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Percocet

[pur-kuh-set]

Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a narcotic combination drug containing acetaminophen and oxycodone, prescribed as a pain reliever.



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Jax’s dealer, Skylar Lynn Mitchell, admitted to knowingly selling the counterfeit fentanyl-laced Percocet pill that killed Jax in 2022.

Among those parents is Amber Royer of Hemet, whose son Richard died — just like Jax — from a fentanyl-laced fake Percocet pill in 2020.

Hours before his death, the victim called Collins asking for Percocet pills — Collins sold him five oxycodone pills for $20 each, investigators said.

Take John Mulaney's 2023 "Baby J: A Wide-Ranging Conversation," which honed in on the comedian's addiction to cocaine, Percocet, and Klonopin.

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Stylistic eruptions interrupt the production — video effects, dancing, the world freezing in place around Mel, an onscreen meter to illustrate Mel’s Percocet wearing off.

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What else does percocet mean?

Percocet is a prescription brand of pain-reliever, associated with recreational abuse and the opioid epidemic.

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