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When should I wean oxycodone? 4 days post-op tummy tuck.

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Day 4 post op circumferential tummy tuck with muscle repair no lipo. Should I be trying to wean dosage to 1 5mg tablet q4 by now? When I try to seems I have breakthrough pain within an hour, it's not untolerable just not gone like with 2 tablets.

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