is that hair.

*apologize

Hydrocodone or oxycodone? How many mg?

oxy 10/325

That's right, only 325apap. Hells yeah.

Forgot to mention, 60 count bottle. That's just irresponsible.

^ Supository ?

or do you snort them ?

ha,

wheel,

^Wheel, why would I do either? Honestly. Damn it, man.

Depends on how painful the post-surgical recovery is; how long it will be painful; whether the doctor believes you have a propensity to abuse; and what your tolerance to opiates is- people who have used them a lot, even just under supervised medical care w/o abuse, have a very high tolerance/ceiling.

The thing to be careful about with opiates following any type of colo-rectal surgery is that opiates slow down digestion and movement through the intestines, as well as dehydration. This can lead to constipation, which in turn could cause injury while taking a ****.

Anyhow, the APAP is the thing to be careful of in terms of liver toxicity. Sure you can OD on oxy if you are opiate naivette, but I *believe* that just 4,000mg of APAP can be lethal.

If you want any real detailed info, let me know. I have a Pain management treatise in my office and will scan and e-mail you whatever you want.

Here is a sick website to check out:

OPIOPHILE.ORG

(Let me know how long you can read all the rants before you get sick.)

The tendency of Oxy (and other pain meds) causing constipation was taken account for in the amount of stool softener I'm using daily to compensate for that.

The APAP is more a cause for concern than taking too much pain killer (in my opinion). I'm much more nervous taking a 5/550 than I am taking a 10/350. I've very concerned and because of that aware of the amount of Tylenol being put into my body for my liver's sake.

I'm hovering right now around 6-8 oxy's throughout a single day (again those being 10/350). I feel pretty comfortable taking that amount. Given my back pain coupled with my ass pain it seems to do the trick but not entirely. Anything a lot more than that would start causing me concern with the apap.

What do you think about that regiment?

Country

You know whatever works best for you, and what your threshold dosage for pain relief is, better than anyone else- now that you are using it.

You sure it isn't hydro, rather than oxy? 10/350 is a type of hydrocodone (Lortab, Vicodin as opposed to Percodan or Percocet). What is your doc's prescribed dosage and frequency? The only thing I can say about opiate painkillers is only applicable to my experiences. YMMV!

If the dosing called, for example, 1-2 every 4-6 hours, I would take one first thing in the morning, straight out of bed- even though I might not be hurting enough yet. I would then experiment with taking a second one at two to four hours, rather than two at the same time.

This keeps the amount of drug in my body lower and more constant, hopefully just above the minimum required to give me pain relief. Otherwise, my blood opiate level seems to bounces up and down too much, and I will, at times, have more medicine in me than I truly need and, at other times, less than I need to remain out of pain.

This technique can work to help me take a few less pills per day than just simply taking them every 4-6 hours- too late to prevent return of some or more of the pain...

Catch my drift? If not, I have a book in my office with a graphical explanation of this that I can scan and send you.

What was the particular procedure?

More important, did you check out that link to that website? Pretty sick and scary, huh?

It's Percocet (oxy). the 10/325 as I've ever known is simply the description of how much a) pain killer (oxy or hydro) is in the pill and b) how much apap or more commonly known as tylenol is in the pill, not an identifier of what kind of pain killer it is. This is the case as I'v had both Hydrocodon and Oxycodone that were the same milligram (10mg) and the same apap (Tylenol) milligram (325) making them both 10/325. I also have had both oxy and hydro that have been 550 apap making them both 10/550. The number before the slash is the milligram of pain killer and the number after the slash is the milligram of apap (Tylenol).