I am in the process of tapering down my percocet dosage. I am supposed to take 3 times a day. I have been going over that a little bit by taking 3.5-4 a day. My script is 10mg with 650 APAP. One side effect is Diareha. So I take Immodium. Now for the past four days I have had Hemorrhoids like I have never had before. I have been awake since 4 am with severe PAIN in my back,nausea, insomnia, and hemorrhoid pain that is unbearable. My last dose of percocet was 13 hours ago. I finally got out of bed and took one 10 mg Percocet and 3 200mg Ibuprophen along with Preperation H. I know this is gross, But I don't care. Now finally after one and a half hours, the pain all the way around (back and bum) is tolerable. I had to lay on my stomach for 1 hour to get the pain to settle down. The Nausea now is gone. If I had any idea that tapering from percocet was going to be this difficult I would have never, ever started taking it for my back injury, but the Doctor always knows best right? I go back to see him next week. Something has go to give here, this is hell!!! I also start physical therapy next week also.
Yawkaw.......if you are reading this please help. Your taper schedule that I used three months ago worked well and I got down to taking 2 percocets a day in stead of 4,but I deleted the PM. Maybe I am going to fast in the taper.
To anyone starting Percocets......Please be careful! You don't want this withdrawel Hell!!!