- Advice Please. Pills or Injections??? 20th April 2004
... 5 cm bulge as well as stenosis at L4-L5.
Half a vicodin pill in the morning takes the edge off the pain for...
... since the 1st surgery. The ortho prescribes me 120 Vicodin ES 7.5mg tabs per month. Aside from other anti-anflamitory...
... 5 cm bulge as well as stenosis at L4-L5.
Half a vicodin pill in the morning takes the edge off the pain for...
... miserable, but you might be okay without it. I was on Vicodin for several months. One day I just got sick of taking...
... Proved the doctor's wrong.
Thanks The pill is Vicodin (pain killer)....
- New and have some questions...Please help! 20th April 2004
... 1st one was a fisoin of S1-L5. I have been taking Vicodin ever since. I had to have another surgery in April ... and replace with an artificial disk. I am taking 120 Vicodin 7.5mg per month. Sometimes I have to take other stuff...
- Survey on pain meds Shoreline - please comment! 17th April 2004
... 120 vicodin es tabs 7.5mg per month. Anti-inflamitory meds not...
- Doing well post fusion but EXHAUSTED 17th April 2004
... news: pain is controlled with tylenol (occasionally a vicodin ), walking about 3/4 to 1 mile a day and am able to ... walking. I am on virtually no narcotics. I only take vicodin before bed. I am certainly extremely stiff but don...
- T-9 Compression Fracture + Cracked Tailbone 17th April 2004
... back surgerys. The only legal med that I can take is Vicodin 7.5mg. I really need something else....
- thorasic disc problem 16th April 2004
... sometimes its so bad.......I stay in bed for a day or 2 on Vicodin !
Here is my question......if I had a herniated disc...
- Siatic Pain is killn me. Can you Help? 14th April 2004
... pain for a long time. Nothing the doc tried worked. Vicodin made me sick and Tylenol with Codeine took the edge...
... pain for a long time. Nothing the doc tried worked. Vicodin made me sick and Tylenol with Codeine took the edge...
- 36 Years Of Pain Coming to a Conclusion 14th April 2004
... you know what I mean?
I do take a Vioxx or a vicodin when I want nothing to ruin my day, otherwise, i try...
- Facet joint injections - success stories please! 12th April 2004
... point where I couldn't take it anymore. Am taking Vicodin every 4 hours, ibuprofen-800mg every 6 hours and a...
- Anterior Cervical Fusion of C 5-6 6-7 Neck 9th April 2004
... in between left shoulder blade and spine. Started Vicodin and Celebrex
** 4/2002 - Initial MRI: Spinal and ... fairly good. I am back on Neurontin and I do use Vicodin occasionally. There was a lot of damage to the nerve...
- Lumbar Radiofrequency 7th April 2004
... bump we went over. Moaned all the way home. Was on Vicodin all day and night but have not had any since I got...
- Anxious for this appointment 6th April 2004
... told me the scan showed stenosis at L2-3. I'm taking Vicodin , 10 mg, 5 - 6 times a day, and that's not helping...
... had one of those. I'll have to read up on it.
Vicodin , as I mentioned in my post, is the only med I'm taking...
... had one of those. I'll have to read up on it.
Vicodin , as I mentioned in my post, is the only med I'm taking...
- Artificial disks anyone ? 2nd April 2004
... themselves. I am still taking Oxcodone at night and Vicodin during the day. But I must admit that I find myself...
- Is there a link between pregnancy and all this pain 31st March 2004
... month later it started all back up. (I think being on Vicodin and recovering from C-section and excitement of new...
- back pain and med probs. 30th March 2004
... ask her if she could rx you at the very least some vicodin .then you will have SOME form of pain control and it ... regarding this.Ask her to at least comprimise with the vicodin so you can at least lessen some of your pain.she owes...
... help it if it didnt even ease the pain. changing to vicodin probably wont go over well because military docs have...
- 4 weeks post surgery why am I still in so much pain? 29th March 2004
... R leg starts hurting. Some times I need to take a vicodin . But at least just one. Then the pain goes down to ... where I don't need a painkiller.
I started spacing vicodin in the 4th/5th month post/op. I don't know why I have ...
I remember in the third month I was still taking vicodin around the clock then gradually went down to 2 a day...
- Post op pain 27th March 2004
... could get some relief from the pain. I take ultram and vicodin everyday, do stretches and the water therapy. I guess...
- post surgery pain 25th March 2004
... as bad as before op, but it was bad. I was taking vicodin around the clock, every 6 hours. I couldn't wait until...
- MRI Confusion 25th March 2004
... I'm still in pain but trying to stay away from the vicodin and stick with viox. Any thoughts?
Thank you in...
- Lower back pain 2 years after partial laminectomy. 25th March 2004
... epidural steroids, chiropractic care and lots of Vicodin , but it just kept getting worse. The pain was in...
- Puzzling Post-PLIF Pain 24th March 2004
... from just below my knee to my foot. I'm taking 10mg Vicodin 5 times a day and it's not helping to any great degree...
- Thorasic and neck pain w/knumbing in back, neck, and hands 23rd March 2004
... and mid back. The medicines have been motrin, aleve, Vicodin , neurontin (way to expensive since I make less than...
- Good fusion outcomes wanted! 20th March 2004
... really.
I am currently on oxycontin twice a day and vicodin every 4 -6 hours. I am trying to go once a day on...
... started weaning off my meds at 6 weeks postop. I was on Vicodin ES only.
Keep up the positve attitude and remember...
- Still have pain 20th March 2004
... by and pain goes back up to need to take either a vicodin , neurotine, or a vioxx. But like I said, this week...
... pregnant, what should I take when the pain hits? Vioxx, vicodin , and this strong pain-killers should not be taken...
... with Tylenol only. It is working, but no as well as Vicodin or Vioxx would. I know pain will hit soon tho since...
- Workcomp/Back Injury 19th March 2004
... was sending me home. He called me in a script for vicodin & upped my neurontin. Tuesday 9th at 4am I ended up ... couldnt take it anymore. I was crying for hours. The vicodin wasn't working, I couldn't sleep. Heat and my tens...
... to go to the clinic to pick it up. > That's a lie. Vicodin scripts CAN be called into a pharmacy.
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- Pain worse after ESI 16th March 2004
... that is awful.
I saw him on Friday and he gave me vicodin to at every 6 hours + 800 mg motrin, as wel as told...
- A few questions, help please 11th March 2004
... is doing.
Meds I've tried in the past include: Vicodin , Flexeril, Neurontin, Nortriptyline, Celebrex, Norflex ... skip right from Darvocet to methadone? Had been on vicodin when seen by neursurgeon family doc sent me to until...
- Yet Another Pain Med Question.... 10th March 2004
... Darvocet and Tylenol with codeine; to Endocet, Percocet, vicodin , Lortab, Tylox, Percodan; to dilaudid, demerol, MS...
... Darvocet and Tylenol with codeine; to Endocet, Percocet, vicodin , Lortab, Tylox, Percodan; to dilaudid, demerol, MS...
- Had Mylegram Friday-HELP!!! PAIN!!!! 8th March 2004
... At the very least, they should have you on some Vicodin ....
... asked what I usually take for pain. I had Darvocet, vicodin and percocet at home. I can't stand the spaced out ... feelings from vicodin and percocet, and honestly they don't help any more...
... At the hospital where I had mine, they _offered_ me Vicodin after the procedure. I turned it down because I didn...
- Spinal Stenosis? Help! 6th March 2004
... pain level, the Dr. may prescribe mild opites such as Vicodin (hydrocodone). Diagnostically, the Dr. may look for...
- When is it not ok to still have nerve pain? 5th March 2004
... myself on the floor and I was screaming in pain. Took 2 Vicodin at once cuz I could not move. I am feeling really...
- L-5 fusion 4th March 2004
... been on all the other major painkillers, oxyxontin, vicodin , etc, and they worked for a while but then quit working ... percocet.
After I went to the civilian Dr's, I was on Vicodin , oxycontin, darvocet, and others I cannot even remember ... the names of, and they kept me on vicodin for this whole three years. After awhile I only took ... than motrin or tylenol. They kept telling me that vicodin , darvocet and percocet were the same medicine, and ... about how they're trying to reclassify oxycontin and vicodin because so many get addicted to it. It must do a heckuva...
- Pain Management Program, what to expect? 2nd March 2004
... of 2004 ... I am off the methaose and now just take vicodin and advil .. still have nerve pain .. I have discetomy...
- new here. med probs. 1st March 2004
... dangerous drug. Tell them to give you some Tylox or some Vicodin . I have been on Vicodin for almost a year and was...
- Tail bone contusion 23rd February 2004
... my Dr. , he gave me muscle relaxers, predisone, and vicodin for the pain. I get sharp shooting pain around my...
- Flat on my back after PT- what to do? 19th February 2004
... but it was the stretches that killed me. I took my Vicodin last night, and at least got to sleep for a couple...
- Need Advice 3 herniated disk, DDD, Smorals Nodes, ect 19th February 2004
... on Tylox (Oxycodone) for pain and I was also on 7.5 Vicodin (Hydrocodone). I am still on the Tylox due to extreme...
... on Tylox (Oxycodone) for pain and I was also on 7.5 Vicodin (Hydrocodone). I am still on the Tylox due to extreme...
- New here- ESI question 15th February 2004
... having difficulty, even with pain meds (Darvocet, now Vicodin ). I am hoping to compete on Friday, and wondering...
... having difficulty, even with pain meds (Darvocet, now Vicodin ). I am hoping to compete on Friday, and wondering...
- New Here ! 14th February 2004
... anti-depressants (Elavil) for nerve pain, pain med ( Vicodin ). They want to put off surgery as long as possible...
- Medical marijuana - does it help back/nerve pain? 12th February 2004
... am not advocating this...but I can tell you what-- Vicodin is HECK of a lot more dangerous than taking in a little ... worst part about it) and our doctors write scrips for Vicodin without batting an eye. Hope this helps a little...
... Neurontin), anti-depressants (Elavil) and painkillers ( Vicodin ) not to mention the anti-inflammatories that are chewing...
- IDEY vs Intrathecal Laser Discectory 11th February 2004
... haven't gotten any replies.....chald it up to the vicodin lol...
- new...confused need help.... 10th February 2004
... basically just felt it was a strain and prescribed vicodin and soma.) When I didn't improve after a few weeks...
... basically just felt it was a strain and prescribed vicodin and soma.) When I didn't improve after a few weeks...
- New Here - Doc prescribed Neurontin 10th February 2004
... dosage, I am currently taking 2600 mg a day. Unlike the Vicodin , which I am taking for my back pain, the Neurontin ... was it made me sleepy, this was a good thing. The Vicodin gives me constipation too, I hate that. The price...
... dosage, I am currently taking 2600 mg a day. Unlike the Vicodin , which I am taking for my back pain, the Neurontin ... was it made me sleepy, this was a good thing. The Vicodin gives me constipation too, I hate that. The price ... luck.
Carl
What is Medrol? Is it ok to take the vicodin w/Neurontin? I wasn't sure that I can so I tried ... not to take the Vicodin today.
Myrtle...
... pain than usual. I thought, wow, I'll stick to my vicodin . But after the 3rd week, I am noticing that I do ... not get the foot pain hardly at all. With vicodin , I would take it when the pain started, and didn't ... your body is used to it. My doctor also refilled my vicodin , so it is safe to take both (although my dosage was...
- Update on the experience of a discogram 10th February 2004
... and am still doing that every 5 hours with 10 mg of Vicodin at a time. It brings his pain down to about a 7 he ... that. I even thought I should take one of the 10 mg. Vicodin s but I didn’t and I am glad. Bill got through and...
- Home from L5-S1 fusion & decompression lami 9th February 2004
... sometimes you just can't get around them, I also take vicodin at least once a day, sometimes 3. I also have been...
- Follow Up and Question 6th February 2004
... Deslacym (way off on the spelling) or robitussion with my vicodin . He said it will extend the pain meds so you won...
... properly as it sounds like you have nerve impingement. Vicodin is not the best drug to treat nerve pain....get an...
... properly as it sounds like you have nerve impingement. Vicodin is not the best drug to treat nerve pain....get an ... Carol
Hello -
I am surprised to hear that vicodin is not the best drug for nerve pain. Can you Carol ... elaborate on that? My husband has been given nothing but vicodin for his nerve pain. He has 3 bulged discs and his ... we told the PA at the neuros office that the 7.5 vicodin s really make him sick and nauseated and he didn't ... asked for something different and the PA gave him vicodin 10 mg. saying that this should work, all pain meds...
- Discogram question? 31st January 2004
... sedative just prior to the procedure and sent home with Vicodin as you can have discomfort for two weeks. My pain...
- Neurontin- has it made anyone's nerve pain worse??? 23rd January 2004
... hope, and I am feeling better. Today I had to take a vicodin but haven't had one in about 4 days so the N. must...
... pain a couple times a week at which time I take a 1/2 vicodin and it goes away. The N. is wonderful because it...
... may up the dosage of the N. to try to get me off the Vicodin completely although I don't think it's a big concern...
- Degenerative L-4 and L-5 Discs 22nd January 2004
... am in now...serious pain, but hope to get off the vicodin soon...but an orthopaedic surgeon deals with the joints...
- Question for people who have had a cervical fusion?? 21st January 2004
... advil first and then if that dosen't work I take my vicodin . The whole point of my surgery was so I could be...
- Squatting after microdiscectomy 18th January 2004
... at this point. The only thing that seems to work is vicodin . And I only have to take 1/2 to 1 pill a day, so...
- Lumbar Facet Injections 16th January 2004
... pain I have had so far. So took a muscle relaxer and vicodin and they both have helped. The doctor told me that...
- Disc replacement experiences Help! 13th January 2004
... also believe that I have built up a tolerance to the Vicodin and other pain pills I have. Or maybe they don’t mix...
- Epidural damage i think... please help ANYONE! 9th January 2004
... getting pretty old. The only thing that seems to work is Vicodin ES and Soma . Im trying zanaflex right now.. its a...
- hello everyone .. I am new here.. had a microodiscetomy 3 weeks ago 4th January 2004
... standing I am taking vicodin 5/500 every 6 hrs with little help. I have trouble...
... standing I am taking vicodin 5/500 every 6 hrs with little help. I have trouble...
... think I'll be 100% but that is my goal .. I only take vicodin and advil .. I'm ok laying down or sitting .. but...
- Hip Pain 7 Months Post Op Micro Discectomy 30th December 2003
... ligaments in the area of the surgery. Prescribed Vicodin , muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatories. Also received...
... muscle relaxants (Soma then Skelaxin), pain meds ( Vicodin ) and anti-inflams (tried alot, settled on Celebrex...
- more pain than before 29th December 2003
... call her and she now has me on Percocet as the ES Vicodin hasn't been working as well.
But as you can see...
- Back Pain and Fall 25th December 2003
... deep muscle bruise and gave me a prescription for vicodin . Walking isn't too bad, but getting up and sitting ... Sitting doesn't hurt too much as long I don't turn. The vicodin has helped somewhat but not eliminated it entirely...
... deep muscle bruise and gave me a prescription for vicodin . Walking isn't too bad, but getting up and sitting ... Sitting doesn't hurt too much as long I don't turn. The vicodin has helped somewhat but not eliminated it entirely...
- I know I haven't been around much.... 24th December 2003
... many trips, and got it all done, and with very few vicodin !!! Yeah!!! I have even started lists for next year...
- symptoms for tear/facet/si 20th December 2003
... ever having be dx'd properly. I stopped taking the vicodin as soon as I got pregnant. About 4 mos into it, w...
- Good laminectomy outcomes wanted (really, all experiences) 15th December 2003
... take 2, or if I can tell it isn't going to be enough, vicodin , which still doesn't take the pain away, but helps...
... At my last appointment he gave me a prescrip for Vicodin and they aren't strong enough. I'm mainly having pain...
- Good Fusion Outcomes Wanted 2 14th December 2003
... that you feel a definate pain relief, like tylenol, vicodin or something like that. But it does relieve nerve...
- excruciating left hip pain 13th December 2003
... nerve pain does not respond to pain medicine like vicodin and such.
Good luck :)...
- frustration 11th December 2003
... little. BTW....I took Myocalm when I was also taking vicodin or percocet, soma, an anti-inflammatory, a laxative...
- Sciatica 5th December 2003
... I was able to take this medication along with my vicodin and soma and anti-inflammatory medications. It's...
- December Surgery's 5th December 2003
... morning, weened myself off the shots and went to the vicodin that I have been taking all along. Walked a few more...
- Post-Op Meds (Posterior Lumbar Fusion) 5th December 2003
... and the 1st few weeks afterwards. I've been taking Vicodin 500 mg since January and they're like taking aspirin...
... and the 1st few weeks afterwards. I've been taking Vicodin 500 mg since January and they're like taking aspirin ... was out of the hospital in three days and only used vicodin 1 every 4 hours for the pain. At times my pain definately...
- Doctor won't prescribe strong narcotics!!!!! 2nd December 2003
... driving I did not take anything after 10 pm last night. Vicodin , Darvocet & nothing else touches the pain I am in...
... i have the same issues for the most part.
I get vicodin for my pain quite often.
I haven't read all the...
- back pain meds 30th November 2003
... since 1982. My doctor prescribed MS Contin 15mg and vicodin es for my pain. Someone tell me what happens or could...
- second surgery on the 19th 30th November 2003
... is nothing to play with. How about Ultram or even Vicodin ? Norco? (I think those are III's) I'm not personally...
- Pain Meds? 28th November 2003
... a lot less tylenol and works waaay better than the Vicodin I was taking. I have actually slept a little better...
- Question regarding Medial Branch Block.. 25th November 2003
... anyone else take this? Currently I have been takin Vicodin . Thankx...
... side The Norco 10mgs are helping *way* more than The Vicodin did. I am not pain free by any means but I'll take...
- Need a New Drug 22nd November 2003
... What about something in between, like Vicodin or Lortab/Lorcet?
So oxycontin is really sedating...
- Attn Dayton :) 20th November 2003
... i am desperate-does it help you sleep? I am taking Vicodin , Topamax (for migraines) and ambiem -sometimes Soma...
- Post-IDET Report 18th November 2003
... after the procedure). I'm back on my usual dose of vicodin now. I've read various accounts of how long the flare...
... month before my IDET I noticed that my pain meds ( vicodin , neurontin) were significantly less effective in keeping...
... felt good during the day but then had to take some vicodin at night on top of the methadone to get enough pain...
