a pm that always gives you stronger meds. As long as I passed the drug panel I pretty much get what I ask for and I thank God because she is real fair like I said in the earlier post 2/30 mg oxycotin 1/20mg oxycotin and 4/10/325 oxycodone and my pain level and blood pressure is 1-2 pain and 72/125 along with Xanax for anxiety doing good for 2 yrs so do your research on your next pm doctor let us know how you are doing.
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BL Says:
Insurance companies can't tell you if a Dr will prescribe you pain meds. Each patient is different and it depends on the diagnostic test results and the rest of the patients medical records. Drs don't tell each other how to treat their patients so they aren't going to tell them what to prescribe. Although as a general rule pain management drs are more comfortable with prescribing stronger pain meds than other drs are.
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billy Bob sd Says:
I didn't say insurance company will tell you what a doctors can prescribe but they do have access to what doctors that have a pacific pattern on what pain meds that they have prescribed on other patients its just different pm have a certain criteria to prescribe meds because they report more and have to send reports to the dealer that's the reason for pain contracts and violating it always the doctor to refuse to continue to give you controlled medication where as before norco when to schedule 2 they could give you up to 5 refills without the face to face the second way if you're in good with your pharmacist he can also tell you which doctors prescribe stronger medication both of these avenues I have used but I've been in the system for 15 yrs and I'm in CA it depends alot on the state your in.
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BL Says:
Having access to the info doesn't mean they can or will give it to prospective patients. Drs do pain contracts so they are sure the patient knows the rules of that particular Dr and agree to them. It is up to each individual Dr how they handle their pain contracts and their patients when problems arise. Some drs are very strict and some look at the history and record of the individual patient.
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Sandy Says:
Thanks for info. Husband had oxy 10 after rotator cuff surg and ran out two days before 2 week appt (nerve block failed). I gave him the few hydrocodone 10 I had and the difference was evident. The Oxycodone did the job while the Hydrocodone had him pacing in pain.
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Mike Says:
I feel the same way Noway I can work
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Mimi Says:
In a couple of weeks I'll be able to give you a first hand report. My husband has been on hydro for chronic moderately severe pain caused by profound deterioration of the cartiledge in his shoulders. He has been taking 5/325, then 7.5/325 then 10/325. Now he has been changed to oxy 10/325 twice daily. We'll see in a few weeks if oxy is stronger. He is advised to have joint replacement sugery but he flat refuses. He had a brown recluse spider bite on his R forearm a few years ago. In hours after the bite it deteriorated so fast we rushed to the big med center in Asheville NC. In the ER the doc cultured it, cleaned it, put him on 2 abx bandaged it and referred him to a prominent hand surgeon. The culture was + for MRSA 2 DAYS DAYS later. The area on his arm was forming a deep crater. We were prepared to have his arm anputated. Weeks of treatment too complicated to detail here...suffice it to say that is why he refuses the joint surgery. MRSA never goes away. So to be continued in a few weeks.
We are in our 70s and very sexually active, very. You would never believe HOW active. I tell you this because taking the pain med interferes with my husbands "nature". So he uses the med PRN and must be in dire pain before he will take it. For 8 hours he is unable to be "busy". There is absolutely no possibility of his becoming abusive with the drug. To be continued in a couple of weeks. Then I can report the comparative strengths of the 2 drugs.
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Irish Says:
One had asprin the other tylonal
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Jennifer Says:
The hydrocodone but it leaves you with lag in time...pain ...for longer stretches of time
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Mimi Says:
If you take only 1 of the oxy, then the hydro 10 would be the stronger. If you take 2 of the oxy, then that dose would be the stronger. Theoretically, oxy in an equal dose with hydro is 30% stronger. So says my pharmacist.
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jes Says:
Try getting the yellow at walgreens it qualites is the manufacture i believe. White makes me sick it same meds different fillers so absorbed different.
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Mary Says:
Hi, what is the highest of Ratio-Oxycocet 5&325 ?
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BL Says:
Mary, oxycodone 5 mg/acetaminophen. 325 mg is what I believe you're referring to.
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Robert Says:
I suffer from extreme debilitating migraines everyday nonstop. Then I had spinal surgery for spinal stenosis. Surgey was a big mistake. The pain is so bad that I cry all the time. I'm on Fentanyl 25 and vicodin 10-325. I noticed that after 14 years of pain the vicodin doesn't work like they used to. Just saw my doctor today and he finally gave my oxycodone(percocet) 10-325. I hope this works. Tried getting off fentanyl but the pain was too great without the patches. Besides the withdrawls you will get.
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Sparky Says:
There IS NO ASPIRIN in Vicodin or Oxy!! It's acetaminophen, not in the aspirin family.
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BL Says:
mrcat211, Gabapentin works on nerve type pain. Gabapentin isn't for all types of pain.
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Kitty Says:
My empathy for your 12 surgeries. I've ad 3: knee, wrist plate, and most serious, back, laminectomy 3level, L3, L-4, L-5, and suffer from bothe cervical (neck) and lumbar stenosis. It is a progressive, incurable disease of the spinal column which can be treated surgically from time o time to prevent loss of bowel/bladder control, and loss of function of limbs (quadriplegia or paraplegia) so pain killers are a part of living with it but you don't want to take so much, and for so long that you risk that the meds lose effectiveness, or you become addicted. I'm not sure if it's so bad to become addicted so long as they improve quality of life.
However, what else is a part of your program to improve your quality of life and to decrease your pain level, while increasing your participation in your life?
I find that other treatments help significantly in conjunction w/ pain medication. You also need movement, guided by a physical therapist. Massage therapy can offer significant improvement by releasing cramped & seized up muscles in the painful area. NSAIDS can help significantly in conjunction w/ pain medication. So it is a multi-pronged treatment. You need to reduce inflammation and increase movement first.
Then you need to see a physiatrist (physical medicine doctor) to be evaluated for pain which has emanated into peripheral nerve damage pain, an outcome of having suffered pain from other conditions, like back injury, etc. Please do learn about this, b/c this pain is untouched by the strongest painkillers; it is a separate problem which needs a different category of treatment Meds, such as gabapentin or Pregablin, which address nerve pain. I found it to be a miracle and life-changing.
Hope this helps.
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ROG RN Says:
JENNIFER,
HOW ABOUT A MENTAL HEALTH VISIT; IM NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT GETTING RID OF ALL YOUR ORGANS IS NOT GOING TO CURE YOUR PROBLEMS. LET ME GUESS...YOUVE HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS, A LAP CHOLE, AN APPENDECTOMY, A COUPLE EXPLORATORY ABDOMINAL SURGERIES AND YOUR STILL IN PAIN, RIGHT? IM AN ICU NURSE AND I SEE IT ALL THE TIME...ADDICTION GOES FROM FOOD TO PAIN PILLS...ITS A HORRIBLE CYCLE OF MISERY. GET HELP WHILE YOUR STILL ALIVE.
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Cherry Says:
325 is the amount of Tylenol in the pill so its the same in both if your taking the same # of pills a day
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