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[|Human|] I Have 2 BULGING Disks In my back and suffer from pain most days and nights. I ve been on Norco 10/325 for 3 years (4) per day for three years. They just simply did not work anymore and my doctor gave me Percocet 10/325 as a new medicine to try. They seem to really work a lot better / still (4) times a day. Just wondering how much stronger are they than Norco and I am always worried about how much more addictive could these pills be than Norco. I have heard and witnessed somebody go through Oxycontin withdrawal when he was tapering down to get off the pain pills. It scares me cause sooner or later and I am going to have surgery and get off the 4 Percocet I take a day. Please advise!
[|AI|]  Hello, I have studied your case. Nor co and percent are from same family of opioid medication. So they have same tendency of dependence. As you have taken Nor co for 3 years he wants to reduce dependence by shifting to percent. You can take neurotrophic like methylcobalamine with pregabalin for disc pain. MRI spine and EMG will help to decide necessity of surgery. Hope this answers your query. If you have additional questions or follow-up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. Wishing you good health. Take care