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[|Human|] I am currently recieving care due to an MVA i was involved in 11/06/10.  My family Dr. referred me to a Pain specialist and today i went into his office for an initial visit.  before today, my MD has me prescribed 5mg Oxycodone 1-2 tablets po every6-8 hours, totaling 8 tablets per day,  durqagesic patches 25mcg per 72 hrs, and xanax .25 mg po tid.  This dose is very low according to my family md.  and barely maintains my pain. I have breaks in my L1, L2, and L3 as well as 8 screws and a metal plate in my right ankle. I also have 4 cracked ribs.  I had 2 chest tubes and was on lifesupport for several days.  i have an orbital blow-out on the right side.  After going to the pain specialist today, he decreased my oxycodone to 5mg, po bid.  this is a very big change and i am afraid that i will be in worse pain, considering the 8 pills a day were barely working. He kept the duragesic patch the same, and d/c the xanax.  Will i experience withdrawl symptoms due to such a large decrease? Is it possible for me to continue with my family MD before filling the scripts that i recieved today?Thank you for your time and i appreciate any advice you can offer.  Have a blessed and wonderful day
[|AI|]  Welcome to Chat Doctor, In my opinion your new doctors prescription if relieving you pain will be OK. Don't worry the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication NSAID not only decreases your pain but Also helps in the healing(inflammatory process) once the bone has united you will not experience the Pain .and the doses can be gradually tapered the most common side effect of NSAID is gastritis. Have some proton pump inhibitors like pantoprazole along with pain killers hope this explains.