Can the drug percocet and flexeril be combined without any harsh side effects?

Question

Iam currently taking the drug percocet (had all 4 wisdom teeth removed)....which in hindsight was NOT the most wise thing I've ever done,and since iam having alot of muscle pain in my jaw/face area.I was thinking why not take one med for pain and the other to relieve the muscle strain/pain.

Answer 1

If you do you could face your central nervous system shutting down. Stick to what you were given and if you need a stronger pain medication call your dentist and ask him to call on in for you. The last thing you need is to go to sleep tonight and have you CNS shut down. If that happens your respiratory and cardiovascular system will not recieve the signal from your brain to function.

If you cannot get ahold of your dentist then call your pharmacy and ask them.

Good Luck. and hope you feel better soon.


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Flexeril Tablets
Percocet Tablets

Flexeril Tablets(Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride) may interact with anticholinergics, barbiturates, central nervous system depressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and certain other agentsand certain other agents.


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Flexeril Tablets(McNeil Consumer)
Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride
May interact with:
Percocet Tablets(Endo Labs)
Acetaminophen, Oxycodone Hydrochloride
Results:(Co-administration results in enhanced effects)

Percocet Tablets(Endo Labs)
Acetaminophen, Oxycodone Hydrochloride
May interact with: The labeling of this product lists no interactions with the other products or foods entered

Patients receiving other opioid analgesics, general anesthetics, phenothiazines, other tranquilizers, sedative-hypnotics or other CNS depressants (including alcohol) concomitantly with PERCOCET may exhibit an additive CNS depression. When such combined therapy is contemplated, the dose of one or both agents should be reduced.

The concurrent use of anticholinergics with opioids may produce paralytic ileus.

Answer 2

Flexeril's chemical effects are similar to those of tricyclic antidepressants (older antidepressants that are still used to some extent today). It helps alleviate pain and moderate muscle activity by changing your norepinephrine-based nerve transmission. (Norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter just like serotonin, which you have probably heard of.) Flexeril has no known action on the opioid pain system in our bodies; Percocet acts on the opioid system to relieve pain.

Therefore, it should not pharmacologically conflict with Percocet.

Like Percocet, though, Flexeril causes drowsiness and will knock you out further. Whether or not this is good, is up to you.

However, I'm not a doctor and cannot guarantee anything. I don't even have experience taking Percocet and Flexeril together (or anything similar), and I do not know of anybody who has. So you really should call your doctor as well.

Answer 3

Flexeril And Percocet

Answer 4

Took the combination for quiet some time few years back for back trouble. Yes they are very effective together and no harsh side effects. But do pay attention to the warnings about driving etc., you will feel more in control of your body than you are.

Answer 5

The pain in your jaw is swelling.The two will react together,enhancing the other,but as for side effects I'm not certain.Wouldn't recommend it without consulting your physician.

Answer 6

Because of its atropine-like action, FLEXERIL should be used with caution in patients with a history of urinary retention, angle-closure glaucoma, increased intraocular pressure, and in patients taking anticholinergicmedication.

The plasma concentration of cyclobenzaprine is increased in patients with hepatic impairment. These patients are generally more susceptible to drugs with potentially sedating effects, including cyclobenzaprine. FLEXERIL should be used with caution in subjects with mild hepatic impairment starting with a 5 mg dose and titrating slowly upward. Due to the lack of data in subjects with more severe hepatic insufficiency, the use of FLEXERIL in subjects with moderate to severe impairment is not recommended.

It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because cyclobenzaprine is closely related to the tricyclic antidepressants, some of which are known to be excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when FLEXERIL is administered to a nursing woman.

Safety and effectiveness of FLEXERIL in pediatric patients below 15 years of age have not been established.

The plasma concentration of cyclobenzaprine is increased in the elderly. The elderly may also be more at risk for CNS adverse events such as hallucinations and confusion, cardiac events resulting in falls or other sequelae, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions. For these reasons, in the elderly, cyclobenzaprine should be used only if clearly needed. In such patients FLEXERIL should be initiated with a 5 mg dose and titrated slowly upward.

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Answer 7

yes you can take them both at the same time one is a pain killer percoset and the other is a muscle relaxer flexeril. i have back problems and the dr prescribes both to be take together. no side effects except the pain killer cancause constipation

Answer 8

I have been doing both as a druggy and it wasn't that bad for me as side effects.But remember you should always ask your doc!