which pain medication works better, mepergan or percocet?

Question

i have surgery on tuesday and my doctor wrote out percocet but i had some mepergan left over from kidney stonei had awhile back and i didn't want to fill my script if the mepergan works better for pain.

Answer 1

Percocet works best for me, but everyone is different, and the Mepergan is the stronger of the two. You could take the Mep for severe pain and have the Percocet on-hand for less severe pain.

Answer 2

I cant take meds but here is useful info
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

Well I can't answer that one, I have problems with pain medication and muscle relaxers they just don't work. Now my partner can take most muscle relaxers and pain meds and they do the job, People are just different. This question will lead to a lot of answers only you can be the one to figure it out.

Answer 4

Mepergan is a combination of Demerol and Phenergan which can help with narcotic induced nausea. Percocet is Oxycodone and Tylenol; it can cause some nausea. I can't advise you which to take; however, they are both pain medications. My advice is to call your doctor and tell him/her that you have some mepergan and let him /her make the decision.