I am on Oxycotin for the past 3 years, as well as Percocet for breakthru pain. I started with 20mg's Oxycotin 3 times a day. I am now up to 60mg's every 6 hrs. for a total of 240 mgs daily. I am going to a Pain Specialist. They are usually the only ones that are more likely to deal with pain management and prescribe accordingly.

Recently, I asked my doctor about frequently having difficulty lasting 6hrs because the pain will get too bad. First of all, he said I was evidentially reaching "end of doseage" sooner; but didn't feel I had reached an amount to do "rotation" (meaning a change in a different narcotic). There has been a couple of times when i was an hour or two late and the pain in my legs and body was awful. I also asked him is it possible to feel "withdrawal" this soon. His answer was a definite "yes". I cannot imagine anyone taking a holiday from the meds. This could be very dangerous and you will still need to start up at a high dosage fairly quickly. I hate having to take this amount of narcotics; but have done the injections, trial stimulator (failed). While still having quite a bit of pain; at least I am able to have some quality of life. It is a vicious circle that none of us asked for; but have to deal with this to get thru each day.

You still will have a better chance with a Pain Specialist in prescribing pain meds. Wish you the best in your efforts. By the way, never get a high. When we have this kind of pain, we are dependent; but a high - not likely.