- extreme sleepiness on Suboxone 30th April 2008
... and how did you do it?if your son was only taking 6 vicodin a day--he probably didn't even need sub. and 12mg...
- Help with Vicodin taper/getting off them! 27th April 2008
... of anyone going into shock from a slow taper off of vicodin .It has to be better than cold turkey and also better ... lot on other boards and here about tapering off of vicodin and I am in the process now.Still I wish you luck...
... talk to.I am tapering off of taking 10 to 12 10 mg of vicodin a day.One day at a time....
- Over two months clean...with all of your help! 24th April 2008
... ..I had been clean for three years...my d.o.c was Vicodin , that was first prescribed for severe migraines.....
- Need advice please 22nd April 2008
... any advice on a taper plan to get off about 120mg of vicodin ?I have been taking about 100 to 120 mg of vicodin...
... worried about taking anything when I am still taking the vicodin .Can I take the over the counter meds while I still ... am on the vicodin ?
Thanks
Daisey...
... going to a doctor and getting suboxone to get off the vicodin ? I had tried to taper many times, it was just to ... hard for me, although I was taking much more vicodin than you and also using soma at the same time. I...
... but I just can't.I was taking between 10 to 12 10 mg vicodin a day now I am doing about 8 but going to try to cut ... I have heard it is harder to w/d off that then the vicodin .I really hope you get well soon and all goes well...
- Day 2 w/o vicodens or percs......i hope the worst has pasted!! 21st April 2008
... nosey.....yeah it is a little long but I was also on vicodin and coke and heroin for about two years not under...
- Suboxone..how much and what to expect please!! 20th April 2008
... enough opiates to really warrant sub (I had been on vicodin ES, about 5/day for maybe 6-7 months, and with hindsight...
... (about 4 mgs.). Sometimes I would also add a few vicodin , vicodin es, and ultram. I was taking this much for...
... almost 2 months now. I abused Ultram for 2 years and Vicodin and Percocet for 1 year prior to my taking Sub. Doc...
... work differently than your typical opiate such as Vicodin and thus the reduced potential for abuse. It has...
- Anyone else withdrawal from Ultram (tramadol)? 19th April 2008
... anyone else is addicted to Tramadol. I got addicted to Vicodin last year and started taking Tram to ween of the Vic...
- Taper venting (whining) 19th April 2008
... I too am tapering off of 10 to 12 10 mg of vicodin a day and I know how you feel.I feel like I am on...
- Half-way through Percocet Taper and a Question 15th April 2008
... the ER they treated the pain, and sent me home with Vicodin . I ended up taking the stuff for almost a year (it ... I would tell her, but after the last time I was on Vicodin she told me she would divorce me if I ever took another...
- 6 days off suboxone not easy 14th April 2008
... lower back that I did the big no no I got a rx for vicodin ! I thought I could handle it this time no problem ... definitly not worth anything that either suboxone or vicodin did for me. It not easy but I really encourage even...
- cold turkey, impossible ween or suboxone/subutex 14th April 2008
... suboxone. I was on it and eventually went back to vicodin and tapered on that, and that worked for me.But my...
- quick question 11th April 2008
... fibro and found out she's preggers :) I went off my vicodin ....I got weened off quickly. Monday will be day 14...
- Recurring Use - hydrocodone 10th April 2008
... A friend of mine is seriously addicted to vicodin / hydrocodone. He lost almost 65 lbs. taking a combination ... of vicodin and muscle relaxants. He has been hospitalized numerous...
- Norco and joint pain? 10th April 2008
... killers for about ten years now. It started with 5-6 Vicodin a day for quite a few years, then shot up to as many...
- Just an update 7th April 2008
... for YEARS. It is actually the reason I started this Vicodin thing. I took a pill way back before bed and fell...
- Help me, please. 7th April 2008
... problem. I would bet that he has progressed from vicodin (from a previous injury) to Oxy, then when that got...
- I'm not gonna let it get me today damnit 3rd April 2008
... right place. Almost ALL of us on here that had a Vicodin problem started JUST LIKE YOU. Look at my first post ... that is great. Trust me. Try coming off 120mgs of Vicodin to ZERO (cold turkey) then you will see withdrawals...
- Advice needed for addict family member....HELP 2nd April 2008
... has back problems. The doctors were prescribing him vicodin and percocet like it was candy and after about 8 months...
- Hi got a question about lortab W/D 31st March 2008
... can hurt kidneys. Consider your self warned. The VICODIN highway is a BAD place to be.
D...
- 12 hours and counting 26th March 2008
... Hi everyone! Well its been 12 hours since my last vicodin es. I went to bed really early.........I wanted to ... before the baby starts getting nutrients from me and vicodin !
Keep you all posted.............hopefully a positive...
... The wacko Dr office called back about my vicodin . Asked if I was experiencing withdrawl....I said...
... what the answers are...don't you?? How do you think vicodin is going to affect your baby? You couldn't have any ... everyone else...including your doctor and get off the vicodin . Stop looking for excuses and rationalizing what...
... maybe just a BP med or anxiety med will help, not vicodin . That will prolong things in my book, but please...
... xanax or anti anxiety med......they are worse than vicodin for pregnancy :(
Im trying so hard to get in touch...
... pregnant and know that you need to stop taking the vicodin . I don't see in this post or your previous post how ... my last one (she is now 8 months old) I was taking vicodin and diazepam due to a complication from the previous ... sure that your OB knows that you have been taking the vicodin . My OB gave me instructions on stopping the meds as ... have fibro, you have a valid reason for needing the vicodin and it is a drug that is used during pg if the need ... a month after surgery and then continued with the vicodin for my other issue up until the day that I gave birth...
... my Pain management dr sent me pills but not the 7.5 vicodin .....he sent the 5mgs. He said do 2 for 3 days then...
- Going to need lots of support 25th March 2008
... felt comftorable enough to come back.
Ive been on Vicodin ES 2x's a day for my fibro. Well this weekend I found ... and made an appt with an OBGYN then I asked about my vicodin s and if I needed to wean off or if cold turkey was ... nurse said since he's not the one that prescribes the vicodin es HE CANNOT ADVISE ME!
I called my Pain management ... I also said if he weaned me I would go down to the vicodin 5/500 instead of my 7.5..........he never checked...
... situations and medications. I don't even know how your vicodin es works as I have never been perscribed that for...
- cant' shake these heebie jeebies, help 25th March 2008
... fibromaygia for 10 or more years. I started our with vicodin , then a fetynal patch (scary) and finally morphine ... almost cold turkey, I just replaced them with the few vicodin s I had to ease the pain. I am still so tired, can ... s been five days taking about 1 (500 mg) tablet of vicodin at night. I went 17 hours today. When does it let...
- Stadol NS Addiction 20th March 2008
... withdrawal happens. It's pure hell. I've been taking Vicodin in place of the nasal spray when I run out of it and...
- day 1 20th March 2008
... time) for my husband & I as we try to quit taking vicodin and percocet. I have been addicted for about 3 years...
... Congrats on what you are doing! I have been off of Vicodin for only about 3 weeks and I want to encourage you...
- Advice needed 20th March 2008
... steoarthritis and Fibromyalgia. In Sept my PM dr put me on Vicodin ES once a day. By December it was only giving me...
... you helped alot. I really don't need the patch. 3 Vicodin ES would be a god send......then I would have the...
- 15 norco and 20-25 vicodin in 1 day...unexplained bruising...related 18th March 2008
... Norco can have as little as 325mg per tablet but some vicodin can have 650.
I'm sure you know because if you...
- Do I Have a Disease??? 17th March 2008
... to be prescribed unless you are in extreme pain. Vicodin , Percocet, Davocet, Codeine, are all opiates of a...
- Fell off again, how to plan for a taper??? 16th March 2008
... handled things.
quick background: was on Norco ( vicodin 10/325) for the last 2 years. Started as TMJ headaches...
- Vicoprofen and Pain 14th March 2008
... injections aka cortisone shots and gave me a script for vicodin . Just your basic vicodin that will most likely be ... 3 - Nothing
Darvocet - Wayyy too weak...nothing
Vicodin - My body gets nautious on these, Doesnt do well ... on them
Vicodin ES - Too strong for me, I get dizzy and "high" and...
- Recovering Addict - Pain Mgmt Med Concern 11th March 2008
... when you talk to a pain
management doc...they say vicodin or opiates will take care
of the pain and then you...
- Scared 7th March 2008
... from what could become a nightmare. I was only using Vicodin regularly for about one year, trying to quit so many...
- How can I help him?? 3rd March 2008
... years on this guy got a coke problem, graduated to a vicodin problem that I am just for today sober. Alot of Drama...
- withdrawal and anxiety 3rd March 2008
... I am fighting the battle to stop Vicodin and, even though the physical part hurts like hell...
... greeneyes, i hope you are feeling better! are you taking Vicodin for pain that you still have? or just abusing and...
... Thanks for the responses. I started out taking Vicodin for pain, but eventually I was taking it whether I ... back of my mind that Ultram would help me get off Vicodin , but after reading the things I've read about it, ... option. I'm afraid of what life will be without the Vicodin and afriad of what life will become if I stay on it...
... years for my fibromaylgia pain. I started taking vicodin , then went to a fetynol patch and for the last 7 months...
- Rehab Question 2nd March 2008
... was taking. So he changed me to 1 Ultram ER with Vicodin for breakthrough. Well needless to say, I abused ... both of them. I was supposed to take the Vicodin 3x per day but there were days I was taking up to ... ran out and it's too soon for a refill) and my last Vicodin was Sunday morning.
I spent the whole day Sunday...
... was my last Ultram and Sunday morning was my last Vicodin . I must admit I took 6 valiums yesterday and slept...
- substituting Ultram for Vicoden? 2nd March 2008
... my doc mentioned this was that I could wean off the Vicodin by using Ultram, but now I'm afraid of getting hooked...
... Honestly, my pain isn't bad enough to justify all of the Vicodin I was taking. I just plain liked the way it made...
... experience, Ultram is a lot harder to get off of than Vicodin . I took Ultram for over 7 years and when I decided ... that I have ever had. I also had withdrawls from the Vicodin , but nothing like the Ultram withdrawls. If you do...
... then maybe he can work with you to wean you off the Vicodin . A slow taper schedule will certainly lessen the...
- arrested for prescription fraud 2nd March 2008
... issues. I think I have a refill waiting for me of Vicodin ES and am afraid to pick it up because what if the...
- Needing to try yet again (and again and again) 2nd March 2008
... suffering from back and sciatica problems.
I took vicodin for about a month during pg 1 due to the fall, and ... have been on vicodin and diazepam for back/sciatica problems since birth ... baby in my arms.
I have continued to take the vicodin and sometimes (well, most of the time) it's not because ... the drug abuse.....I find myself needing to take a vicodin when I wake up because I know that the kids are going ... have clonazepam as needed, when I stopped taking the vicodin , I needed it 2 or 3 times a day, but I was calm and ... sidetracked LOL I need to stop taking these damn vicodin , but I can't seem to stop myself and I'm to ashamed...
... you no longer have any medicinal/pain reason to take Vicodin and can s/he now start to dose you down/taper...because...
... pills tomorrow if they areneeded.
Shannon, I took vicodin and diazepam during the pregnancy, it was approved...
- Baja Boats.... 25th February 2008
... Our son is in the same situation you are. He is a vicodin addict. He's married and has two little girls. His ... he had come to us and said our DIL was addicted to vicodin , the first thing out of my mouth would've been, "What...
- Bass 11.... 25th February 2008
... without anything for ten days?
I have a son who is a vicodin addict. It's a long story (he's doing better as far ... been through a tough, tough time. I was dependent on vicodin before my back surgery. I was up to 8 vicodin a day ... alleve was the day I went into full panic. I LIKED the vicodin and didn't want to stop. How was I going to get the ... last summer our son confessed to us that he was a vicodin addict and spent tens of thousand of dollars supporting ... best or was aching for some reason, I'd give him a vicodin to make him feel better. I really blamed myself. ... Our past pot use when he was a kid, me handing him vicodin , etc., etc. It's a long story. I don't think I ever ... looking for excuses. Loratabs got me just as high as vicodin . I was on everything for pain....they're all the...
- Anyone NOT have withdrawals? 24th February 2008
... taken as prescribed for 3 years. It started with Vicodin , and the dosage went up, then to Percocet, until I...
- Hi I am new and I need help! 23rd February 2008
... here. I need some help! :(My husband has been taking vicodin , percacet, tramadal, tylenol 3 and even a pain patch ... For the last couple of months he has been taking vicodin with the pain patch together. He has been taking these ... about his pills. He took in 3 days time 39 pills of vicodin . “13 a day.” "With the patch and alka...
- About to stop using suboxone....advice? 21st February 2008
... on it. Before i started on the suboxone i got into vicodin and eventually heroin, being an opiate addict for...
... the as intense of a withdrawal i got from heroin, or vicodin , it was bareable, but i havent gone 30 hours without...
- New guy on here! 17th February 2008
... this time. I gave my wife my bottle for my refill for vicodin which was thrown out. I do have cravings but I'm going...
- for those who have been to detox before....major question, i need help! 16th February 2008
... ......my addiction was about 200mg of percocet or vicodin a day
I was in there for 3 days...............when...
- don't understand doctors 15th February 2008
... My surgeon has been refilling my vicodin for over a year now. She has even offered stronger ... stories about well-known people going to rehab for vicodin addiction, and the increased overall awareness of...
- trying to get off opiates 14th February 2008
... When my doctor gave me the maintenance dose of 6 vicodin a day, I went back two times, crying that the medicine...
... detox. I dropped from massive doses of opiates to six vicodin a day and had a He** of a time. I went back to the...
- Percocet effect vicodin withdrawals? 6th February 2008
... Percocet is actually stronger than vicodin . So it will definitely temporarily ease the vicodin ... weaker than the vics. I personally went through a vicodin withdrawal last year. I used darvocet, a weak narcotic ... , to ease me through the withdrawal. The vicodin withdrawal was not that bad.
Of course, the best ... opiate while you go through withdrawal. Tapering the vicodin would be the best way to ease off slowly, making the...
- Pain meds..three major surgeries in two years.. help 3rd February 2008
... surgery, then I had a right hip replacement..Ive taken Vicodin or Darvocet for all that time. Then five weeks ago...
- Doc says I'm OK during detox, but I don't know what these ranges mean.. 3rd February 2008
... can remember. After shoulder surgery when I was on Vicodin for 10 months straight, I started drinking again to...
- Trying to be clean,now I have a problem with methadone and I need help 29th January 2008
... the past few years I have taken pain killers like vicodin and percocet which I never took all the time and never...
- Time to taper down and stop 28th January 2008
... to my story other then that I had been addicted to Vicodin for about 2 years. I was taking 4 regular strength...
... pretty much. I really should not have been put on Vicodin . I didn't know at the time that is was addictive....
- Hi I'm new 27th January 2008
... Hi Michelle,
I've been taking Vicodin 7.5/500mg. I've been taking around 10 a day. I was...
... QUOTE=JennaBK25;3418180]Hi Michelle,
I've been taking Vicodin 7.5/500mg. I've been taking around 10 a day. I was...
- im a spouce of an addict in rehab, plz help 27th January 2008
... unhealty relationship with her mom, who is addicted to vicodin as well, just much worse. they live less than a mile...
... unhealty relationship with her mom, who is addicted to vicodin as well, just much worse. they live less than a mile...
... unhealty relationship with her mom, who is addicted to vicodin as well, just much worse. they live less than a mile...
- 3 Weeks and it's Still Rough 27th January 2008
... am 3 weeks clean after at least 8 years of abusing Vicodin and whatever other painkillers I came across. I have...
- Suboxone - Son wants to start but cannot afford it 23rd January 2008
... per day for the medication how is he paying for his Vicodin habit?
Good luck to you - your son is lucky to have...
- Hydrocodone - The Party's Over 22nd January 2008
... but had to add my two cents: PLEASE be careful with vicodin and alcolhol. Try other ways to relax. I try to meditated...
- i told my dr. i wanted to quit, so she prescribed me more painkillers! 22nd January 2008
... and depression and he wrote me a prescription for vicodin !! Yes you read that right. All they know how to do...
... and depression and he wrote me a prescription for vicodin !! Yes you read that right.
I can believe it...
- Pelvic Pain 21st January 2008
... October 07. More recently, in Nov/Dec, got a script for vicodin and percosets from a new dr. Not a good idea...ate...
- tramadol withdrawel 21st January 2008
... year and a half ago I hurt my back and was prescribed vicodin and then percocet. I did not want to keep taking...
- Well I got the lecture I have been waiting for,NOW I need help opiate problems 18th January 2008
... then I got pregnant at which point I dropped down to Vicodin 500 2 or 3 tiems a week and was told the visits were...
- New to this discussion group, withdrawling off oxycodone, in need of advice! 16th January 2008
... hands out narcs like a candy dispenser,) started me on vicodin because I used to be an RN and had a work injury to ... upper back. He also put me on baclofen. I was on the vicodin for 1 year because I was having chronic daily headaches ... needed to get off of it. So, I slowly tapered off the vicodin and was given imatrex and propranolol for migraines ... then out of the blue, not long after I'd been off the vicodin , I started having SEVERE upper abdominal pain. My...
- Old Timers, I have a question..... 15th January 2008
...
The good news is that I really have no access to Vicodin or percs now. I have no valid reason to be on long...
- What's up, Winnie? 13th January 2008
... have started taking supplements.....L-Tyrosine NOT Vicodin . I hope your aches and pains are getting better and...
- I have detoxed... NOW what do I do? 10th January 2008
... quit drinking and intermixed in this time, dabbled in vicodin and percosets when I could get them prescribed. Luckily...
- help me figure this out please 9th January 2008
... receintly had surgery to correct and they put me on vicodin for recovery pain, eliminating the oxycodone. For ... 10 days I had no oxycodone and used the vicodin . Now I am down to only about 2 or3 vicodins left but ... 2 yesterday as pain is subsiding. When I stop the vicodin will I go thru withdrawel from the oxycodone or should...
- A strange two days w/ Vics & Sub....what do you guys think? 8th January 2008
... d at all. As of right now, some 36 hours since a Vicodin - and over 96 hours since a Sub, I STILL have not...
- Starting Over Again 7th January 2008
... the first week, do it. I had tapered down to 3 or 4 vicodin a day but it will still be tough. I am sending good...
- Need a Pep Talk, Big Time.... 6th January 2008
... in the family, bla , bla, bla. The truth is that Vicodin felt so amazing. In the beginning anyway. What once...
- Am i addicted? 4th January 2008
... my baby in april of 06 after the birth i was taking vicodin for spinal headaches... I started on the 500mg one...
... my baby in april of 06 after the birth i was taking vicodin for spinal headaches... I started on the 500mg one...
- Mother needs help 1st January 2008
... addict son.
his drug of choice lortab, oxy, xanax, vicodin etc
20 to 30 lortab a day...
he is now in Detox...
- enlighten me please! 28th December 2007
... today. He said it would help stop the cravings for vicodin ! Does anyone know if this is true? Seems odd to me...
... people getting addicted to drugs like oxycontin and vicodin that are originally given for medical purposes and...
- Barely Hangin On. 23rd December 2007
... i would have ended my fight with the demon itself " vicodin " 7- 7.5 tabs per night after work only,not much of...
- Relief for restless legs at bedtime. 22nd December 2007
... nasty WD`S.I was on sub for about 1 year after abusing vicodin for 2 years following a motorcycle accident, My opinion...
- Pain Free Suboxone and opiate withdrawal. The Jason Method 19th December 2007
... Injection, Oxycontin by injection, percocet (oxycodone) Vicodin (hydrocodone) , Heroin, to name a few. I've suffered...
- PLEASE HELP! Im addicted to vicodin and need to stop.what do you expect from withdraw 18th December 2007
... withdrawls are hard. i have been off the hydrocodone (aka vicodin ) for over three months now. i too, like most of us...
... I was addicted to Vicodin . When my dad died almost 3 years ago the only thing ... that would kill the pain of grieving was vicodin . I was prescribed it for menstrual cramps and back...
