does percocet block pain receptor in the brain?

[ongos]

It's not anti inflammatory like OTC pain reliever? So if using opioid it simply blocks out pain receptor but doesn't ease the inflammation area? Though I won't feel pain since pain receptor is blocked by opioid? Is this about right?

 

[missmeyet?]

Basically that is right.

"Opioid drugs block pain signals by attaching to special receptors in the body. These receptors are found in the joints, skin, spinal cord and brain. Opioid drugs have the ability to reduce or eliminate pain that we feel as a result of recent surgery or trauma, or from other disorders like cancer or even arthritis. While opioids do not heal injured tissue or make the disease disappear, they can substantially decrease the acute or chronic pain we feel from these horrible insults to our bodies."

http://http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/pain/medication/opioids-for-treating-pain.htm