| Key to ratings for lortab: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 2 | Arachnoiditis - Low Back Leg Pain | Not as effective for my severe pain as Percocet and Norco. In fact I advised my physician I would prefer not to take these at all because they were not working well. | M | 29 | 5 months | 1/26/2010 | 5 | back pain | hella happy n outta pain n high woot woot | love it | M | 20 | 6 years | 1/20/2010 | 3 | Severe lower back pain | Some drowsiness, some lightheadedness, and some nausea | It helped me for the first 2-3 months that I was on it, but by my 4th month, it stopped working on the pain that it was suppose to help ease. If I didn't eat I felt really loopy. | F | 22 | 6 months | 12/13/2009 | 4 | Surgery | Drowsiness, had a "good" feeling. Lightheaded | It worked great for me, no major side effects. It can make you sick if you move around alot while taking it. | F | 22 | 10 days | 11/26/2009 | 3 | Knee Surgery | Somewhat constipated, drowsiness is out of sync with taking the pill. For example I take the pill and many hours later I'll get sleepy out of the blue. Gassy. | Pretty weak for pain relief for knee surgery. Going to try to get codine. | M | 35 | 3 days | 11/3/2009 | 3 | Swimmers Ear | Odd dreams, rambling on about random things, all muscles feeling "tingly" | F | 14 | 2 weeks | 11/2/2009 | 3 | Rotator Cuff & Bicep tendon surgery | Insomnia, bloating, constipation, itchy scalp, increased serious demeanor | Bloating can be addressed by drinking plenty of water and taking daily walks. Constipation can be addressed by eating apples, vegi's, and a supplemental bran product (inactivity and sitting too long does NOT help this condition!). Itchy scalp is annoying, scratching it can aggravate the condition, and little can be done for relief (I use Tea Tree Oil shampoo). Cramps in calves can be an indication of being sleep deprived, inadequate hydration, and a need for mineral supplementation. I increased my water intake and ate a banana daily. Relief from discomfort with the help of Lortab is subtle (for me). I am only aware of it's effectiveness when I go without taking any for a couple days. I've determined that I don't need to take it "once every 4-6 hours", as a dose in the morning seems to be effective for most of the day. I find taking two tabs to be more effective, but I fear increasing my resistance to it. I also intentionally stop taking it for a couple days every couple weeks. Better too, that I avoid from taking any prior to the end of the day.... as it it disrupts my sleep. An unusual side effect has come to light since taking Lortab. My demeanor has changed and I am taken more seriously since taking this med. My unusually happy demeanor has changed, and I am now less tolerant of nonsense. | M | 55 | 3 months | 9/11/2009 | 4 | Arthritis+Infection+URI | Itching, minor rash | Itching has been fairly minor until recently. I started noticing the itching on the second day but it has increased dramatically on the third and now I've stopped, switching back to Ibuprofen 800. It was fairly effective at numbing the pain, allowing me to get some much needed sleep (prior to this I only got 3 hours in 3 days), but the itching is starting to drive me crazy, and probably isn't a good sign. I didn't really feel much or any euphoria, but this may be because I experimented with harder drugs as a teen and have a slight tolerance, so I may get less benefit than a person who hasn't been exposed to normal recreational drugs in the past. 5-500 HYDROCODONE APAP | M | 30 | 3 days | 8/30/2009 | 5 | Fx. hip and femur, chronic bk.pain | At first it caused some itchiness but that subsided after a month or so. Helped with multiple pains. | Lortab has been a lifesaver for me. I've taken it for many years, taking off some time to make sure I wasn't getting addicted. This drug helps me get through my day so that I can work and carry on a normal lifestyle. Otherwise, I would not be able to carry out my busy lifestyle. | F | 62 | 15 years | 8/19/2009 | 2 | Shoulder injury | EXTREME Headaches | Doctor switched me to Darvocet.. which had no effect on me what so ever didn't lessen pain. i felt like a hadn't taken anything. also put me on valium. which i can't take b/c of breast feeding. and flexeril.. which knocked me out cold and left me groggy for days.. not good b/c i have a 1 year old. i ended up just dealing with the pain | F | 20 | 3 weeks | 8/10/2009 | 4 | Severe lower back pain/bulging disc | Nausea, euphoria, shakiness, itchiness | This medication is the only thing that has ever helped my back pain. I generally require a prescription of 15 pills about 3 times a year, and am very careful not to ever take more than that because I understand that it can be highly addictive. It affects me differently each time I take it. Sometimes I will take it and will feel very euphoric and high and happy, and sometimes it will make me violently ill with vomiting. The only consistant thing I have experienced is that it does relieve my pain. If you can tolerate the medication and can trust yourself not to become addictive, it is a good choice for pain relief. | F | 30 | 10 years | 8/4/2009 | 1 | shoulder surgery | Extreme muscle twitching along with abnormally vivid and psychotic dreams while fading into sleep and violently waking up. All this for minor relief of pain. | I recommend strongly staying away from this particular pain medication. | M | 17 | 4 days | 7/26/2009 | 3 | severe osteoarthris since age 16 | I take 2 tabs 2xday. Lortab 10/500 does not relieve pain completely. Just takes the edge off. Have used Lortab 10/325. Works much better. Tylenol seems to block the Lortab effectiveness. | F | 58 | 10 years | 7/19/2009 | 4 | Oral surgery | Drowsiness, disorientation, itchy skin, shaky and slow movements, poor eye-hand coordination. Nausea if I walk around too much. Not sure if this is related to the drug or not, but I was just starting my period before I took the first Lortab pill and it was reduced to spotting in about 5 hours. | F | 22 | 3 days | 7/2/2009 | 4 | Abdominal Surgery | Itchy skin, I felt like I looked like a crack addict going through withdrawals, felt stoned, very vivid dreams and experienced very weird wake/dream state when taken right before bed, it does take the pain away | Been taking LORTAB 7.5 for 4 days now during recovery from abdominal surgery. I'm aware of the possibilities of addiction, I plan on asking for a weaker pain med at my first post-op check up. I've already lessened my dosage due to the side effects. | M | 29 | 4 days | 6/19/2009 | 2 | after carpal tunnel surgery | ITCHING, | I THOUGHT I WOULD SCRATCH MY SKIN OFF | F | 47 | 4 days | 6/9/2009 | 5 | Peripheral Nerve Damage in leg | Euphoria, Itchy Skin, Drowsiness, Very tired but hard to get to and stay asleep, pinpoint pupils, and of course elimination of pain. | I still take Lortab 5-500 for the Peripheral Nerve Damage in my right thigh and it helps me out A LOT! I love how it takes away my excruciating pain. :) | M | 18 | 3 months | 6/3/2009 | 1 | tooth replacement (abutment stage) | Extreme sweating, also dizziness. Will never take again. | I was given generic hydrocodone/apap 7.5MG/500MG | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/20/2009 | 5 | Bad Headaches | Pure euphoria | Some people swear by this stuff and comment on how effective hydrocodone is for pain, but it honestly didn't do much for my headaches - but I still just love taking it beacause of the pleasant side effects. Soon after taking a 10/500mg pill, I feel like I'm floating on air and feeling good all over. The euphoria that comes from these pills is wonderful. Lortabs are also good for lifting my mood, which is always good :) | F | 20 | 2 months | 5/16/2009 | 1 | breast lift surgery | The lortab gave me vivid dreams, it would make me jerk during the night and would wake up for hours at a time. Unable to eat hardly anything at all while taking the medication. Did not get the pleasant feeling that alot of people talk about getting while taking it. Still experienced pain while on medication so I can not really say that it worked that great for me. | Took it for 6 days after surgery. Have been having insomnia for 5 days since getting off of it. Makes me feel like I am going to jump out of my skin. The withdrawal is not worth it. I will never take this medication again. | F | 38 | 6 days | 5/15/2009 | 2 | Breast Lift Surgery | Insomnia, muscle twitches while taking the medication. Dry mouth and constipation also. It made me very tired at first, but after a few days I had insomnia. | I recommend Darvocet or Tylenol #3 instead. They last a lot longer and don't have all the side effects and they are not as often abused. | F | 36 | 5 days | 4/22/2009 | 2 | Pain after abdominal surgery | Terrible itching all over my body including scalp, slight rash on my abdomen, feeling of being drunk and uncoordinated, mild nausea and anxiety. | The pain relief was pretty good, but the itching made it very scary and unpleasant to take and I stopped after 2-3 doses. Changed over to Tylenol #3 which worked fine without the side effects. This is the first time I've taken Lortab, unfortunately it's not for me. | F | 54 | 1 days | 4/20/2009 | 3 | cronic pain from severe RA | F | 43 | 3 months | 4/9/2009 | 1 | Felt like I wanted to throw up a few hours after taking the pill. I was completely sedentary and was going in and out of conciousness for the rest of the day. Experienced slight hallucinations and might as well have been drunk. Stomach was in knots and cannot seem to think properly. | I would not recommend taking this pill. | M | 1 days | 4/5/2009 | 4 | 6 bulging disc,arthritis,neuropathy | SEVERE CONSTIPATION and drug only works for a couple hours at most | i'm on 10mg x 4 daily. now it does take the edge off of the pain don't get me wrong but the CONSTIPATION was/is horrible. i have been eating fiber plus bars 2-3 x daily and taking metamucil 2-3 x p/week. i just left work because i was feeling sick to stomach. came home and finally sh*t out about a weeks worth(for real) in about 6 trips to the bathroom. damn, now i feel normal. felt like puking when i woke up this morning. make sure you supplement with lots of fiber(pills,bars and powder). and don't eat 2 hours before or after taking lortab. in the drug insert, it says lortab works better on an empty stomach. damn i just lost 10 lbs and i think i can go back to work now(unfortunately). good luck sh*tting! | M | 29 | 3 months | 4/3/2009 | 3 | Shoulder reconstructive surgery | Nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and fairly severe itching (especially in the palms of my hands). | I had to switch medication as the pain to gain ratio was too negative: too many side effects and not sufficient pain control. Medication initially controlled the very severe post op pain somewhat, but after a week - when the pain levels became more tolerable - the side effects of the medication became too cumbersome. Switched medications by doctors orders. | F | 49 | 7 days | 3/13/2009 | 2 | throat surgery | intense headache two hours after dosing, general feeling of malaise and uneasiness, like I got hit by a truck. side effects took a good day or two to wear off. | i really wanted this to work, but the analgesic effect was minimal compared to the side effects. advil worked just as well without the major headache. | M | 37 | 1 days | 2/11/2009 | 5 | bruised ribs | euphoria, tingles throughout body, spacey/high, dry mouth | I absolulty love Lortab, it knocks my pain completly out, plus awesome euphoric feeling. Also I was very talkative, I couldnt shutup. I talked my b/f's head off. It just made me feel happy. Anyway glad I cant get my hands on these anytime I want b/c I would get addicted!! | F | 26 | 7 days | 2/6/2009 | 5 | Mouth surgery | I'm on it now, actually. I just took a 10. I love it. i feel..euphoric. a little itchy sometimes on my feet and face and lower stomach. my pupils get really really small. and have a hard time focusing and my motor skills are shakey and slow (almost like being drunk) but my mind runs at like 90mph and i talk alot and say things i would normally feel uncomfortable saying. it helps with pain amazingly though. | i take it ..all the time O_O | F | 21 | | 1/18/2009 | 4 | Fractured ankle | About a half hour after taking this medicine i would experience a muffled sensation in my ears almost as if i was wearing ear muffs. I also was more thirsty, slighty more tired, and somewhat dazed/dizzy. Lortab made it a bit harder for me to concentrate on things, however, it also made me feel at peace. Side effects were minor. | This was prescribed to me as a pain killer and it definitly did its job. The pain in my foot was gone between 30 minutes and an hour after taking this. | F | 18 | 7 days | 1/14/2009 | 4 | tooth pain, migraines | Horrible sweating. Sweating to the point of soaking my clothes and having to change the sheets. Difficulty sleeping for more than 3 hrs or so, constipation, vivid dreams, increased anxiety, depression after stopping medication. | This stuff does work for pain but the sweating was really more than I was prepared for. I would use it again because it kept the pain in check but wow, the soaking clothes and sheets were miserable. | F | 36 | 5 days | 1/3/2009 | 3 | surgery pinched ulnar nerve transpo | none whatsoever | I only took it to be obedient to the stern lectures I got about staying on top of the pain. I never used any pain meds after 3 foot surgeries, so I spaced the Lortab out from 6 hours to 12 to 18 to 24 and then completely stopped. What to do with extra? | F | 43 | 3 days | 12/29/2008 | 5 | broken wrist | tired but couldnt sleep, dry mouth, felt amazing, made body numb | they were the 5-500 | M | 15 | 3 days | 12/17/2008 | 5 | Repair posterior tibial tendon tear | Itchy all over!! Made me sleepy, but couldn't actually sleep. | Worked excellent on pain for me. Didn't have nausea like with percocets. I was aware of constipation from percets and anesthesia, so I prepared for that. | M | 44 | 3 days | 12/13/2008 | 3 | broken ribs | dry mouth, tired but difficult to sleep due to anxiety or something not quite sure how to describe it (felt like either my breathing slowed down to the point of all of a sudden gasping for air or my heart skipped a beat, weird and hard to explain). Worked really well for the pain though. Was also taking Lodine though so I'm not sure if any of it was from that. | M | 30 | 12 days | 12/12/2008 | 3 | Post op tonsillectomy | constipation, drowsiness, mobility effected (unable to fully use my hands), tired (sleep a lot but don't feel well rested), "drunk" feeling | Worked really well for pain in my throat. | F | 29 | 10 days | 11/25/2008 | 5 | tmj | none | M | 40 | 1 months | 11/4/2008 | 4 | chronic pain syndrome | sleepy, but in and out of conscience didnt work well to take before work. and i if you have to you can split the dosage amd take morning and evening. this medicaion ha helped me be able to get enough exercise so my muscle tone to improve; | can cause nauseating and disoriantation, but olny for a f | F | 31 | 45 days | 10/6/2008 | 3 | Recovery from ovarian surgery | CONSTIPATION!!! Itchy | Beware before you take this, it will constipate you!! Not very fun. I had my ovary removed and Lortab helped to make my body as a whole feel better, but I still had a stinging pain in my lower abdomen around where my ovary was. | F | 28 | 7 days | 9/17/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia, back/hip pain | nausea, drowsiness, | This medication is a miracle for my fibro pain. I've tried cymbalta and had a terrible reaction to it and decided to just stick with the lortab- (vicodin/ hydrocodone) all the same right? At first, I would get nauseated and drowsy but have found if I eat with or before I take my pill, the nausea isn't there. Also, after about a month or two of taking it, I no longer get drowsy, but instead get a rush of energy, just enough to get me through the day. I do experience bouts of constipation, but that may be from IBS. I would recommend this for fibro pain if you can get your doctor to prescribe it. Certain people out there abuse drugs like these so they make it hard for people who really need them to get them. | F | 27 | 11 months | 9/5/2008 | 4 | Post surgical pain | Allergy: extreme itching, rash | This medication was very effective, however, I developed an allergy to it. | F | 40 | 2 days | 8/13/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia, lower back pain | Constipation, increased energy almost a "mania" type mood | This is just about the only pain medication I have found that I do not build a tolerance to. I take for two weeks then suffer for two weeks to keep from forming addiction. | F | 35 | 2 years | 8/2/2008 | 5 | Old injuries, muscle pulls/strains | Some itching if I double a dose from 1 to 1 1/2-2 tabs of 7.5's per day, had some constipation at first but not much of a problem now. Occasional headache with the larger dose also. Sleeplesness if taken close to bed time. Good over all feeling of well being which also helps with the occasional depression. A kick in energy if I require it. | I take Lortabs for old injuries, arthritis and muscle pulls/strains from working out with weights. I'm in good shape/condition for my age.My dosage is 7.5/500's which I take once a day toward the evening. I started out with this dosage but after the first 8 months or so have taken a dose and a half a couple of days out of the week.I take it if I need it or not. My doctor has been OK so far with the scripts and hasn't questioned me about addiction or anything yet. This drug has given me a much better quality of life but I do fear damage to the liver for taking it for so long. Also concerned about addiction but I plan to be taking Lortabs for a long time because there is nothing else that I've taken which helped me. | M | 58 | 1 years | 6/28/2008 | 4 | delayed healing broken tibia/fibula | sweating, dry mouth, irratable at times, headache, nausea | i take the 7.5's for about a year now. same dose as always, 3x's a day works just fine for me. i havent had to "increase" my dose which is good. the benefits outway the side effects for me. i just drink lots of water! if i take more than every 5-6 hrs. i get irratable and a headache. eating before taking also helps with the nausea. hope this helps someone! | F | 30 | 1 years | 6/19/2008 | 2 | Chronic Pain | Itching, unable to sleep for more than 45-1 hr at a time | Thought at first this was yet another allergic reaction, but had no hives only intense itching | F | 19 | 1 days | 6/19/2008 | 4 | Jones Fracture (Broken foot) | SEVERE CONSTIPATION, Hallucinations immediately following surgery, warm feeling, insomnia, sweats | First and foremost the drug did an okay job of relieving the pain. I was taking 7.5 every 4 hours and Ultram for breakthrough pain. Though getting up and trying to move after surgery was unbearably painful, I prefer that to the constipation that I encountered. I did not use the restroom for 5 days since I started taking the medication. I used the restroom 2 days ago and my anus is still sore, but okay. Immediately after using the restroom, I discontinued medication and decided to whether the pain with the Ultram and tylenol. | M | 20 | 5 days | 6/6/2008 | 3 | wisdom teeth extracted | hallucinations, itchy feeling, less inhibitions, sleepy | i did not like this medication because it gave me a scary hallucination after about 4 days taking it. the first few days i was itchy and sleepy, and i dont think i pooped the whole time. also, the whole time i was REALLY open with what i would talk about, i'm a little embarrassed at some of the things I remember saying. | F | 19 | 4 days | 5/30/2008 | 1 | wisdom teeth removal | hives, trouble breathing | I'm not really sure if it worked but I was allergic to it. I did not get much relief from my pain but I also was getting a dry socket. I only took one pill before I found out my allergy. | F | 17 | 1 days | 4/24/2008 | 2 | Pulled Muscle | tired and disorientation | It didn't help at all, except at night where it helped to put me asleep | M | 16 | 20 days | 4/4/2008 | 5 | ACL MCL tear | dude... im stoned everytime i take this and i just dont care i dont feel any pain its just... awesome? | M | 19 | 3 weeks | 4/3/2008 | 3 | abdominal surgery | drowsiness, sleep interrupted by strange nightmares, a strange dream/wake state with vivid images, flushing heat at different times | pain relief during pleasant floaty feeling which easily slips to the dream/wake state. | F | 50 | 5 days | 3/26/2008 | 2 | Endometriosis and ovarian cysts | People I know have experienced bloating/constipation, but this was never a problem with me. I took Lortab with a full glass of water and food. | It cut the pain by 1/3. It's not great, but it's better than Naproxen (which didn't do anything.) I had hoped it would work better since I know people buy this stuff on the "streets." I was so disappointed that I felt like crying. | F | 22 | 12 days | 2/21/2008 | 4 | herniated disc in lower back | Sometimes i would experience itching, nausea,vomiting, euphoria, drowsiness | Lortab and other's like it are out there to help people in need but this medication should only be taken as prescribed or else you will build up a tolerance to it and it won't work as well for you in the future. I think that this drug has a high potential for abuse, but it also does help people in serious pain. | F | 35 | 10 times | 2/14/2008 | 5 | migraine | none | none | F | 28 | 10 years | 2/11/2008 | 5 | Broke metacorple in half | a high, hot and sweaty feeling but not really sweating, nasuea, redused eye vision, little upset stomach.. | eat and drink while on this mediction and goto sleep when you take it. | M | 14 | 8 weeks | 1/22/2008 | 1 | I am not; my wife did | My wife got addicted to lortab and it destroyed my family. We almost lost everything and I had to divorce her. I put my life together but she is basically homeless and jobless at this time. | REMEMBER Acute sharp pain lasts for few days at max for most illnesses and injuries so no need to stay on them any longer than you have to. Please avoid this evil. | M | 49 | 10 years | 1/19/2008 | 4 | fibromyalgia,chronic fatigue, rhemu | Have had no side effects. | I started out taking 5's, then went to 7.5's,now I'm taking 10's.I take 1 every 6 hours. Sometimes the pain is so bad, it seems like nothing really helps. But if I didn't take it, I would be much worse off.I don't feel that I am addicted to it. I would be more than willing to try something else, if I knew it would help. | F | 50 | 4 days | 1/14/2008 | 4 | cervical fusion c5-7 | itching, nausea. nice euphoria feeling that really just makes you not care about the pain rather than get rid of it. | either way it works and the itching isn't all that bad. Not too hard to kick but you do have to ease up. if you just go cold turkey after taking for a while you will feel | M | 40 | 2 months | 1/13/2008 | 4 | Failed Lower Back Surgery/Chronic | Itching, Very seldom constipation,Increase in pain if late taking it ( 1 10/500 4-5xday) since 8/07..Treatment of me as a person by pharmicists filling my very legitimate prescriptions and passing judement, also withdraweal fear if I can ever stop them. Doctor increased this pass Pain management Visit from 4 to 5 times half of the month and if this does not minimize flasres he will move to OXYIR or other more potent drug and this is not what I want to happen | Lortab works very well for my pain post surgery/presurgery I took 22mg in liquid form every 4 hrs around the clock and it did not help..This drug does relieve pain, but i can see a slow tolerance developing to the dosage. I stay sleep sometimes and spacey and itchy and dry mouth | F | 47 | 16 months | 11/26/2007 | 3 | Post ureteroscopy for kidney stones | High anxiety, restlessness, nerves, dry mouth, insomnia, light nausea and dizziness, felt like I was doped up big time and very irritable with my family. | I took it as a replacement for percocet due to the nausea factor. I had 10/10 post-op kidney and ureter pain and it took exactly 1 hour and 5 minutes to eradicate the pain with 2 pills - not good enough. The side effects were worse than just vomiting so I switched back to percocet. Even after being up all night due to the pain I couldn't nap the next day because of nerves despite being dead tired on and off. Once it started working it did take care of the pain for an entire 4 hours. | F | 31 | 2 days | 11/16/2007 | 5 | kidney stone, migraine | Put me to sleep | I loved it. It got rid of my pain, which was severe. Word of warning: It really does not work well if you've eaten. I had to take twice my dose to get it to work after eating some soup. I also used it for a migraine or two, though it was not prescribed for that. It worked, though. | F | 35 | 3 days | 11/10/2007 | 5 | Restless Legs Syndrome | Lortab 10 caused severe sweating; however, the generic, hydrocodone/APAP 10/500 did not! I mainly take it for Restless Leg Syndrome. Nothing else has worked for me. The hydrocodone/APAP calms the restless leg that nothing else comes close to doing. | My doctor has no problem prescribing hydrocodone/APAP 10/500 once a day for the restless leg. I am careful not to exceed this. It really works calming the restless leg. | M | 65 | 3 years | 11/9/2007 | 3 | Severe pain due to viral infection | Horrific nightmares and hallucinations. At one point you couldn't have paid me to sleep. | At first I felt normal on the medication. It did help relieve my pain. However, on the second night I was taking the medication the nightmares and hallucinations set in. | M | 31 | 2 days | 10/26/2007 | 4 | Back Pain | I was itching so bad all over and couldnt stop. I had to take benadryl and 2 days later, I still feel kinda itchy. | Works well for pain but the side effect was nasty. | F | 31 | | 10/1/2007 | 3 | tonsillectomy | I had to take the liquid form. The liquid form made me have very weird dreams. I woke up a few times and wasn't sure where I was. I woke up with a fear. Probably from the weird, hallucination like dreams. It did not seem to help much with the pain. As I found out a tonsillectomy is very painfull so maybe nothing could have eased the pain!! I took the pill form 9 years ago when I had a herniated disc in my back and it helped tremendously with that pain but if I did not eat something first I would get nauseated. It also made me feel sleepy. The liquid form reacted differently with me than the pill form. | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 9/15/2007 | 3 | ligament reconstruction in ankle | sweating profusely (like to the point where my clothes were SOAKED), extreme hot flashes, light headedness, sick to my stomach, loss of appetite, itching, weird dreams, unable to sleep well | lortab helped the pain a lot but i don't know that it was worth it with all of the side effects. i was taking 5mg every six hours for about 5 days and any time i got up and walked into another room 6 feet away, i thought i was going to pass out because i was so hot. i often felt extremely sick to my stomach when i first woke up and for a couple of hours after, then it went away. the medication made me itch all over and i had a loss of appetite as well. my dreams were often very strange, like none i'd had before and i was unable to sleep well. the medication made me tired, but i laid in bed irritable. i have been off of it for 5 days now and drinking a ton of water to try to get it all flushed out of my system. i'm still having the extreme hot flashes. | F | 17 | 5 days | 8/26/2007 | 1 | Torn Tendon & Collapsed Arch | Horrible Nausea, Dizziness, Can't Sleep but I'm groggy, Itching, Constipation, Hallucinations, Headache | F | 24 | 7 days | 8/24/2007 | 4 | Chronic interstitial cystitis pain | sweating, constipation. | Lortabs have helped give me my life back. If I did not have them I would be in agony 24/7. I can now work full time, enjoy my life and feel almost as good as I did before I developed interstitial cystitis. I especially like that the TV program "House", explains that being relieved from pain makes the doctor able to practice his profession and help people in need. He states he is "addicted", but since the addiction helps better his life and others'lives, he is not that concerned about it being addictive. The only people who heavily censor those who take narcotics for pain, (not for a high) are those who have never dealt with pain that doesn't ever stop, stops you from being able to do anything but lie in bed in agony, and carries the likelihood that it will never stop, the disease for which it is used being incurable at this point. It is not the same as having some pain from surgery or something that you will get over. You can deal with even severe pain if you | F | 67 | 3 years | 8/18/2007 | 4 | Kidney stone | Felt like I have a hangover when I woke up this morning. Also felt nauseated and weak, but that could be due to the stone. | Taking the 7.5-500 tabs. Helps with the low to mid-level pain, but doesn't do as well for the severe pain. | F | 51 | 2 days | 8/13/2007 | 5 | Tooth extraction | Slightly dry mouth and if taken too late, didn't sleep as well. I took them without food and was just fine - not drowsy at all. Actually, I felt more alert and had more energy. | Although it was prescribed for a tooth extraction I take them occasionally for an almost constant headache and backache. So I did not take them several days in a row consistently. I don't like taking meds but some days the pain is so bad I can't stand it. So I'll take 1/2 to 1 tablet and it works great for hours. Also gives my mood a little boost (or maybe it's just because NOT having pain is so nice), and a little bit of energy. | F | 41 | | 8/10/2007 | 3 | Tonsillectomy | Nightmares - Felt like I was being run over or falling off a cliff feeling. Vomiting - day 2 after surgery I started vomiting and having nausea due to the med. Spaces you out and makes you feel light headed/floating feeling. | I woke up every 3 hours which was good becuase I had to take the dosages every 4 hours. Downside was all it did was mask the pain and not get rid of it. It made me loopy. I had the liquid form which is more potent in my oppinion. I had the pill form for migranes while pregant and that type didn't do nearly as much as the liquid form. I am now 4 days post op and still can't get off this drug. | F | 25 | 4 days | 8/10/2007 | 4 | Burst fracture of L1 -- lower back | I can have muddled thinking, some nausea, difficulty sleeping, need to eat and drink to settle my stomach, bursts of energy. | I have been taking this drug for more than 2 years. Initially I had to take the recommended dosage while my spine was healing -- 2 every 4 to 6 hours. I took this drug after roxicit and percocet. I feel like I was in a constant drugged state for 4 months. Once I was pronounced 'healed' I cut way down on the amount I took. I take it for break through pain. There are days I don't take any, and days I take 3 -- usually I only take one. I have chronic pain. Lortab doesn't really take all the pain away, it makes it so I don't care about what is still there. It does help. | F | 51 | 2 years | 8/4/2007 | 1 | Shattered wrist, spleenectomy, back | Horrible withdrawals!!! Was on 120 7.5 per month. Stopped taking them and had insomnia, night sweats, cold chills, headaches, body aches, diarrhea, and horribly depressed. Ten times worse than the flu, and lasted about a week. Unless I am severely injured, I will never be on this medication!!! | F | 27 | 1 years | 7/18/2007 | 2 | root canal | "drunk" feeling, sleepiness when taken on an empty stomach. No side effects if taken with food. | The first time it worked, for about 2 hours while I got some needed sleep. Now it doesn't do a thing for me. | F | 28 | 2 days | 7/10/2007 | 5 | severe kidney infection | itching, dry mouth, occasional nausea | really helps with the pain but difficult to function for the first couple of hours after I've taken it due to the drowsiness. | F | 37 | 4 days | 7/7/2007 | 5 | Pain | Insomnia | Good stuff! | M | 36 | 10 days | 6/26/2007 | 5 | hernia operations | No side effects immediately after the operations. Pain is now low-level and I take less than 1/2 tablet per day. After the accident I was taking 2 tablets every 4 hours. No problem. Now, 1 1/2 years later I could eliminate the lortab and suffer only mild pain. But, with 1/4 tablet it takes care of the pain and doesn't seem to have any adverse effects. | M | 64 | 1 days | 6/1/2007 | 3 | Abcessed tooth | Nausea, constipation. Really odd dreams. | Sometimes I couldn't feel any pain relief from the medication other times it worked like a charm. | M | 38 | 5 days | 5/28/2007 | 4 | Back Pain | Euphoria, Anxiety and a strange one maybe due to the euphoria would be a very intense erection. | M | 33 | 1 days | 5/25/2007 | 5 | chronic pain | The fear and critism from others for my use of a narcotic for pain (coming those who can't understand what it is like to live with chronic pain). I now make it a point to NOT discuss my need to take Lortab with anyone else, except for my doctor and my spouse. | Definitely improves the quality of my life. I get some relief from 1/2 tablet (1 to 2 times a day). I subscribe to this Gregory House MD quote: "I do not have a "pain management" problem, I have a PAIN problem." | F | 49 | 9 years | 5/15/2007 | 4 | Gallbladder Surgery Pain | Nightmares, nausea, hungover in mornings, irritable when it starts to wear off, but otherwise really, really happy. | F | 20 | 3 days | 5/7/2007 | 4 | Oral surgery | The medication works well for my pain, but I've experienced a bad itching problem that makes it difficult for me to sleep. | M | 38 | 4 days | 12/20/2006 | 5 | Oral surgery | Mild sedation. This isn't a bad thing at bedtime, but unfortunately I can't take it "every 4 to 6 hours or as needed" because I need to be able to drive and be alert for work. So I use ibuprofen twice a day, even though I'm still in some pain with only that, and use Lortab about an hour before bed. | I was worried about the side effects so I tried taking half of the 5mg pill to see how my body would react. Even at low doses it worked much better than ibuprofen for getting rid of the pain and I had good sleep - feeling rested afterwards, which I normally don't, and I only woke up once - I normally wake up several times. I also have not needed caffeine because I'm sleeping properly and have no caffeine withdrawal headaches (the ibuprofen in the day and Lortab at night probably mask them.) | F | 26 | 3 days | 11/16/2006 | 5 | FIBRO, LOWER BACK PAIN | I've had no unpleasent side effects form Lortab. Rather enjoy the warm euphoria that comes along with this drug and not to mention the energy! Pain control during flare ups is enough to assume my normal activities. | M | 32 | 10 years | 11/14/2006 | 1 | Wisdom Tooth Extraction | Strongly anxious, general feeling of fear, very sensitive to noises and strongly irritable | Somewhat worked for the pain, but my mind was in such a state that I didn't even notice. | M | 27 | 3 days | 9/22/2006 | 2 | menstrual cramps | no side affects, nothing at all. | Lortab I understand is a great pain killing drug, except on me. I could have taken a baby asprin and got more relief! I took one at 8AM and by 12 was still in terrible pain! I found my Ibupro. and took three, in 20 minutes I was feeling some relief. Not sure why they did not work. No buzz or sleepy feeling or anything, I do not take much pain relieving medicine so I have not built up a tolerance it just did nothing for me, it maybe a good thing from what I've read it could be addictive if it really worked as well on me!! Be careful! | F | 36 | 1 days | 9/19/2006 | 3 | Broken metacarpal bone rh | lethargy, nightmares or vivid dreams, excessive sweating, heat in legs, itching, some manic energy, mood swings, sensitivity to noise waking, irritability, and disrupted sleep (waking every hour or so, I would be asleep and suddenly startle awake). Euphoria, complexion haggard with use (or lack of REM sleep). | Headaches and flashes of head pain when I stopped taking it completely. Possible diahrrea also experienced upon cessation of use, but can't absolutely prove linked, tho. | F | 36 | 14 days | 8/30/2006 | 3 | Foot Pain | Mostly I find I am unable to sleep well. "Startle" awake every 20 mins or so. Makes me sleepy, but can't sleep! | It works for my pain, but does not help me to sleep. Can't take it past 4:00 pm or won't sleep well. Dr. thinks I'm crazy says she "never hears that about Lortab" I think she thinks I'm lying to get a stronger med! Not the case only take one a day, 4/5 days a week. My Mom had same reaction after surgery and her Dr. told her the same thing my doctor did "never heard that before." Frustrating. She had to suffer without pain meds, only advil after surgery. Wish Dr's would look at this site and listen to their patients!!! | F | 42 | 1 years | 8/29/2006 | 2 | bacl | severe hearburn | 10/500 gave me severe heartburn. Had dr cancel and give me zydone 10/400 no problems with that. | M | 43 | 1 months | 8/22/2006 | 2 | bacl | severe hearburn | 10/500 gave me severe heartburn. Had dr cancel and give me zydone 10/400 no problems with that. | M | 43 | 1 months | 8/22/2006 | 5 | sinus headache | None | I have stuffiness in my sinus cavities all the time. I can take 1/2 or sometimes 1/4 of a 7.5 tab and it is gone! I talk a little more but I'm kinda quiet anyway. It is great. The only problem is the DR. will only let me get 30 a year. So I only take them when the stuffiness gets unbearible. I think it should be OTC! | M | 52 | 2 years | 7/27/2006 | 5 | After difficult root canal | Itching on skin, hot skin which felt like a rash but there wasn't one, serious nausea even when taken with food, causes sleepiness | Great for pain, but there are others just as good with less side effects | F | 58 | 3 days | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Post SeptoTurbinoplasty Surgery | Continued light-headedness, drowsiness, confusion, anxiety, nausea, dizzyness, constipation. | I've not taken it for two days now and the side effects are still quite pronounced. I only took it for two days. This stuff is potent. | M | 28 | 2 days | 7/11/2006 | 4 | Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syn | Chalky bad taste in mouth sometimes, mild constipation | Based on my experience of constantly varying times, dosage--sometimes going off it completely, I've seen no addictive affect after 2 years of 4X 7.5 daily. This jibes with my doctor's estimate: if you're really in pain, 99% of you won't experience major withdrawal with careful weening off. Just like you would coffee. Stuff works okay on pain & coping with pain. | M | 54 | 2 years | 6/12/2006 | 3 | Wisdom Tooth Extraction | Itching (moderate). I wouldn't say I get full-blown hallucinations, but I'm getting some wierd mental "impressions" very sporadically. Its like the middle ground between visual and aural hallucinations. Extremely vivid dreams (nightmares common), waking up several times a night. Slight hearing loss. Mood swings. When I try to sleep, for about an hour I get into this strange lucid dreaming type of limbo, halfway between sleeping and waking. | For pain, it completely worked. A few minutes after I take it, the pain is 100% gone. As the day progresses though and I take more of them, the side effects begin to creep in, so by the time I'm trying to go to sleep they're all kicking. Also one of the mood swings was particularly vicious, I flipped out on my girlfriend, turned into a blubbering, irrational idiot, totally reamed her out over absolutely nothing. There is absolutely no way I could/would ever take this stuff for more than a few days. | M | 24 | 4 days | 5/16/2006 | 5 | Fibromyalgia & migraines | Night sweats when I don't take it. I also feel like an emotional wreck when I don't take it. I have been on it since 1995 and my doctor just took me off it today and won't give me any more. | It is a wonderful drug for me as I can not take Ibruprophen due to ulcers. I had a gastric bypass in 2000 and have chronic diarrhea and this has cured that as well as one of the side effects is constapation, however this has made my bowels normal now. It doesn't effect my sleep or anything. I do have the euphoric feeling which is great as I also needed antidepressents. I am very scard as what my withdrawl is going to be like since he took me off of it cold turkey. I was taking 7.5's | F | 40 | 10.5 years | 4/24/2006 | 4 | Chronic Pain | fatigue, constipation, altered mood | This is without question a drug that deserves to be treated with respect. While it is very effective in the right situation, for the wrong person (someone with an addictive personality), this drug can be a nightmare. I fortunately have only experienced pain relief, and have no desire to take Lortab when I'm not in pain. But I'm being switched to a higher strength, long-acting opioid (OxyContin) because I now need round-the-clock pain relief; plus I've built a tolerance to Lortab (I take the 10/500 tablets, 6x daily) after taking them for 2 years. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. | M | 23 | 2 years | 4/17/2006 | 4 | buldging dics and knee pain | increased energy | this medication, really helped dull and relive the pain , I was able to perform task without as much pain during and afterward, However my doc took them away and gave me OXY IR 5 mg, stating he was worried about addiction which I can understand, and also liver function, that patients are not kept on this medication for over a few months at a time.Which I see is not true. The OXY IR, I can't tell it is doing anything at all. Has anyone else taken this medication? Can't find a rating on it. | M | 26 | 2 months | 2/22/2006 | 4 | Migraine | euphoria..energetic yet calming. bowl cramps | I take a 7.5 with ibuprophen for migraines. sometimes two doses are required. Everytime I take them, two days later I have bowl cramps and diarhea at times fairly severe. Doc gives me 60 pills, twice a year maximum. 60 usually last me 8-9 months. | M | 40 | 6 years | 2/20/2006 | 2 | Shingles on back | Nightmares if I can get to sleep, wake up disoriented every 1/2 hour to 1 hour, generally felt unable to function but got no relief from pain, itching all over body, almost as if I couldn't control my own legs or arms | This just didn't work for me but might for others. I don't like the disfunctional (out of control of my body) feeling it left me with. | F | 45 | 5 days | 2/16/2006 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |