NORCO Reviews (ACETAMINOPHEN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.3 (185 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORCO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NORCO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | back pain | I like this medication. Never had any negative side effects. I felt relaxed and pain free. | F | 29 | 8 days | 3/24/2013 | 5 | Back Pain from fall | Restless legs, which over the counter "Leg Cramps" tablets(qunine) seem to help and sometimes constipation which milk of magnesia corrects. | I've been taking a 10mg Norco tab 2 to 3 X a day for 5 years for back pain from a fall. I've always had a high pain tolorence but 3 years ago had hip replacement with residual pain then developed joint pain, knee, leg, and foot pain followed by tendon issues. Sometimes I would take a 3rd and 4th norco, and seemed to quiet all my pains and I was able to get around. In the past year I developed muscle loss to the point I it was hard to get off the floor after playing with my young grand kids or out of a chair or even walk around. Dr's were concerned all this might be due to Agent orange exposure from the army or norco. I stopped the norco for two weeks (with no withdrawel issues) but had no effect and pain was in far less control with Tylenol and IBP. I also have diabetes ll and neuropathy from the agent orange and have been taking ACTOS for three years to control blood sugar. Forgot the ACTOS on a holiday trip recently and didn't take it for 4 days and low and behold joints are not hurting so bad I can get off the floor out of the chair and muscle tone is returning in just 5 days. Problems were not from norco but ACTOS! . Back on 2 norco tabs a day for back pain and no ACTOS, beginning to feel much better. Found this site and and the reports on actos confirm the actos connection to my issues. . . I now believe all meds taken need to be re-evaluated periodically , and you can't always depend on MD's to do it for you ... Thank you, Ask a Patient. | M | 63 | 5 years 10mg 2X day | 3/12/2013 | 5 | Chronic migraines and shoulder/neck | Euphoria, dry mouth, good sleep. | Has helped tremendously with my chronic pain issues due to a car accident 2 years ago. I recommend to anyone with severe pain but only take when absolutely nothing else works due to its highly addictive properties. Other than that its a great medication for headaches. | F | 23 | 2 months 10/325 1X AN | 2/19/2013 | 5 | Feel good | Where do I begin! Ok all side effects , guilt, blurry vision, hunger, sleepiness , suicidal thoughts. Addiction withdrawal. Dope stickiness. | M | 28 | 5 years 30mg 2x | 2/6/2013 | 5 | I took norco a for severe back pain | First off my urine smells really bad which sucks I tried everything for the smell then I can't function that pill was my wake up bottom.. This pill makes you feel good for a while but after that you need more and more and I almost when I coming down fall asleep driving but have to keep myself up so I'm stopping these bad boys tomarrow | F | 21 | 10 months Highest do | 10/24/2012 | 5 | chronic back pain from a spinal fus | I've been taking Norco for 2 years and 7 months .I am so dependent on a it's crazy can't function without them. they have me so high I feel no pain , so I'm able to clean the house and other things and then when they wear off, I'm even in more pain , cuz not feeling the pain I end up in even more pain after the two pain pills I take with a cup of coffee to make them work faster ,but when I do it that wathen they really don't last a long time because I was rushing them to work ,so then I'm popping 2 more because I know I'm going to be in pain from the stuff I did ,like cleaning and such , there's been times I ran out ,even so I get 120 pills add my prescription ....but I take 2 pills sometime I'll take 1 and a half very rarely what I take anything over 2 pills at a time . like right now out of 120 pills & 10 days before my refill ,I may have 10 pills left , so now I will be taking about 6 to 10 tramadol, it's just to knock the edge off . I can't even get out of bed or function without pills ,it's a real nightmare ...with out them I end up being in severe pain grouchy irritable ,I had even cry because I didn't have them before that bad I am waiting to get a spinal cord stimulator,but right now I'm having bladder issues are thinking about putting the simulator for my bladder first before I can even get the spinal cord stimulator .I already have enough screws and rods, just call me the Bionic Woman , I better not go out out NFM the storm because of my r | F | 45 | 7 months 10 / 325 | 10/8/2012 | 5 | Cervical Radiculopathy | -Sedation -Euphoria | Very effective, withdrawl effects are minimal. | M | 23 | 2.5 years 10/325 4X day | 10/7/2012 | 4 | Ovarian cyst pain | At first, I didn't know to take with food. I had nausea and I felt like I was going to faint. I had it filled on the 7th at 10pm after going to the ER. I only took one on the 7th at 11pm and one on the 9th. Sleepiness. | After I found out it is much better to eat with it, I took one on on the 14th at night. It worked so good, it killed my pain for three days. It was amazing! The sharp stabbing pain is GONE! The dull achy pain was GONE (for three days)! Sure, I was a little high for about three hours after taking it (I didn't drive), but I noticed if I eat with it, I don't get the faint feeling, and I don't feel like I'm going to puke. It looks like right now I can take it once every 4 days until I get this surgery to remove this cyst from my body. I was told that 4cm is a big cyst in a very small space. But it was 4cm back in Feb. It is over 6cm now and that is why I am having so much pain. I'm on it since 800mg of Motrin does NOT work for me. | F | 37 | 7 days 10/325 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 2 | Chronic back pain | If constipation is a problem then use the fiber powder suppliment that is made from Dextrin. It disolves clear and is completely tasteless. I put two tsp in my cup of coffee and have two cups of coffee every morning and I do not suffer from narcotic related constipation even when I've been at a dosage of 8 5mg tablets a day. Withdraws from any narcotic is hell but I have found that if you do a taper by reducing your dosage 1/4 tablet every four days, that the withdrawls will be as minimal as possible.. | Regardless of the type of narcotic pain reliever you take, there will be withdraw symptoms when you don't take them if you've been prescribed them on a daily basis. Coming off narcotic pain meds is hell even if you've been taking them as prescribed. I've been on some kind of narcotic pain reliever for about ten years. I wean off of them about once a year and then go back on so as to keep my tolerance level as low as possible. I wish I'd never had to take narcotic pain meds because overall I feel they are poison to my body. | F | 55 | 10 days 5 mg 3X day | 7/30/2012 | 4 | chronic back pain | when i dont take it my pain is greater. but what do u expect when u take it constnly and do activites that would hurt you without. | i like this pain killer it is good. i lost my script 1 time and never experance much of the withdraws except alot of bowl movments | M | 29 | 5 years 10/325 6X day | 7/17/2012 | 4 | chronic pain | Constipation, itching, dry skin. Other than that, all good when taken as directed. | F | 40 | 4 years 10mg 6xday | 6/12/2012 | 1 | It was given to me as a pain killer | Depression without it. Focus with it. Burn out without it. Anger! Rage, Constipation, failed liver test. Let me get my legal pad out! | The drug has ruined my life. Starting with finances, relationships, employment, social disorders, let me get my legal pad out. At one time I met a gut that worked at a nursing home and he gave the old in pain dying patient’s placebos so he could sell bottles of 500 pills at a time so I could buy a duffle bag full at a time. Plus he threw in Valiums and even better Zanax. Wow I was taking 40-50 10 mg narco's plus 2 mg Zanax. Very profitable business for him. I could work for days overriding the pain. I EVERYTHING! The LOVE of my life!! Gone. She was so beautiful that 4 years later I still cry. The rest was EVERYTHING! If you think the drugs are helping they are like a fish hook dragging you to HELL on earth! Try getting off them. Rehab does not work. Once the drug companies have set the hook in your brain you are a DRUG ADDICT! I WAS CEO of 2 companies. I have attempted suicide more times than I remember. It is harder to die than you could imagine. I work up every time looking for my pills. When the LOVE OF MY LIFE flushed my pills down the drain she almost had a break down from fear of my reaction. If she was not so LOVING I probably would have killed her.I had more pills hidden so that prevented my rage. Ever try to mix the two drugs and run out! Bi-Polar, abusive, depressed, shaking, sweating, vomiting .You really need to try a few. HELL is in that bottle. I guarantee it. | M | 50 | 15 years 10 mg 4X day | 6/3/2012 | 3 | herniated disc | Constipated memory loss, problems with my teeth, mood swings, dry mouth restless legs, cold sweats | F | 24 | 4 years 60mg | 5/11/2012 | 3 | herniated disk,rudimentry disk,pain | Dry mouth, insomnia and extreme sleepiness, lathargy, dizziness, ups and downs between doses, depression and tooth problems ( never has tooth problems until 2 years into taking these). My teeth are cracking and one is loose. Only had 2 fillings my whole life and are now having perfectly healthy teeth otherwise,crack. I worry about what other issues this drug may be doing internally. It works better than any other pain meds ive been given but worry about the long term effects that may be happening. | F | 47 | 4 years 10/325 | 5/2/2012 | 1 | herniated disc | Dizziness, lightheaded, severe anxiety attacks, bad thoughts, numbness in head and arms. After taking norco for 2 weeks I would start experiencing these awful side effects. I asked my Dr to switch me back to regular lortab and my symptoms are gone! I will never take norco again | F | 34 | 6 months 30 mg | 4/5/2012 | 1 | Herniated Disc | Constipation, irritability, ADDICTION!!! Please be very careful with this medication, it's highly addictive and withdrawals are pure hell! | F | 31 | 1 years 40 mg | 4/3/2012 | 1 | all over body pain-depression | It sucks getting off this drug! Seems to be impossible to get off! Down to 51/2 mg a day-was only taking 20mg per day. I hate this drug-too physically addictive! Never abused....never would have started had I known! | F | 57 | 1 years 5mg | 2/13/2012 | 5 | Chronic back pain | I started taking half a pill once a day. now I'm just up to 1 maybe 1 and a half pills a day. I can take just half a pill a not have any complications. but if I don't take any pills a day my body will hurt like withdrawals can't sleep feels like the inside of my body's vibrating at the joints. I can tell I have some dependency. but it is worth it not have to feel the pain of my back all the time. | M | 28 | 2 years 10/325 | 12/28/2011 | 3 | Gall, endometriosis, stomach | Dependency. Headache, muscle ache, constipation, memory loss, restless legs, (sometimes) anxiety, dry mouth. Do not take unless you have to! Most people will become addicted. The moment you start taking, you will change your life. | I have been taking Norco long enough to become addicted, my Dr. put me on a withdrawal taper plan (the only true way to be able to quit these), and I still can't truly quit. My prescribed number goes down every week, but my habit really doesn't. The fear of not having, of the withdrawal pain when I go off - which is so much worse than you can imagine.. All these things help to convince you that you need Norco. This has ruined my life. When I try to withdraw I have cold sweats, fever, nausea, the pain is unbearable, everywhere, diarrhea, mood swings, headaches, tremors and my throat feels terrible. It's like having the flu, but so much worse. If you decide to come off, talk to your doctor, try to taper, (it works better than cold turkey), take about 5 days to do absolutely nothing, it'll last about a month, and ask for help if you can get it. Some people will be fine, some people won't experience this, will be able to quit cold turkey, but most will develop a habit, will not be able to come off, will keep upping the dose, will become something they hate. | F | 23 | 1.5 years 7.5/325 7X day | 11/4/2011 | 5 | Multi-level spinal fusion | None | Saved me from a life of pain. Everything else constipated me. Norco cuts the pain about 85% and is not constipating. I am so thankful for this mec, I wouldn't be able to mentally or physically function without it. I play softball three times a week. If not for norco this would not be possible. | M | 47 | 11 years 10 mg 2X day | 10/19/2011 |