Interesting indeed. My husband takes Percocet when nothing else will tame his migraine headaches. He tries to persuade me to take it when I can’t get relief from my own headaches, but I stay away from the stuff. I usually find that it does little for my pain, but makes me violently ill. I always thought it was an individual difference, but perhaps there’s more to it than that.
I have learned that narcotics do very little for me, pretty much what you describe. The best pain killer that works on me is naproxyn sodium. After total hip replacement about 18 months ago I dumped the fancy drugs (oxycodone?) two weeks later and took naproxyn soduim. Worked much better.
15 mg of percoset and a Makers Mark....all is wonderful...la, la, la ...zzzzz...zzzzzz