Percocet 10/325 and Withdrawal: What Users Say

• 10...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• June 2, 2020

For Chronic Pain "I tried one time at a different pharmacy because I called beforehand to ask what brand they carried. They filled it grudgingly and made me feel like I belonged under a bridge with a heroin needle. But their brand, Rhodes, was still better than the Alvogen. I switched back to my old pharmacy who knew me for the crappier pills just to save myself the 'shame.' And that is wrong, and I shouldn’t have to do that or feel that way. Asking questions about the brand or asking anything about a narcotic seems to immediately put a label and a target on you. In the rare instance when my pharmacy received a different brand (KVT Tech, Mallinckrodt, Aurolife Pharma) they were all white oblong pills and worked well for my pain management. But of course that didn’t last, and the abrupt switch back to the round yellow Alvogen gave me withdrawals and pain again. I do not want to leave my doc and pharmacy because I have history there that has protected me from the medication shaming that is so rampant."

• Rut...
• November 21, 2019

For Chronic Pain "Been on these meds for 9 years due to a severe back injury. Each MRI was worse than the previous. W/O these meds, I cannot function. The mfg (Rhodes) was changed to KVK Tech. KVK gave me severe diarrhea. My dr said that was impossible. She said I most likely had diarrhea because I’m selling them instead of taking them. I'm on 112 of the 5 mg every 14 days, and I’m having withdrawals. I found out the KVK brand has an extra inactive ingredient, some kind of lactose something, I’m lactose intolerant. My dr cut the quantity in half, believing I was selling them. 2 months on the KVK brand, severe diarrhea non-stop. One morning, the pain was so bad in my leg and back I couldn’t walk and was taken to the hospital and was admitted. MRI revealed a benign growth on my spine and was now pinching nerves. My dr called it arthritis. Years of Rhodes (oxy) seemed to work. Mallinckrodt also worked okay. I just filled 10/325 of Camber, will see if those work. KVK absolutely does not work for me."

• Dew...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 13, 2022

For Chronic Pain "Only in regards to RP10325 Rhodes Pharmaceuticals Oxycodone/Acetaminophen 10/325. In chronic severe pain, I've been taking Percocet for years, and it gave me back my life. I was ready to give up until I was finally told that this is what I needed, and some people do need opioids when taken as prescribed. It helped for years. Recently, CVS switched to the Rhodes Pharmaceuticals brand. I talked to the pharmacist, and all she said was that she's out of the normal brand she gets but didn't elaborate. Is there a shortage? Or is this all that's available? The Rhodes brand feels like I'm having withdrawals as well. There is something wrong with this brand, as many others have noted. As someone else suggested, I sent in an online complaint, as if we don't report it, it will never change and be made correctly. I can't believe the fillers would make it not work, and I'm not a scientist, but my back is still hurting after taking the Rhodes brand of Percocet for 2 days."

• yay...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 22, 2012

For Chronic Pain "I have had 3 back surgeries by the time I was 25 years old. I have degenerative disc condition and on top of that, I was involved in an accident at work which resulted in a herniated disc. I went through a discectomy, a spinal fusion, and a correction surgery. Needless to say, I have A LOT of hardware in my back! Percocet was wonderful. It made my recovery bearable and living a somewhat normal life. Unfortunately, I'd been on it for 3 years and then my doctor cut me off cold turkey and told me to take Tylenol extra strength. The withdrawals are awful and I'm still living in awful pain, but I had 3 years with mild to no pain with Percocet!"

• DEM...
• May 17, 2010

For Pain "25 teeth pulled and Percocet or Lortabs were the only medicines that would make life, let alone eating, bearable. Unfortunately, doctors like to put you on it long enough to become accustomed to living as pain-free as you can, then cut you off. Withdrawals are the worst for about 5 days, and the mental part of it is much worse."

• e s...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 4, 2022

For Chronic Pain "I have not been out of pain for 41 years. I lived at a pain level of 3. Now I have not been able to get any effective pain relievers in well over a year. Living in Florida is a nightmare horror. My life has stopped, I go nowhere, see no one, and worse than that, is no one that can help will help. Had I known about Florida's pill mill problem, I would have never moved here. I have been responsible and am now paying the price for people that could not. Now I can't get brand name meds either, which I would have had to mortgage my house for. Also, I have never gone through withdrawal when medication was stopped."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 26, 2012

For Chronic Pain "I have peripheral neuropathy in both feet (no feeling). 10 mg Percocet is perfect. In the near future, I'm going to 7.5 and then to 5.0 to wean myself down as to avoid bad withdrawals."