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Ok this may be a silly question but I am going to  ask anyways. I have noticed on the nights when I use the Oxycodone for pain control I am having nightmares. I mean they don't wake me or anything but they are vivid enough to  remember and  are always some  version of  a   scary, action filled dream. Do the narcotic pain meds cause this? I wasn't told they would  be a side effect. But I have seen postings on other sites from others who have had this type of thing  happen while on fentanyl. Has anyone else experienced this?    Opiates can mess with your brain whether you're awake or not.

I don't recall having any nightmares while taking oxycocet or while using the fentanyl patches. 

I think though, like you, I've noticed posts about others who have.
kelstev2009-08-20 18:04:01I didn't have nightmares while on it, I am pregnant now which is why I am no longer taking it, but they made me anxious and I had trouble sleeping at all.  They helped some for the pain but I did suffer some lack of sleep.
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