Patient was educated on how to take Percocet as follows: Take Percocet pill with or without food along with a full 8 oz. glass of water. Taking the medication with food helps prevent any nauseating sensation. Drink 6 to 8 full glasses of water daily, while you are taking Percocet. Liberal intake of water with Percocet helps prevent constipation, which is one of the major side effects of Percocet. Evenly space out the doses of [...]

Patient was educated on Percocet and its mechanism of action as follows: Percocet is a pain medication that is combination of an opioid pain killer and a non-opioid pain killer. The opioid pain killer in Percocet is Oxycodone that is derived from Thebaine and the non-opioid pain killer is the Acetaminophen. Percocet is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Percocet binds with the opioid receptors in the brain and block the release of excitatory [...]