i dont know were u got your comparison that 2 mg s of dilaudid is equivalent to 10 mg of percocet. Its is slightly more than a 5 mg percocet more in the range of 6 to 7 mg follow your chart fom there and figure 4 mg is slightly above 10 mg of percocet. Pain medication can be used for relieving joint pain, back pain, and many other ailments. Common pain medications include NASIDs, acetaminophen, and narcotics like Vicodin, Percocet, OxyContin, and morphine. Learn about the opioid crisis pain medication addiction, abuse, withdrawal, and side effects. Oxycodone is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone extended-release tablets and extended-release capsules are used to relieve severe pain in people who are expected to need pain medication around the clock for a long time and who cannot be treated with other medications. Pictures of Percocet (Oxycodone and Acetaminophen), drug imprint information, side effects for the patient. Has anyone tried this yet? I have been using it for 6 days so far and my pain is under control for the most part! Finally after trying every pill ever made for pain I got a winner (so far)! Medical uses. Oxycodone is used for managing moderate to severe acute or chronic pain when other treatments are not sufficient. It may improve quality of life in certain types of pain. It is unclear if use in chronic pain results in improved quality of life or ongoing pain relief. Hi-- I was diagnosed with shingles last thursday after about 3-5 days of (what i thought was) rib injury pain. I took 2 aleve on thursday morning (had been taking them all week), which had been helping with the pain, but had an allergic reaction (closed throat feeling), along with (what i thought was ) hives. I agree with the with the others on this issue. tramadol never provided me with the pain control vicodin or percocet did. I feel when doc's do this they are just wanting to get the patient off narcotics that actually provide pain control. Percocet contains a combination of acetaminophen and oxycodone. Oxycodone is in a group of drugs called opioid pain relievers. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic. Vicodin and Percocet are narcotic pain relievers. The narcotic medicine in Vicodin is hydrocodone, and oxycodone is the narcotic in Percocet. Both of these pain relievers also contain acetaminophen, an over-the-counter pain medicine.