What is the normal dosage for percocet?!
Question: What is the normal dosage for percocet!?
my dad is taking it for pain after a knee replacement!. my mother thinks the dosage is too high!. Usually web-MD states what the doses range from, but i couldn't find it on there! so here I am looking into this for my mom!. any ideas!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I recently had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted and was prescribed 5/325mg of Percocet every four hours as needed!. Your father's dosage might be different based on the severety of his pain!.
I found the following information on http://www!.healthsquare!.com/newrx/per132!.!.!. :
"The usual dose is 1 to 2 tablets of the lowest strength (2!.5 milligrams oxycodone/325 milligrams acetaminophen) every 6 hours!. Doctors sometimes prescribe a higher dose if necessary!. The total daily dose of acetaminophen should not exceed 4 grams!. The maximum daily dose recommended for each strength of Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) is as follows:
2!.5 milligrams/325 milligrams: 12 tablets
5 milligrams/325 milligrams: 12 tablets
7!.5 milligrams/500 milligrams: 8 tablets
10 milligrams/650 milligrams: 6 tablets"Www@Answer-Health@Com
I found the following information on http://www!.healthsquare!.com/newrx/per132!.!.!. :
"The usual dose is 1 to 2 tablets of the lowest strength (2!.5 milligrams oxycodone/325 milligrams acetaminophen) every 6 hours!. Doctors sometimes prescribe a higher dose if necessary!. The total daily dose of acetaminophen should not exceed 4 grams!. The maximum daily dose recommended for each strength of Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) is as follows:
2!.5 milligrams/325 milligrams: 12 tablets
5 milligrams/325 milligrams: 12 tablets
7!.5 milligrams/500 milligrams: 8 tablets
10 milligrams/650 milligrams: 6 tablets"Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have been treating a patient for the last week at the nursing and rehabilitation center that I work at and the lady had a total knee replacement!. This type of surgery is one of the most painful surgeries that anyone can go through along with the therapy and the CPM machine that they usually have to use to get the range of motion back in their knee!. She is taking one to two Percocet 7!.5/500mg tablets ever 4-6 hours as needed for pain!. When she has therapy her pain rate is usually an 8 on a scale from 1 to 10!. I give her two 7!.5 mg tablets and within 20 minutes her pain is down to a 3 and she can rest but she is NEVER pain free!. Depending on how long ago his surgery was and how much therapy he is taking,,,,,NO HE IS NOT ON TOO HIGH OF A DOSE!. Please try to explain to your mother that he is in some horrible pain!. His dose is actually a low dose for the surgery he had!. As nurses we are taught not to ever judge someone else's pain!. I try not too!. Sometimes you know when a patient is running up and down the facility in their wheelchair visiting everyone and having a good time and then they come to you five minutes later saying they are dying with pain then you kinda know whats up but if they have an order for a pain med to be given then I have to give it!. It is wrong for her to judge his pain unless it is interfering with his ability to function and do his rehab and if she thinks he is not taking it as it was prescribed!. If none of these things are happening then tell her that the dosage that is prescribed to him is actually lower than most doctors give patients post total knee replacements and try to support him during his rehabilitation!. Hope he feels better soon!. He has a long road ahead of him!.Www@Answer-Health@Com