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A friend of mine went through Oxycodon withdrawals after lumbar surgery. She was really pissed off at her doctors for not warning her more about it. I have been fortunate and never gone through it but, I also worked hard at taking the least amount as possible. Personally, I would listen to your body. The drugs are toxic but, if you need them you need them and each person responds differently. Sometimes the pain is just too unbearable without them and some can get by on less but, read the label and think they should do that. When I took them, I cut them into quarters and took them that way. I wrote about the combination of NSAIDs and Tylenol I am on post surgery in my thread. That's something to consider with the help of a physician's advice. I don't know how much you are taking (responding to a few people here on different drugs) but, if it were me, I would taper off and see if it made a difference in my pain levels. Last year when I stopped them all together I did it because I didn't find that the relief was worth the side effects I was experiencing. Eventually, after long term use, the drugs seemed to build up in my soft tissues and I felt generally ill all the time on top of the pain I was experiencing. If you have a pain specialist, I would ask that doctor. Surgeons will give you an answer to the question but, they are really not the best doctor to be asking IMO. Ask a few different types of doctors and then decide. I don't think there is a one size fits all answer.