- Response to dshull's "Kali M - IDET" 18th January 2003
... afternoon - try to lie down; and at night I took a Vicodin . I also wore my back brace in the afternoon's when...
- New to the Board- Hi everyone 16th January 2003
... probably all of 24 yrs old) told me that the somas and vicodin are addictive, therfore he prescribed me darvocet...
- Anyone had a discectomy? 14th January 2003
... I spent the night in the hospital, came home with Vicodin , was off all pain meds after the first week or so...
- T7 problem 12th January 2003
... Hey Kathy,
Vicodin is a good pain killer for those with arthritis. You ... and leave you with a great deal of function. Like vicodin it is a narcotic and one can become dependent on it...
- From a Newbie 12th January 2003
... appears relieved during flexion.
I currently take Vicodin when needed, Motrin when I can get by, and am on an...
... I spent one night in the hospital, came home with Vicodin , was walking 1/4 mile within a week, and then just...
- SHEDEVIL-CAN PAIN SHIFT? 11th January 2003
... you will have more luck (I took them while taking vicodin 750, soma, flexeril, nabumetone, zantac, and dulcolex...
- Hi Bernie, I posted to you under the topic of Baxter 9th January 2003
... the only one I will be on for a bit longer yet is Vicodin because of the recent cervical fusion. [img]http...
- to fuse or not to fuse?? 6th January 2003
... years prior to that! I still have a half a bottle of Vicodin that the surgeon gave me the day I left the hospital...
- Capzasin type products gave the best relief 2nd January 2003
... said to wait on buying it for now, the doc has him on Vicodin now.
Thanks for the tip, I did read that is can cause...
- please i need advise!!!! 27th December 2002
... TAKING 1200 MGS OF NEURONTIN AND VOLTAREN ALSO WITH VICODIN FOR MY NERVE PAIN. HELPS A LITTLE, BUT NOT THE RELIEF...
- POOL THERAPY PLUSES 23rd December 2002
... wing. My biggest fear was the interaction with my Vicodin and Soma meds...I had no adverse reactions, nor did...
- I'm sorry I haven't been around for a day or two 20th December 2002
... stools and doesn't affect your pain meds (I was taking vicodin 750/soma/zantac/ and ibuprofen at the same time). ... insomniac problems. But she takes (oh my god) 8-16 vicodin s at once 2-3 times a day!!!!!!!! She still couldn...
- successtory 20th December 2002
... to go downhill. I had made it 8 days without the Vicodin and had to take it again yesterday. Made me feel...
- IDET update 19th December 2002
... articipant. Since my surgery, I have had only 2 refills of vicodin (and I'm not getting any more). I don't take Ibuprofen...
- med not working 18th December 2002
... it has something to do with the fact I was taking Vicodin for the past two years, and my tolerance is way up ... lots of walking, and lots of stairs.
I also have vicodin 5/500, but that is now like candy, for the post op...
- Baxter and Telezy how are you two? 17th December 2002
... convinced me that was a bad idea. I really don't like Vicodin , it makes me so nauseous [img]http://www.healthboards...
- pain meds 13th December 2002
... percocet (i break out in a itchy rash) and i can't take vicodin (makes me soooo sick to my stomcach.
What else is...
- pain meds 13th December 2002
... yet ?
The curiousity is killing me.
I have taken vicodin for two years, it's the same as lortab.
Last night...
- Baxter, my daughter is upset because I'm reading here 12th December 2002
... then to sleep.
I can't get any until tonight, and my Vicodin isn't cutting it.
That is why my pain is so bad, and...
... night? Did the pain meds work? I have never taken Vicodin before, so don't know anything about it?? I see most...
- Baxter is on for a minute 10th December 2002
... tomorrow so maybe I can sleep tomorrow night.
The Vicodin is useless, but the Xanax I just took many of, are...
... much, today is a teeny bit better.
I have been taking Vicodin since 7/00, so that is why it doesn't touch the pain...
... delivery at 4:00 today, go figure, just my luck.
The Vicodin and Xanax barely touch it !
Be very careful with...
- GENERALIZED TINGLING 10th December 2002
... www.healthboards.com/ubb/wave.gif[/img]
I hope the Vicodin does the trick for you, and congrats with wanting...
- 2 level fusion/3month post op 9th December 2002
... IDET last Monday (8 days ago). My surgeon gave me Vicodin for the pain, but right now I am just taking Aleve...
- Had IDET on 12/2 7th December 2002
... body had gotten important work done.
I was off the Vicodin after the first day, just on 2 or 3 Aleve each day ... meds? I had Fentanyl on the day of the surgery and Vicodin the day after. But I was unable to have a bowel movement...
- GETTING VERSED DURING DISCOGRAM!!!!!! 5th December 2002
... people have been to me. I just got a new script for Vicodin to hold me over the rough spots for now....I dislike...
... stomache side effects for me also.
I have been taking Vicodin for two years, now that seems to be like candy, since...
... worth it, to finally know all of the problems.
My Vicodin also could be mailed, but my percocet needs to be...
... glad you got it.
The difference between Percocet and Vicodin has to do with which drug schedule it's on, i.e. the ... prescribe more than a certain amount can get in trouble. Vicodin doesn't have as high a potential for abuse, so they...
- IDET on Tues. 4th December 2002
... the entire day. I'm only taking Aleve now. I took Vicodin the first couple of days but am feeling good now,...
... pain was high but very manageable with painkillers ( Vicodin ). I actually found the brace to be the most annoying...
- just go back from doc appt not happy 3rd December 2002
... day.
You are a sweetheart !
Pearljam,
I only take Vicodin for pain, maybe you could go to a good pain doc to...
- Info on my 2 Level Fusion - Dec. 17 2nd December 2002
... about what pain meds I will need at home.
I know the Vicodin I take now, won't even touch the pain.
I am also going...
... that until about a week or so after coming home, just Vicodin as needed. I still only take occasional Vicodin....
- Telzey 1st December 2002
... could go up and down stairs yesterday.
I'm off the Vicodin , back on only Aleve today, hooray!
Still pretty sore...
- GOOD LUCK TELZEY 1st December 2002
... recovery. I mostly lie down or stand, but I am off Vicodin and only taking Aleve, hooray.
Well, back to lie...
- ok im ventong again 29th November 2002
... room.
Don't feel like an addict, I take 500 MG of Vicodin at least 4-6 times a day.
I can't help on the scar...
- BACK, ARM & LEG PAIN 28th November 2002
... it takes me a little longer to think, due to the Vicodin cloud I'm in. As far as the pain goes, I have just...
- How long is your scar ? 28th November 2002
... I can't take that home, so I 'll continue with the Vicodin for now.
I guess the "Oxy" is terrible to come off...
... that I couldn't get addicted to it! WRONG!! I take Vicodin now , but I only take a couple a day and I can go...
- Please read what my surgeon did about my meds! 28th November 2002
... Hi. I've been taking Vicodin E.S. for almost 11 months now. I've called for refills ... God, so basically, after 11 months on extra strength vicodin he is doing this? You're supposed to taper off, and...
... Junkies".
For two years now, I have been taking 4-6 Vicodin a day, mine are only 500 MG.
I had trouble with one ... Trooper" I am sticking it out, then I explain it is the Vicodin that keeps me going.
Without taking it, I could not ... I was, I would be sure to score better drugs than Vicodin . (Prescribed or not)
I still work full time today...
... sense to me.
If you really need to continue taking the Vicodin , my advice is to let him know that you really need ... giving me whatever I like, but again, I stick with the vicodin by choice.
He knows that is the only way I have been...
... thing I feared the most when I originally began taking vicodin extra stength eleven months ago. Tapered off, pffft ... m just suffering naturally. My prescriptions for Vicodin extra strength were for 90 pills at a time. I have...
... get to a Pain Management doctor. This doc stopping vicodin so abruptly "could" be lining himself up for malpractice ... when it comes to narcotics. No way you should be on vicodin for such a long time - too much tylenol. If you need...
- Hi Husker 25th November 2002
... that we have something else in common...I also take Vicodin for the pain. Technically its Norco 10 but its the...
... will both be so happy when we can stop taking our Vicodin !
Maybe my brain will work a little quicker like it...
- fusion L5 S1 22nd November 2002
... on pain meds. I'm on oxycontin, nortryptolene and vicodin now. I was on Ultram until recently (which didn't...
- Kali 20th November 2002
... Vioxx, but replaced the Ultram with an occasional Vicodin . I honestly just try to put up with the pain instead ... of taking the Vicodin . It totally spaces me out! I'm such a lightweight...
- Hello all! 19th November 2002
... thats what it seems like. I have been given Darvecet, vicodin , skelatin,valium and some others that did nothing...
... Worse after walking and sitting. I take ultram, vicodin , zanaflex (to sleep), lodine etc. None really work ... but I have recently tried Vicoprofen (just a mix of vicodin and ibuprofen)and I do feel some relief which is very...
- Spinal Surgery - Pending 19th November 2002
... mgs 3xday
soma 350mgs 4xday
ultram 50mg 2pills 4xday
vicodin 5/500 6xday
norco 10\325 for a break through med as...
- Finally some good news, fusion is set !! (Lisa) 18th November 2002
... beers "brown bottle medicine", than keep taking my vicodin for the pain.
See, if you lived closer, I would have...
- Please help, no one else will 17th November 2002
... substnace (yet) like Codine (Tylenol #1,2,3,4) or Vicodin . I see two pain managment doctors who let me take...
- Idet 10th November 2002
... for a year now. After the 2 procedures I've been on Vicodin and ocassional Lortab. I usually can do with just ... one or two per day ( Vicodin ) - usually it's just one at night. But, I tend to...
- To Baxter - more questions 9th November 2002
... save up my time for all of these procedures.
I take Vicodin daily, I've tried many others, but the vicodin helps...
- HERNIATED DISCS-CEVICAL & LUMBAR?? 8th November 2002
... DIAGNOSED IN NECK YET. NEURONTIN AND VOLTAREN AND VICODIN E.S. HELP SOME. GOOD LUCK, FILL IN THE REST OF YOUR...
- Scar Tissue from prior Back Surgery 6th November 2002
... injections, Epidural steriod injections, motrin & vicodin . No relief. My PCP is sending me back to the surgeon...
- discogram completed - description of procedure 4th November 2002
... usually throw up on full doses. When I get prescribed Vicodin I usually take 1/2 or 1/4 doses and that works for...
- back problems 31st October 2002
... in the lower back. I haven't needed nearly as much Vicodin as expected....
- Vicodin e.s. It's the least of my problems that I'm addicted but... 30th October 2002
... for the reply. I have been taking it a long time. Vicodin for about two months and Vicodin E.S and Talwin NX...
... I have the duregesic 50 patches, norco ( vicodin 10mg),and diasapam. When times are tough we bring...
... with the duration that I've been on extra strenth vicodin , I don't know if I can just taper down and stop. ...
- Treatments for Lumbar Disk Tears? 28th October 2002
... muscle relaxers, pain meds (the only one that works is Vicodin HP (high potency). I have a tens unit, I try ice ... nothing is different. I can only relieve my pain with Vicodin HP, and sometimes with my cane as needed. I have...
- Anyone know of info on pregnancy and herniated disks? 27th September 2002
... things get out of hand, I could only take Tylenol or Vicodin . NOTHING ELSE.
I have spoken to a lady in the ... which she went through her entire pregnancy taking Vicodin . She had her boy a couple of months ago and he is...
- lumbar pain worse during menstruation 28th August 2002
... currently being sedated on antidepressants and take vicodin for the pain. I wish I did not have to fill my body...
- Pain meds and mania 5th March 2008
... that you also suffer from pain, that's sucks. I use vicodin and advil to deal with my pain. Hope you feel better...
... I take Vicodin for migraine. It can make me speed and get euphoric ... nodding off like a druggie.
But the downside of the Vicodin is that after the high wears off (and hopefully some...
- Hypomania and migraine 29th September 2007
... an early side effect for you.
Funny, Fiorocet, Vicodin , Percodan...all of them never touch my migraine pain...
- New here, thank god I've found people who understand 20th September 2007
... fibromyalgia, osteo-artherits, and am bipolar. I am on vicodin , 100mcg fentenol patches, ultram for pain, inderal...
- Tsohl....Sending You ((((HUGS)))) 8th September 2007
... builds up that quickly. If I take a muscle relaxer and vicodin I can get along a little better.
I always read...
- Seroquel?????? 7th May 2007
... fully worked. I'm in my 18th day of self detox from Vicodin (21 per day) and still feel like crap along with the...
... psych meds:
First off, I am not here to judge you.
Vicodin s: 21 a day, not good for your liver and you definitely ... there is liver damage and how much. First were they vicodin s OR vicoprofin? If they were vicodins, then the Acetiminife ... Percocets for a short time of a year, then back to Vicodin s, now I am back on Percocets).
Now, if they were ... Vicoprofin, then they had vicodin and Ibprofin in them which will rot your stomach lining...
... for the original thread starter who was taking 21 vicodin a day---the tylenol is brutal on the liver!! Yes, ... judging you for whatever reason you were ons so much vicodin , but seriously, get your liver checked out--please...
... Monday I also relapsed a little and took half of a Vicodin (not Vicoprophin) at around 9:00am and another around ... start to my day. I felt like *****, (maybe taking the Vicodin 's the day before had something to do with it, la duh...
... are having such a difficult time of it. Taking the Vicodin only enhances the overall effects of meds so that...
... I do feel much better today. Haven't taken any Vicodin , nor did I take the Seroquel. I just keep telling...
- friend with bp 6th April 2007
... mania.
That being said, it takes quite a bit of vicodin over a period of time to become addicted to it. Obviously ... it should not be taken with alcohol. Vicodin is an opiate. Taking too much can cause a severe ... If your husband is taking the prescribed amount of vicodin and having one or two beers, he'll probably be ok ... that you do not drink when taking a medication like vicodin .
Hope this helps a bit.
Take care,
Tsohl...
... mania.
That being said, it takes quite a bit of vicodin over a period of time to become addicted to it. Obviously ... it should not be taken with alcohol. Vicodin is an opiate. Taking too much can cause a severe ... If your husband is taking the prescribed amount of vicodin and having one or two beers, he'll probably be ok ... that you do not drink when taking a medication like vicodin .
Hope this helps a bit.
Take care,
Tsohl
thanks...
- Really Confused!!!!!!!!!! 30th March 2007
... personal experiences. I'm also taking neurotin and vicodin for pain mgmt....
- bi-polar II family problems is it me???? 27th March 2007
... bilateral congenital hip problem since birth, I take vicodin lamictil, serequel, and sometimes clonapin, I have...
- Our Bipolar Kids ~ Finding the Light--Take 2 11th March 2007
... Grease" and dying eggs!! I took a muscle relaxer and a vicodin for my back, so I'm probably not going to be good...
- Bi-polar/ADD Connection? 2nd March 2007
... board because I'm trying to break my addiction to Vicodin . My depression and anxiety disappears with the use...
... see in Bipolar. Also...when you started using the Vicodin did something traumatic happen in your life such as...
- Could my husband be bi-polar??? 26th June 2005
... He got out of hand and I couldn't leave. He was on vicodin for back pain and drinking liquor. He wasn't really...
- There's no ubiquitous "answer" to this disorder, yet the head-banging goes on... 18th March 2005
... M*~
I used to take vicodin , but was told by my p-doc that it causes those neurons...
