Safe Perocet Redose?

[ABL23]

About 6 hours ago I took 15mg of Percocet (white pills with the number 512 on them). Would it be ok to pop another 5mg at this point?

 

[Tommyboy]

Yes, you should be fine to take another one as long as you haven't been drinking alcohol or taking other CNS depressants like benzos.

 

[ABL23]

Nope haven't had any of those. I did just take it with a coke though, would there be anything in a soft drink that would potentate an opiate like this? Because I wouldn't want that.

 

[Reaper182]

Try and find out how much acetaminophen there are in each pill. It's very common and easy to overdose on the tylenol (acetaminophen) in these pills. They usually have about 250 to 375 mg of tylenol in them. Around 3000-4000 mg in a 24 hour period will cause extensive liver damage to the point of liver failure, which kills you in a few days. The number 512 on them may be an indicator of the level of tylenol (512mg of tylenol) which is safe, but make sure you don't take over or even up to 2000 mg of tylenol in a day. The narcotic in percocet is oxycontin, which, in high doses (40-80+ mg) can cause respiratory depression or failure if you don't have a tolerance. Also take care not to mix with other opiates, more tylenol, alcohol or benzodiazepines ie ativan, diazepam, chlorazepam.