Percocet pill is the combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen which is used to relieve high to moderate level of pain. The opioid pain reliever i.e. oxycodone and non-opioid pain reliever i.e. acetaminophen works in the brain to deviate cells that changes to how your body feels and responds to the accumulated pain. The component acetaminophen can also act to defuse fever. Here one question arises that Is oxycodone the same as percocet ? No, it will not be referred as same rather oxycodone is a component that has been used in the composition of percocet.