Difference between revisions of "Percocet (Acetaminophen-Oxycodone)"

'''Percocet''', which is a combination of the opioid oxycodone and the antiinflammatory [[Tylenol (Acetaminophen)|acetaminophen]], is an ineffective pain medication according to hospitalized patients because it has [[Tylenol (Acetaminophen)|Tylenol]] in it and therefore doesn't work<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/percocet-doesnt-work-for-me/ Commentary: Percocet Doesn’t Work for Me Because It Has Tylenol, and Tylenol Doesn’t Help My Pain]</ref>.  Interestingly, '''Percocet''' seems effective in the outpatient setting.  When '''Percocet''' is offered out of a bowl in emergency rooms, the number of visits paid to the health care system drops substantially<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref>.  Patients in the outpatient setting have more '''Percocet''' than they know what to do with, which has explained the success of Pez '''Percocet''' dispensers<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/01/percocet-dispenser/ Pez Introduces New Pocket Percocet Dispenser]</ref>.  They health care practitioners don't love '''Percocet''', they certainly prefer it to the much more despised [[Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)|Dilaudid]].

'''Percocet''', which is a combination of the opioid oxycodone and the antiinflammatory [[Tylenol (Acetaminophen)|acetaminophen]], is an ineffective pain medication according to hospitalized patients because it has [[Tylenol (Acetaminophen)|Tylenol]] in it and therefore doesn't work<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/percocet-doesnt-work-for-me/ Commentary: Percocet Doesn’t Work for Me Because It Has Tylenol, and Tylenol Doesn’t Help My Pain]</ref>.  Interestingly, '''Percocet''' seems effective in the outpatient setting.  When '''Percocet''' is offered out of a bowl in emergency rooms, the number of visits paid to the health care system drops substantially<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref>.  Patients in the outpatient setting have more '''Percocet''' than they know what to do with, which has explained the success of Pez '''Percocet''' dispensers<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/01/percocet-dispenser/ Pez Introduces New Pocket Percocet Dispenser]</ref>.  They health care practitioners don't love '''Percocet''', they certainly prefer it to the much more despised [[Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)|Dilaudid]].