What is the difference between Percocet and oxycodone?

Question

I suffer from chronic back pain and it has been suggested to me to switch from the Percocet to the Oxycodone so I can minimize the amount of aspirin/acetaminophen my liver is exposed to

Answer 1

Have you thought to Google 'percocet' then 'oxycodone'? I'll bet that one of the sites that comes up will be the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) which contains every conceivable description of every registered pharmaceutical.

Answer 2

Same thing one is generic. It does have acetaminophen in it. The numbers after the word oxycodone will tell you the amount  of hydrocodone and the amount of acet. like 5/500 or 10/750. I usually ask the doctor for the lowest amount of both that will help the pain.

Answer 3

Basically,  Percocet and Oxycodone are the same medication.  The difference is that percocet has acetaminophen added.  Oxycodone doesn't.  

I will add some links with more information on each.  The second link expains the difference.  Very informative.  Take care!

Good Luck!

Answer 4

oxycodone has no acetaminophen in it like percocet, it is just the narcotic. percocet is the brand name for a pill that contains oxycodone and it does have acetaminophen. an example would be 5/500 the five being the mg's of oxy and the 500 being the amount of acetaminophen. there is oxycontin which is just oxycodone. the contin part of the word just means continuous release and does not contain any other medication. many medications for pain have part narcotic and part acetaminophen like fioricet which is part butalbital and part aceta. fioricet is the brand name for butalbital. percocet has many siblings the exact same medication by a differant name because it is made by a different pharmaceutical company. try webmd.com they have all the info you need. gd lk

Answer 5

Percocet is a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen.

Answer 6

Whoever suggested that may be referring to OxyContin (continued release) or OxyIR (immediate release), which are forms of oxycodone without the acetaminophen in Percocet.

On the other hand, they could be referring to generic Percocet, which may or may not have less acetaminophen. Or even Percodan which has aspirin(which is not harmful to the liver), instead of acetaminophen.