Well what you are referencing now is typically called Tylenol 3 which has codine (an opioid/narcotic) but it doesn't have the same abuse rates as oxycodone, for

Well what you are referencing now is typically called Tylenol 3 which has codine (an opioid/narcotic) but it doesn't have the same abuse rates as oxycodone, for example. They usually don’t start with Tylenol 3 either though. There are scales to this stuff, like you wouldn’t lump heroin or morphine (both opiates) with Tylenol with codine (then again...maybe you might), but that’s the point you said you didn’t want to have a highly trained pharmacist fill your Tylenol, but based on all the questions you have, that is probably the most appropriate course of action. Then you can get a handle on the risks of these therapies, the difference and allow that to inform your decisions.