Actually I've only taken Percocet twice in my life and it did nothing for pain either time. So I have no resistance to it which is why I thought for sure it would work, but nada. Vicodin was prescribed a little over a month ago for a back injury, and it is what is prescribed for treatment of pelvic pain that is awaiting a hysterectomy. It did nothing, or if it did anything it may help for 30 minutes max. I don't take it but maybe once or twice a week when I know I'm going to be hurting. I was referred to pain management but didn't keep the apt. I'd just rather not do that. In my case I just seem to have a tolerance for medication. And If I don't have a tolerance for it then I tend to have a bad reaction to it. I stick to ibuprofen...that is the problem with narcotics - you build up resistance. oxycontin is the next step, then morphine. make sure your anesthesiologist knows that you are taking major narcotics regularly so that he/she can adjust your pain medication regimen
the army and most doctors prescribe them because its easy to scribble the name on a piece of paper.
Percocet is way stronger than Vicodin which in my opinion is very much over prescribed. The FDA is going to severely restrict the use of vicodin and percocet with the year