- What is soma? 22nd November 2005
... example, you don't have to take a muscle relaxer and a vicodin , or whatever else, because it's all in one. I mainly...
- Prescription drugs and DUI? 20th November 2005
... drunk and spaced his beer out. I asked him how many vicodin he had taken and he told me 5. (they were 7.5/500...
... drunk and spaced his beer out. I asked him how many vicodin he had taken and he told me 5. (they were 7.5/500 ... Cool I just learned something new . . . I thought Vicodin was only 5mg . . . I just read that it can actually ... be an ES & HP also!:
Vicodin : 500mg acetaminophen / 5mg hydrocodone
Vicodin ES ... : 750mg acetaminophen / 7.5mg hydrocodone
Vicodin HP: 10mg hydrocodone / 660mg acetaminophen
I never...
... to get your attorney going on your case.
Drewtn: Vicodin (or Hydrocodone) comes in various doses. Probably...
... to get your attorney going on your case.
Drewtn: Vicodin (or Hydrocodone) comes in various doses. Probably...
... drunk and spaced his beer out. I asked him how many vicodin he had taken and he told me 5. (they were 7.5/500...
- I think I goofed mixing meds- help? 18th November 2005
... like Aleve, Motrin... or pain meds like Ultram and Vicodin .
The patch gives me a headache. Does that wear...
- Dave, my post on hardware.... 18th November 2005
... crap and the drug dependence mess on the whopping 30 vicodin he prescribed per week.
Then hardware started squeaking...
- Endometriosis Pain no help from DR 16th November 2005
... doctors suggestion if I decided to stop taking the vicodin ) I had to switch to having my primary prescribe. ...
- Tramadol 15th November 2005
... ydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), hydrocodone ( Vicodin , Lorcet, Lortab, others), morphine (MS Contin, MSIR...
... Part of me is thinking of just going back on the vicodin . I really didn't have any problems running out early...
... worth checking into. It's a step above Hydrocodone ( Vicodin )....
- pain dr. question 15th November 2005
... about 3. I have an O.D. and an arthritis dr. I was on vicodin til just a few days ago, a couple of months ago it ... percocet. I am worried that no longer than I was on vicodin , especially at the 7.5/750 that maybe the percocet...
- Opiates denied to young CP patients. IRK! 11th November 2005
... joint injection in L1-L5 and she gave me a scrip for vicodin . A few months later the vicodin wasn't working anymore...
- Safe Keeping Of Medication 8th November 2005
... I have vicodin , duagesic patches, darvocet and also the doctors put ... 00 for each pill. That is so sad. Kids also take vicodin and other pain meds and cruch them, so that they can...
... I have vicodin , duagesic patches, darvocet and also the doctors put ... 00 for each pill. That is so sad. Kids also take vicodin and other pain meds and cruch them, so that they can...
- Breakthru pain, help please... ;-(...... 2nd November 2005
... HUGE factor. Any way, my DOC changed my BT meds from Vicodin to morphine IR. If you are taking BT daily, I would...
- Stim Trial Nerves & General Bad Day 1st November 2005
... on me. This is what I remember MS contin15mg 6X, Vicodin 7.5/750 4X, Valium 5mg 4X, Fiorinal w/codeine (for ... adhesive and fentynal. Now I am on MS contin 15mg 2-3X, Vicodin 7.5/750 4X, Norco 10/325 1X (for normal days) add...
- Chronic Pain im 19, need help. 30th October 2005
... well for me. So for years I just took more and more vicodin . My doctor recently switched me to methadone which ... the pain. Although it did help when I went off the vicodin that I was on the methadone and suffered now withdrawel...
- Hydrocodone and Methadone 28th October 2005
... 30mg of methadone daily for two weeks (I had been on vicodin for several years) I'm assuming to help w/d from the...
... starting the methadone. I had just run out of my vicodin when we made the switch to methadone. I decided to...
- avinza? 28th October 2005
... gastric upset when taking hydrocodone, oxycontin and vicodin . When do you take the Avinza? Do you lie down right...
- Dr doesn't want to prescribe pain meds 27th October 2005
... mean you need to suffer. Even if he gave yo ultram or vicodin , percocet would likely manage your post op pain.
...
... years... I can see this doc giving you a script of 15 vicodin after your surgery and saying "good luck" which wouldn...
... the hospital sent me home with #30 regular-strength vicodin . UNBELIEVABLE! I was taking more than (the equiv ... . of) 30 vicodin a day because I'd been living in agony for 2 years...
... notice much help with the Indocin but do have some vicodin left from prior.
Today I had some time to kill...
- question on methadone for pain 27th October 2005
... first it was oxycontin, then I requested a switch to vicodin because the oxy's made me get headaches when the time ... release would happen. I have been on vicodin for the pain for years now. The dose had gradually...
... was possible that he started at 3 because of all the vicodin I had been taking to kind of wean me down a little...
... low dose. Especially when you were taking a lot of Vicodin . Can you give me some numbers as far as dosages,...
... apparent that 30 mg of Meth held you ok, coming off the Vicodin , but what will happen when you decrease the Methadone...
... dose by 66% is a big drop. The big fluctations in vicodin use is understandble, but the goal of pain management ... the meth. Be careful driving, meth is nothing like Vicodin .
Good luck, Dave...
... recommended methadone but I wanted to stay on the vicodin which he agreed to but still wrote to her saying I ... to make the switch after 8 months and more and more vicodin , she just freaked. She is obviously really uncomfortable...
- Marcia, Good Luck 26th October 2005
... more about taking it if they are on something like vicodin or other SA meds that contain tylenol and are having...
- Shoreline I decided 22nd October 2005
... they can start increasing my pump. I am taking three vicodin for break thru pain. I just will work with pain management...
- Any difference between the two hydrocodones? 20th October 2005
... Is there a difference between 10/500mg vicodin or 5/500mg vicodin? I was on norcos (10mg) to regular...
... director said. It really doesn't make sense that a 5/500 vicodin would make you sleep and a half a 10 mg Vicodin would...
- Pain Management Doc being pushy about Morphine Pump, or Stimulator!!!! 19th October 2005
... on Methadone for a year and half.... I have tried Vicodin ,
He mentioned the duragesic patch, but I had been...
- Has anyone had a prob with mallinckrodt oxy? 7th August 2005
... faster to SA meds just like you becam tolerant to 5mg Vicodin , then 7.5, then 10mg, then 5mg percocet , then 10...
- Subutex question for Dave! 4th August 2005
... couldn't somehow sting me in a UA, I would take a vicodin left over from some inury. I wouldn't suffer if I ... but I'm no saint. ;) IF you said you had some old Vicodin laying around, I would say use it to get through the...
- Come to my Rescue, Super Dave 4th August 2005
... updates were funny and inspiring, although I am on vicodin so take that for what it's worth. Since I've been...
- Help!!! My Vicodin Won't Work!! 29th July 2005
... right now. It didn't start out that way for me. The vicodin seemed to work fine and it didn't make me too dizzy...
... you been taking that strength, etc. They make 5 mg Vicodin , 7.5 and 10 mg. If 5mg dosn't work, the 10 mg pills ... trial and error, If you have alot of muscle spasm, vicodin won't do a thing for spasm. If your pain is nerve ... require higher doses.
There is more to it than today Vicodin no longer works if yesterday it did. Did you have ... easily verified if you were given something other than vicodin .
I you have been taking vicodin for any length ... you have an infection and don't treat the infection, vicodin will only mask things so long before an infection ... mgs of Ibuprofen with each dose, you can mix Ibu and Vicodin over the weekend untill you can see a doc. If it's ... being, if the doc feels you can't be compliant with vicodin and work through the normal process of finding the ... without consulting the doc.
Remeber the tylenol in vicodin has dose limts or causes liver damage and your ears ... wreck your liver in with alcohol and the tylenol in vicodin or you could kill yourself if you drink too much on...
- how many ppl work while on pain controal meds? 27th July 2005
... slipped discs) are bothering me I take a low dose of Vicodin and yes, I can work while on it, but I only take one...
- Help with pain meds 26th July 2005
... herniated disks, etc etc.
I've been taking Norco or Vicodin for years. My doc and I are trying different things...
- Have your pains meds ever brought on a migraine? 26th July 2005
... Two years ago I was prescribed Vicodin for a slipped disc and also Shingles.
Since then ... late afternoon.
I got a refill here recently of Vicodin and twice now in the past couple of weeks I have woke ... vomited all day. Both times I got sick I had taken one vicodin the evening before.
Could I have gotten a bad batch ... but I'm going to be so paranoid if I have to take a Vicodin again. :)...
... I'm not sure about the Vicodin (never had it), but I definately have gotten splitting...
... reactions like getting sick that's why I was happy when Vicodin "worked" for me. :)...
... That's interesting Charlie but after taking vicodin on and off for almost 2 years, wouldn't I have gotten...
- IV lidocain 22nd July 2005
... Just like opiates. You wouldn't give up on opiates if Vicodin didn't manage your pain,so you would move on to the...
- Which is stronger??? 19th July 2005
... Tylenol #3 or Vicodin 5 (the regular one, not the ES)?? I am weining off ... pain meds and my doctor wants me to take the Vicodin 5's for the last couple weeks, I had always thought...
... 300mg of Tylenol. Codeine is weaker than Hydrocodone ( Vicodin ). What pain meds are you weaning down from?...
... year, I have gotten off of that completely and am on Vicodin 5/500, I have enough through Thursday and after that...
- Problems with Insurance and Meds 16th July 2005
... surgery in 1993, when I was 23, where the 5-10mg of Vicodin I had pre and post op didnt cut it. I didnt understand...
- Which med is stronger 15th July 2005
... empty bottle with me but he has given me norco and vicodin which is all tylenol w/ codine right i was looking ... see what it said and one of the ones he gave me was vicodin 7.75 - 750 but the norco i think was the name was...
... DeAnn: Both Norco and Vicodin have Hydrocodone, which is a fairly strong (for moderate...
- Radio Frequency Lesioning NIGHTMARE!! 14th July 2005
... here own accord to call him and he authorized 2-5mg Vicodin . That’s it. She was hoping to put something into my ... nothing before, during and after?". I said "Exactly!"
Vicodin would have done me little good considering I take...
... you I was offered post procedure medication. 10mg of Vicodin . Crazy since I take 160mg of Oxycontin a day and up ... 80mg of Norco a day for breakthu. What good would the Vicodin he offered do me. Its was the last item of proof that...
- Kadian? 13th July 2005
... you have to use something proportianally strong. A vicodin would have been like a tic tac and only created a...
- Difference between Hydrocodone and Codeine phosphate? 7th July 2005
... occurring. Hydrocodone is stronger than Codeine. Vicodin is just a brand name for a hydrocodone product with ... all contain Hydrocodone.
So what you have is not Vicodin (Hydrocodone). Hope this helps. Take care....
... few take that to excess (a 20 week taper off of 3 vicodin a day! eepss!) It really isn't like that, but it isn...
- PLEASE no one get offended- ? about vic./oxy. 6th July 2005
... my real question: Is what I take the same thing as Vicodin ? Now for the part I have to CAREFULLY word lol: I ... 've only ever heard of Vicodin and the horror stories of addicts in the States. I...
... Oxycodone can be just as addictive as Hydrocodone ( Vicodin , Lortab) and vise versa if taken incorrectly or abused ... tolerance. Oxycodone is stronger than Hydrocodone ( Vicodin ).
Hopefully this answers your question. I'm not...
... saying is that I'm taking something as addictive as vicodin , and stronger than morphine???? I'm surprised- even...
- What would you do?? 5th July 2005
... happened. I called my doc when I got home and got vicodin to hold off withdrawls. Well, they only gave me enough...
- Pain level at 3[1rst time in a long time!]how long will this last? 28th June 2005
... no ceiling, unless it is combined with Tylenol like Vicodin . If it is just Oxycodone, or Morphine, it all depends...
- Vicodin Side Effects 27th June 2005
... to pain meds and I'm nervous about switching. The Vicodin doesn't seem to upset my stomach or make me as dizzy ... experience the hearing problem is when I take the Vicodin . I'm seeing my pain doc next Friday and I will ask...
... for you. Are you taking tylenol in addition to your Vicodin ? If so, this adds to the amount of tylenol in your ... system and if you are taking alot of Vicodin then it isn't good for you. I think the maximum dose ... your liver and kidneys. I don't know the strength of Vicodin that you are on there are 5/500, 7.5/750 or 10/660...
... the past.
These flushes are defintiely from the Vicodin . When I stop taking the pain meds the flushing goes...
- Is it time to see a PM doc? 25th June 2005
... and pull out past meds. I usually take Flexeril, Vicodin , and Celebrex until things settle down, but I am ever...
- Questions on Duragesic patch 24th June 2005
... on many different types of medications. (Oxycontin, Vicodin , Long acting Morphine, etc...) I have issues on the...
- Need answer on converson... 21st June 2005
... But in my digging I went as far back as April where Vicodin ES was your BT med and just not cutting it. Fine, ... you should be taking?
You talk about not feeling Vicodin ES and not feeling 30 mg oxycodone tablets, but meth ... recommend to anyone.
Remember that you were using Vicodin for BT in April. What strength patch did you use before ... aren't moving fast enough since the April days of vicodin and Fentanyl?
How much do you want?...
- Palladone 18th June 2005
... understand that it is very expensive. My dr. also gave me Vicodin ES for breakthrough. It is a good thing because my ... until Tuesday. In the meantime I am taking only the Vicodin . My Doc says we may have to adjust the strength of...
... order it. My doctor had also given me a script for Vicodin ES for breakthrough which curiously he had never done ... waiting. Thank goodness that my doctor also gave me Vicodin or I would be in big trouble right now. My pain is...
- I got my post op meds recommendation... 17th June 2005
... doctor that was the one who said he gives only 10 Vicodin to his patients after he performs a procedure :)...
- RE: LA meds and BT pain meds??? 11th June 2005
... able to create a proportional diference. If a 5mg vicodin is only 1/20 or 5% of your daily consumption I doubt...
... if you need BT meds every 4 hours . If you need 2 vicodin at the end of each dose to make it last twelve hours...
- Post surgery meds?? 9th June 2005
... same question... before I was a pain mgmt patient, Vicodin or Percocet would be fine but I don't think it would ... short term pain....he once told me he prescribes 10 Vicodin for the surgeries he performs (!!) so I'm afraid his...
- Dizziness from and Access to Tramadol 5th June 2005
... outside your area to find relief. A thousand a month for vicodin will fly you to the best PM doc in the country every...
- Question To Those Who Have Neurostimulators (SCS) 4th June 2005
... would be greatfull it lasts tha long. If a single vicodin works for BT pain, you may be able to get by with ... relief the SCS is doing a great job. Whether you need Vicodin or darvacet or plain old tylenol is really up to you ... always need meds, You may even become tolerant to Vicodin where it's not strong enough to drop you to the 1 ... lie you had a great trial and if you still need a vicodin every now and then what is there to be afraid of. ... If you only use 1 or 2 vicodin a day, you could stop that cold turkey with minimal...
- Hi Shoreline, question for my Mom 1st June 2005
... relief.
They may also add an SSRI to the mix.
If vicodin wiped her out an LA med may be too extreme at this ... the LA med route unless they had no other chice, IF vicodin works 3-4 times a day than stick with it.
I'll...
- Provigil for fatigue 1st June 2005
... DDD low back and Fibro!
Oxycontin, 40, 40 20 daily
Vicodin for BT pain
That is all!!...
... DDD low back and Fibro!
Oxycontin, 40, 40 20 daily
Vicodin for BT pain
That is all!!
Hey JT!
I saw...
- Difference in other(not methadone) generics??? 31st May 2005
... all 5mg oxycodone/apap. And lets see...malinkdrodt's vicodin suck (the M358, M360, etc.) but the 'norco' version...
... complaints). I never noticed much of a difference in vicodin , but then I usually took either vicoprofen 7.5 or ... norco 10's in place of vicodin by the time I was taking them every month on a regular...
- Shore, I need you help again 30th May 2005
... to your base dose would work as a BT med. 5mgs of vicodin is maybe 3% of your total daily opiate intake, I wouldn ... likely your going to need something stronger than Vicodin after RFA untill the nerve completely dies and settles...
... of a break thru med, are you saying that my 5-10 mg vicodin (40mg max per day) isnt in line with the 40mg of Oxycontin...
... would prescribe Oxycontin. Oh well....
The 500mg Vicodin I have works for the back pain SOMETIMES. ...but you...
- Does vicodin cause shortness of breath? 30th May 2005
... How long have you been taking Vicodin ? What is your current dose? Vicodin or any opioid...
- Methadone? 25th May 2005
... as trying those drugs as well. Started off with the Vicodin , Percocet, etc. short acting drugs...then had to start...
- Nerve Damage due to botched Hemorrhoid Surgery 20th May 2005
... aware of this.
I have had a chemical dependency on Vicodin in the past but that was both mine and my HMO’s fault...
- Stolen meds 19th May 2005
... hydro. I can't pay 5-20 bucks a pill and a 5 dollar vicodin wouldn't do squat so it's not really tempting.LOL...
- Will be having surgery..pain med tolerance concerns 19th May 2005
... any other choice but to use short acting narcotics ( vicodin , percocet, etc.) for your pain. I believe, imo, that...
... was managed.
AS far as taking #4 7.5 lortab or vicodin or whatever a day, that's not a huge dose that's gong...
- duragesic patch 17th May 2005
... reactions to everything. I am having trouble with the vicodin , when I first take it I am laid up for about an hour ... more slowly i wont get the big rush like with the vicodin gives me the first hour I take it.
my pain is causing ... OD on it or something.
I only take about 7.5 mg vicodin , and the patch is 25ug. they dont make anything weaker ... than 25. I dont know if thats stronger than the vicodin or not. I dont know the equivalent dosage.
any experiences...
... didn't think of that, maybe I am withdrawing from the vicodin . I just figured since this is so much stronger I would...
... Like you, I too get headaches from hydrocodone ( Vicodin ). Went on the patch (75) an while back and found it...
- Switched med's, need advice 16th May 2005
... Hello again,
I have been on Vicodin 5/500 for quite some time and after speaking with ... still nauseus. The pain relief that I had w/ the Vicodin was much greater than the Norco.
Can anyone make...
... brand vs generics. If you were taking two tablets of Vicodin before he switched you to the Norco 10's, either way...
- Need Advice! 11th May 2005
... then one more at night. I am normally given 30 5/325 Vicodin for the month as BT med. I am grateful for the medicine...
... then one more at night. I am normally given 30 5/325 Vicodin for the month as BT med. I am grateful for the medicine...
- When is a refill request too early?? 9th May 2005
... that you can get an Rx 5 days early--but it was a Vicodin Rx on a regular prescription pad--not a triplicate...
- Pain after 2nd back surgery! 6th May 2005
... orthopedic surgeon. He saw the herniation and put me on vicodin . It was bad so he said that epidurals would prolong...
- Is this humane treatment?? 5th May 2005
... come, Every Monday when I called the doc for my 30 vicodin a week that took the edge off enough to keep me from...
- Is there a differene in Codeine and Codone? 3rd May 2005
... remember the first time I had strep, my Dr. gave me Vicodin for the pain. This was before my accident and I had...
- Med's Disaster .... Help 3rd May 2005
... injection and the doc handed your hbby a script for Vicodin whitch he flled. That's not doc shopping if theproblem...
- I got the Patch !! 28th April 2005
... could up it if that didn't work. I've only needed 1 vicodin today and have been much more comfortable sitting...
- It's been awhile and I need advice!!! 27th April 2005
... them for what seems like too many months to be on Vicodin ) and referred me to the pain management clinic. There...
- Terrified of Methadone 25th April 2005
... from the methadone.
The cost is so much lower than Vicodin or any other pain relievers. It does not cause liver...
- Need advice w/ dosage issue and doctor 24th April 2005
... most othor surgeons use for all surgery to regular vicodin and is doing well.
You simply can't lump everyne...
- Drugs w/ oxycodone in them? 21st April 2005
... I'm currently taking Vicodin ES as a BT medication. Either I'm not satisfied w...
... about 60 mgs of morphine but these are huge jumps from Vicodin ES and may take some time for your doc to get to a ... on the market. But there are alot of meds inbetween Vicodin ES and needing something as potent as Aqtiq.
Oxycodone...
... about 60 mgs of morphine but these are huge jumps from Vicodin ES and may take some time for your doc to get to a...
- Oxycontin to Duragesic 21st April 2005
... refill on Tuesday (!!!!) So I guess it will be lots of Vicodin each day to carry me thru (I'm already trying to only ... oxycontin to duragesic or is it about equal?? Is my vicodin a decent BT med still?? Will I have major "change...
... week, then grudgingly gave me 10 mg 2x day plus 5/500 vicodin for bt.
I just got off the phone with the nurse...
- Question of shoreline 20th April 2005
... for those days, at a low dose like the 10's, a few vicodin per day would get you through without being miserable...
- Now more meds to take.... 15th April 2005
... The Vicoden is by Watson (Watson/587) The only other Vicodin I've had in the past was by Mallincrap ( I hate their...
... med. If you took 300 mgs of morphine a day, a 7.5 vicodin would be about a 1.5% increase and not prove very...
... between 120 of meth and 600 of kadina twice and a .5 Vicodin is just a drop in the bucket,,It's closer to 2% than ... and 4-8 mg of dilauid. I wouldn't expect to feel a a vicodin other than for use n headaches.
It's going to take ... finda dose that's effective and starting fat the 7.5 Vicodin s a joke cmpared to the strength of 120 mgs of meth ... condition so hpfully he will continue to wrk, lus Vicodin ES has way to much apap. IF yu were to take two tabs...
- Pregnant: Weaning off Tramadol(Ultram) 13th April 2005
... introduce any new pain meds to my body. I'm pretty sure Vicodin is considered more risky than Tramadol. They just...
- Advice need 11th April 2005
... unbearable pain for over a year. My GP DR was giving me vicodin and Tylenol 3 for a while after trying to get help...
... unbearable pain for over a year. My GP DR was giving me vicodin and Tylenol 3 for a while after trying to get help...
- Calling in the Experts!!!!!!!!! 9th April 2005
... baclofen and clonodine. But it's a huge step to go from Vicodin to an implanted pump.
With intrathecal meds, they...
