Information and opinions on health from dtruder at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/539346/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/539346/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/539346/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/539346/81023/pharmacy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:51:31 -0400 dtruder Right after I posted my last post I was searching for the new med that I just picked up from the pharmacy. The med that I picked up and was taking for two days was not the med that my doctor prescribed. Yes I was in pain, No it was not working..... The med that I got was Oxycodone HCL 30mg. That med is a instant release good for 5 or 6 hours. One the bottle it said one every 12 hours. I called up the pharmacy and told them, the first thing they... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/539346/81023/pharmacy http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/539346/80954/meds-changed Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:39:32 -0400 dtruder My recent pain med was Percocet, one every 6 hours (3 per day). Was not working as good as I would hope. I asked the doc (primary care), if he would change to 4 or 5 per day. He said that when scripts are wrote for 100 or more red flags pop up and bells start ringing. I guess he starts getting looked at for giving out pain meds un-warranted. So he gave me Oxycontin 20mg ER. Two per day. It didn't work as well as the Percocet, I'm only guessing... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/539346/80954/meds-changed