LORTAB Reviews (ACETAMINOPHEN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.5 (215 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LORTAB with similar:
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| 5 | back pain | Ditto a previous post. Incredible sinus and breathing relief. ( I have concerns about its addictive nature.) Some minor constipation. Pleasant transient euphoria. | I would appreciate feedback. There is no pharmaceutical explanation for the amazing help Lortab provides in clearing my breathing. (There is one other post with essentially the same sinus report). | M | 58 | 6 months 10 mg 2X day | 6/16/2011 | 1 | Oral Surgery | Nausea, Vomiting, Dizziness, Slight Itching, all in all an EXPERIENCE FROM HELL!!! | This is the DEVIL'S CANDY! Stay away from this evil!!!! | M | 27 | 2 weeks 10-500 1X O | 6/16/2011 | 4 | Stomach Viral Bug/ Ache | About 1 out of every 5 pills would cause a very brief period of dizziness, but generally it made all pain subside, made my arms and legs feel very warm and tingly and light. Takes about 1 hour for the pill to take full effect and wears off in less than 4 for me. Euphoria is a really good word to descibe this, like you just took a hot bath and sunk in to a deep soft couch. Sometimes my knees would feel light/ weak if I stood up too quickly. Would use again if needed. | M | 32 | 5 days 10/500 3X day | 3/31/2011 | 5 | Arthris | A pain on my right side, bad constipation, bad stomach pains, dry mouth,chest pains memory loss | F | 25 | 3 years 10 6X day | 3/27/2011 | 4 | 10/500 | None unless I take more than 2 at a time | With lower back surgery in my L2 through L5 and having arthritis I cannot move for the first 2 hours of the day. Some day it works great other days it don't. I work 5 days a week so I wont take them on my days off and on holiday. Just so I wont get addicted to them. My mother and Uncle both have major surgery with no relief what so ever my mother wont take anything and is in constant agony. My Uncle takes Oxycontin and lays in bed all day. Both have enough metal in there back to build a Terminator. Both said they if they had to do it over they would not do the operations again. Both have had many operations | M | 45 | 5 years 4X day | 2/27/2011 | 5 | Neuropathy, ankle fracture, chronic | No side effects really. The benefits outweighed the side effects. | I have had chronic pain issues for several years. I did go long periods of time without anything, periods of time using only OTC meds, and I have experienced the withdrawal stage of Lortab and could tell a difference in my pain tolerance but after my ankle injury and disabling pain from neuropathy in the entire length of my leg I had to submit to the use of opiates to control the pain so I could function and have any quality of life. 800 Motrin in adjunct with Tylenol alternating wasn't curbing the pain, so I did thoroughly examine the pros and cons of both Over The Counter and prescribed painkillers. I still have pain, I know it will never completely go away. I just want to be able to control the pain, not let it control me. I agree that pain meds can be abused, but taking them is a privelage and I choose not to abuse that privelage. I can't imagine living in pain so bad that all I can do is lay and waste away. I do understand that your pain tolerance is lessened due to the dopamine which is released by the opiates becomes dependant, but I think there is a medium there and I have come to terms with it. I would live a miserable life without the proper use of my medication. I might add, I have to take Motrin 800, Lyrica, and muscle relaxants in adjunct with the Lortab for it to be effective. It doesn't fully work unless I take it all regularly. | F | 38 | 7 months 5/500 4X day | 2/20/2011 | 5 | Severe knee pain (damage/arthritis) | A little itching that went away | I'm a 59 year old mechanic on my feet all day with a lot of walking. If I didn't take Lortab I COULD NOT do my job. Doctors refrain from prescribing pain meds and warn about being "addicted" to pain meds where you end up taking them all the time. Funny how the medical profession has absolutely no qualms about patients being "addicted" to blood pressure meds, cholesterol lowering meds, blood thinner meds (think of hundreds of other meds) that have LIFE THREATENING side effects and are often far worse than the ailment they're supposed to be treating (most just treat the symptoms, not the disease). A lot of pain meds are generic now so they're cheap. Big Pharma can't get rich off of that. They relieve/lessen pain, they work. The potential for abuse is very real, but I've found a Lortab taken during a severe flu allowed me to get up, eat some soup, watch TV, feel halfway normal. Until you experience pain 24/7 you really can't pass judgment on this issue. Keep it out of site, NOT in the medicine cabinet where the wrong person can find it. | M | 59 | 3 years 7.5 mg 2X day | 1/12/2011 | 4 | FX'd Distal Humerus | Slight constipation, restless sleep. | This pain medicine is the only way I can get through a day. I fractured (broke in half) my distal humerus in my strong arm 5 weeks ago. Because surgery is a bad option and the resetting and healing take longer the pain is quite severe. I had a spinal fusion of two ruptured discs several years ago and this break is much worse. When I wake up every morning I am in agony until about 30 minutes after taking. Great medicine though probably not for everyone. | M | 38 | 5 weeks 7.5 4X day | 1/5/2011 | 5 | Degenerative Discs in Lower Back | Nausia, some constipation, dizziness, itching | I have dealt with back pain for several years and have always been unable to take pain medicine because I am allergic to all codeine based pain killers (as are my mother and sister). Every time I tried them I would end up vomiting for hours on end. After my mother had hip replacement surgery she was given Lortab 10/500 with visteril for nausia and was able to tolerate it. I talked with my physician and explained that I only needed it a couple of times each week at bedtime. When taken with the Visteril I have no problems with nausia, (make sure you take it 30 minutes before taking the Lortab), and am able to get some rest. I do wake up during the night quite a bit but it's worth the trade off to lay in bed and not be absolutely miserable all night long. | M | 39 | 10/500 1X day | 12/21/2010 | 2 | Ruptured disc L4 | Uncontrollable itching!! | I'm 29 yrs old and took my last one tonite!! I can't handle the constant itching!! I'd rather have the pain!! I ruptured my disc in August and have had a bottle of 30 that I only take as needed! It's now December so in 4 months I've had about 20! I just flushed the remaining 9, my whole body itches! I feel like something is crawling all over me! Not for me!!! | F | 29 | 2 months 7.5 1X day | 12/19/2010 | 5 | Back pain | mild itching, sweating, sleep disturbances..PAIN CONTROL | Ive been on lortab for several months and when i first started takin them experienced a high feeling, however, since ive been on them for a while i really have no side effects at all. My back pain is zero when i take them and is about a 7 when i dont. It has been a miracle drug for me. It does seem to motivate me..but that may be just due to good pain control. I would recommend it, but not for someone who gets addicted to drugs. I do notice i get funny looks from the pharmacist and cashiers when i get my prescription. I think if they were in pain they may not look at me like that. | F | 38 | 7 months 5/500 4X day | 11/29/2010 | 5 | Lupus (SLE), AVN, chest pain | Pain dramatically reduced, but not completely gone (but when you're in as much pain as I everyday this is nothing short of a miracle) When i first started taking them I had some slight nausea that went away quickly. I am able to function and take care of my son better than I ever would have if I remained in the amount of pain that I was in for several years before starting this medication. Overall I am a much happier, better functioning member of society | When people (nurses, pharmasists, average joe's) learn of my medication I am instantly judged and I find this very angering, but I try to understand that if they really new my medical history and/or lived inside my body for one minute they wouldn't be so hateful. I understand that there are some poor souls that abuse this medication and I have first hand witnessed the destruction it can bring on one's life (not to mention the lives of everyone they love and hurt)but there are many more that don't abuse it and,in fact, benefit greatly from it. My advice is keep it to yourself, and cut out those people in your life that may try to take advantage of you (i.e. looking in your medicine cabinet) because chances are they're not the type of people you should be hanging around anyway, this could also prompt your dr to revoke your prescription. | F | 27 | 6 years 10/500 4X day | 10/21/2010 | 5 | long term lower back pain | I am still taking it. I do have side effects that just started 2 days ago. They are dizziness, hearing problems, and nasuae. Not sure how much longer I can take it. | F | 48 | 3 weeks 7.5mg 2X day | 10/5/2010 | 3 | Kidney Stones, Sprained Lower Back | nausea, itching especially on legs, dizziness, lack of appetite, drowsiness but difficulty sleeping | Ive used this medication several different times. After having my daughter 3 years ago I developed kidney stones and often have flare ups which require pain management medication often being prescribed Lortab. More recently I was prescribed Lortab for a sprained lower back, seems to take the edge off but the side effects are almost not worth it. Vicodin seems to help me much better as i was prescribed this for kidney stones as well. | F | 23 | 7 days 500 1X AN | 9/27/2010 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Happiness and energy mostly a little tired after the third dose | I have severe fibromyalgia and this is the only medicine that really helps besides lyrica. After a while you do build a tolerance and need more. I was scared I was becoming mentally addicted so I stopped cold turkey for seven days. It wasn't that bad and after a week I discovered I really need the medicine. My pain is just too bad. I think if people really need it take it. | F | 26 | 2 years 7.5 3X day | 9/12/2010 | 4 | FM, shoulder replacement, back surg | No side effects, a little constipation, but overall, has helped me to walk and have use of my arm. Still have back problems, but Lortab helps if you have chronic pain condition | I take a 10 mg dose with 325 tylenol. Better on your liver and generally worked better. I think the 500 dose of tylenol is too much and interferes with the opiate benefits. | F | 57 | 10 years 10/325 6X day | 9/9/2010 | 4 | Recovery from outpatient surgery | Itchy, tingly feeling all over body. I got a "high" when I took this drug - I was just so happy :o). And I was a little sleepy and relaxed too. | Very effective pain killer with no bad side effects. The itchy/tingling is a little annoying, but worth it to experience the benefit of this drug. | F | 28 | 2 weeks don't know 1X AN | 9/2/2010 | 1 | bowel resection | hands shook, very fatigued,vision problems, constipation, mild itchiness,nausea AND on two occasions...dreadful hallucinations (demonic evil flying around the hospital room)just prior to falling asleep. | Two things: Thankfully I do not believe in demonic evil so while I was hallucinating I was thinking, "This is totally irrational". But if someone believed in demons, I think it could be very dangerous. I stopped the Lortabs and discovered that about 85% of my post op discomfort was caused by the pain medication. | F | 61 | 4 days 7.5 tab 1X AN | 8/11/2010 | 3 | Back pain | I am feeling seriously depressed and apathetic about everything ! When you start taking it daily, after awhile you don't know if you are taking it for pain or habit. I have been on antidepressants for years and haven't felt the way I do now. Time to kick them to the curb. It's easy to convince yourself you are taking them for the right reason and hard to admit you have developed a dependency! | No more for me before I jump off the bridge! | F | 47 | 7 months 7.5 2X day | 8/7/2010 | 3 | Dental surgery | nausea, shakes, dizziness | It didn't really take the pain away, I felt like I was too dizzy/high to really care that I hurt. The nausea and shakiness are terrible. I don't like it. | F | 27 | 2 days 7.5 2X day | 8/5/2010 |