"i was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 4 yrs ago. i had a total knee replacement done 4 months ago and was told i have degenerative joint disease. due to those 2 medical problems the total knee replacement is taking forever to heal, therefore i am in constant, extreme pain. i take 1 - 40 mg tablet of oxycontin 3 x daily and 1 -10/325 mg tablet of percocet 6 x daily. i can honestly say that if i were not taking these medications the pain would be too intolerable for me to do at least half of the things that i have to do on a daily basis. i still feel some pain, my pain level went from a 10 to a 3 when i take both medicines as prescribed. 2 thumbs up."