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[[File:Oxycodone skeletal.png|500px|thumb|right|''Once paired with Tylenol, oxycodone is rendered completely ineffective'']]
'''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]].
'''Related Reading'''
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- [[Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)]]
- [http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/makers-of-dilaudid/ That One That Starts with a D]
- [[Three Wise Monkeys]]
- [[Toradol (Ketorolac)]]