About two nights ago I (foolishly) decided I was gonna stop my meds, BOOM, cold-turkey. My desire being to hurry the bone re-generation process. Doc was telling me (and I've since confirmed it with Internet research) that to a small degree, being on pain meds, Ibuprofen definitely... and even to a small degree Tylenol.. slow down the re-growth in the fracture site.
Well... jones'ing as I am to get back on "The Beast" and take flight across the Desert floor... I decided that the pain had subsided enough after my surgery that it was tolerable to just handle with Tylenol.
I was on Percoset 325mg x 2 every 4 hrs. Along with Carisoprodol (Soma) at 350mg every 6 hrs.
Long-Story Short... DO NOT STOP COLD-TURKEY with opiates such as Percoset (-aka- OXYCODONE). If you get the idea in mind to get off them like I have... BACK IT DOWN SLOWLY!! Taper-off your dosage before you finally stop. Trust me.. you'll be glad you did.
Do a Google search for "Percoset withdrawal" or "opiate withdrawal" and read the symptoms.
NOT FUN!
and d**n MAN... I was only using for 1 month! Can't imagine horrendous it must feel for a hard-core abuser to stop!
Apparently it has to do with your body responding to the absence of the meds with a huge surge of Norepinephrine.