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I have been struggling to reduce the amount of oxycodone I need to take for my low back injury, and surgeon wants me to be totally off oxy before surgery. Has anyone had experience with TKR when currently taking oxy at 30mg per day?
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barbara66703 ABofCA
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no but on opiods due to hip osteoaritis. i was treated by a pain clinic waiting for hip replacement surgery.
the reason the surgeon wants you off oxy before your surgery is so you will not have a built up tolerence or a higher resistance to a prescription for oxy . this is so the surgeon can treat your pain after surgery with a lower strength prescription , and not be concerned about a higher resistance needing a higher strength of oxy to treat the same pain. the longer you take oxy your body builds up a tolerence to it requiring a higher dosage to treat the dame pain.