Extreme Pain After ACL Surgery w/ Oxycodone?

Im currently recovering from ACL recon. I found the meds werent doing enough and i couldnt sleep. Just smoke a joint after a couple of meds. Helped me relax and was able to sleep

I am also 18 years old, just got a hamstring graft for my ACL, scraped down my meniscus for repair and got two holes drilled into my tibia because it was dented. I've never done drugs in my life and never have smoked anything and I'm experiencing the same problem as you. Today is the 28th and I got my surgery done on the 26th and the pain is unbearable. I was prescribed the same exact medicine, same dosage and everything and I lie awake every night in bed because the pain is so bad. So I don't think it has anything to do with recreational drug use or smoking marijuana.

Hey ACL, so sorry to hear about your pain. Perhaps if you are not feeling better by now, you might mention how bad the muscle spasms are and possibly the doctor will give you a muscle relaxer?? I just had back surgery, and apparently you could see my muscles spasms in my back. ( I couldn't
:-)) They actually gave me two muscle relaxers, flexeril and clonazepam. I am in chronic pain though. I also had five more mg. of percocet also for a few weeks. It could be that the percocet simply doesn't help you and the vicodin will help you more. The one thing that I learned that helped me the most was ICE, ICE, ICE!!! The doctor told my husband to make bags of ice and alcohol so it was slushy. We just kept rotating the bags out of the freezer. The ice was my best friend. Don't underestimate the power of ice!! I am still using it over a month after the surgery at times. Best of luck to you!!

It is possible that you do have a little more tolerance to the medications due to your lifestyle-it is hard to say. What you are on is pretty much a standard post op dose. Not everybody responds well to oxycodone. I see you got some hydrocodone and perhaps that will help more. These kinds of surgeries are painful and NOTHING is going to make you pain free right away. The first weeks, especially the first 72 hours, are the worst then the pain will start to subside. At best, in the first cuple of days, you might get an hour or two relief at a time. And it may be just knocking the pain back until it is just comfortable enough to stand it-that is the nature of the beast for the first couple days. By now, it has been a couple of days since surgery and you should be feeling a bit better and PT becomes very important. Be sure that you take your pain pills about 30 minutes before PT so you can work the knee hard then ice, ice, ice after! Keep in touch with your Dr and notify him of your pain levels. good Luck!

It's possible you have a tolerance depending on just how "recreational" you were, and how much drinking and other things are going on. Also, narcotics can be overrated. They HELP, unless we're talking about IV Morphine or Demerol, we will only get "Help" CONTROLLING pain.

I would guess you have a tolerance should consult your physician on something different that will work for you, Maybe Methadone? Ask your Dr for help. Hope this helps.

I don't believe that since you used the pills for 5 times recreationally in the past, that this would be your problem today. You have had a lot done to that knee, & probably need an increase in the pain meds for a few days. A few days willl not get you addicted as long as you follow directions. You need to give your doctor a call, & let them know that the amount of pain you are in, & the prescription they gave you is not letting you get any rest, or get around. He may well be right about PT. It is usually prescribed the same day as surgery so they can evaluate you, & work up a program to help you get back to using your knee. You have had a lot of work done on that knee, & pain is to be expected. You may just have a low tolerance for pain. A lot of people do. Please call them today as the weekend is fast approching & it's hard to get ahold of a doc on the weekend. I wish you the best... Mary