From a patient looking at having surgery: I've been on Suboxone sucessfully for three full years, after ten years on everything up to 100mg fentanyl patches every 48. Tramadol provides suboptimal pain relief, is a high risk for abuse and addiction, has multiple drugdrug interactions and bad side effects. Arthritis is a term that describes around 200 conditions that cause pain in the joints and the tissues surrounding the joints. The most common form of arthritis is. The actual intervention of this episode was a serious tearjerker. Nick derailed, bigtime, earlyonand it seems he fell into that classic. Oxycodone is a narcotic drug prescribed for the relief of moderate to moderately severe pain. Common side effects of oxycodone include sweating, headache, dizziness. By spotting the early signs and symptoms of shingles (herpes zoster), you may be able to lessen the duration and severity of an outbreak. Percocet is the oxycodone acetominephen. This one is just straight oxycodone. I can see how you could OD on these monsters. after a couple rounds, you almost forget. I started the Fentanyl patch 17 hours ago and I can not tell whether it is working, if it isnot going to work I am in big trouble if you know what I mean. In the worstcase scenario put forth by STATs expert panel, that toll could spike to 250 deaths a day, if potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl and. i have been on oxycodone 60mg per day and oxycontin 70mg. per day i fell and broke my back 20 years ago and have had 17 back surgeries, i am 74 years old. mg for mg hydrocodone (vicodin, etc) is 6 times stronger the tramadol, oxycodone is about 18x, and like Dave said codeine is the same strength as trams mgmg. In an effort to curb opioid drug abuse and addiction, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued new rules that limit the accessibility of hydrocodone.