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 |
| 3 | Get high | Euphoric feeling in the begining with a sense of relieved stress and anxiety, a bit of cloudy head and seemed like you want to itch yourself all in all was a great med until you get addicted then its the worst ever- be careful | It is very easy to let this pill slip into the cracks of your life and plug the holes of your problems, but once you get used to them being there they start rotting away and making even bigger holes and the only way to fix it is to simply by taking more and more until you feel like total crap and have become an addict without even realizing it and you won't even know it until you try to quit- then you know what the real pain was. | M | 24 | 600 days | 5/5/2009 | 5 | Chronic pain | Constipation, Loss of sex drive | M | 28 | 13 years | 2/27/2009 | 5 | | 2/17/2009 | 4 | L5S1 Disk replacement, fusion | nothing out of the ordinary | I was taking 2 of the 10/325 4X daily and it worked well until my pain went off the charts, Dr. switched me to Morphine and I stopped Norco completely, no withdrawls but maybe because of Morphine. Now pain is less and stopped Morphine and back on Norco 4X daily. Hopefully be able to get off all this poison as soon as possible. Long term pain is hard to control, be honest with yourself and your Dr. and you will be just fine. | M | 45 | 2 years | 2/13/2009 | 5 | torn shoulder muscles | slight constipation,dizziness | just started taking the 10/325 apap version and I can already tell its going to do wonders for me. Was taking four percocet a day before this, however with this for some reason or other im only going to have to take this two or three times a day. Its a godsend. Im coming up on my second surgery soon, and im so glad to have this medication for comfort. I would recommend it to anyone in moderate to severe pain. Its not just something u take for the hell of it though, so be careful. very addictive like all opiate pain killers. I even tryed oxycontin twice a day, and I think that stuff is crap. Just make sure u have blood work done every three months or so to make sure its not affecting your liver badly. Im sure the dr. could just do a cbc to make sure your not having any ill problems from it, and if u have to go off it, do it slowly or you will have massive headaches, diahrea, pretty much pain all over, and it will last for at least 10 days depending on how long u take it and at what dose | M | 29 | 1 days | 12/8/2008 | 4 | herniated discs and abdominal pain | Some constipation and dizziness if taken without food | Ive taken 4-12 of the 10/325 strength norcos for a while but i got switched to 4 of the 5/325. it doesnt work as well as the 10/325, but im worried about taking too strong of an opiate so im content with staying with the 5's. Ive tried kadian, oxycontin, percocet, dulaudid, fentanyl patches and norco is the only one i can use without feeling really out of it. It can be very addictive so be careful. most people wont admit they are but going thru it myself i can honestly say thru experience that you dont think your addictive until you run out. when that happens its hard to make it a few hours without agonizing pain that seems to radiate from head to toe. All the pain seems real but after a few days the only pain that remains is the one that your taking the norco for. | M | 34 | 7 years | 11/30/2008 | 1 | fibromyalgia | EUPHORIA, energy, I felt great and loved everyone. Increased sex drive. NO PAIN. | THESE pills are the worst thing I could have taken, because they are so highly addictive. Withdrawals are HELL. If you really don't need these pills, then don't TAKE them. Please don't end up going through what I did. Withdrawals include: headache, goosebumps, chills, hot flashes, and no matter WHAT you do, or WHAT you try...you WILL NOT SLEEP during withdrawals because of the restless leg....and it lasts a good 7-10 days, my friends. Doesn't sound like a long time? Well, imagine pure agony....for 10 days..... | F | 33 | 5 years | 9/11/2008 | 4 | Severe menstrual cramps | Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, euphoria | I would give this painkiller a rating between 3-5 depending on the dose taken. During my first 30-120 minutes of cramps it does little to ease the pain but it begins helping soon after. The key is to take it 30 minutes before you expect to be in pain which can be extremely difficult. | F | 25 | 2 days | 5/28/2008 | 5 | syringomelia, disc disease | Light-headedness at first, sometimes my skin is itchy | This med works great! I have tried steroids, muscle relaxers, Neurontin, and NSAIDS. This is the only thing that gives me relief from the pain. I try not to take it until the pain is really bad because I build up a tolerance very quickly. And I don't want to get addicted. | F | 29 | 9 months | 12/29/2007 | 5 | Broken back and Endo... | If you are taking it everyday-and then stop-there are SERIOUS mental addiction issues. A bad craving for the drug that takes at least a week to go away. It is just awful. | I never had addiction issues with vicodin-but taking one Norco is like taking two vicodin at a time it has double the opiate component. I hate being so dependent on a drug. I know that sooner or later I will be "cut off" and that frightens me so much. It gets a five for getting rid of pain-and a one for the ease of addiction. | F | 34 | 2 days | 11/26/2007 | 3 | Extraction of Wisdom teeth | Dizziness and Sleepy. | I would take it and about a half hour later it'd knock me out. After sleeping for six hours I'd wake up and just feel dizzy. I took it for two days since my husband watched our kids so I could get some sleep. I was in alot of pain since my cheeks had to be sliced open to get to my wisdom teeth. I took nothing after two days because I wouldn't be able to function. So if your in really bad pain and want to be knocked out this pill works. It took the pain away as well. | F | 26 | 2 days | 11/19/2007 | 3 | abdominal surgery | constipation, dizziness, nausea. But then, I had all those things PRIOR to taking this drug so more of it all wasn't anything new. | Norco did actually work to take enough edge off the worst pain so that I could rest for a few hours, and that's all I can ask for. Nothing actually removes all pain so it works much better than Vicodin or that worthless waste of money, Darvocet. But WHY OH WHY doctors prescribe painkillers with side effects that create even more pain in the very places you just had surgery makes absolutely no sense. Perhaps to ensure you have no desire to become addicted? | F | 41 | 8 days | 10/1/2007 | 4 | L3-S1, double discedtomy-D fusion | low sex drive,cannot "finish",more of a problem for me than girlfriend. constipation,even with ex-lax. Cannot eat until i'm full. eat small several times instead. | Was a miracle when i first started taking it 14 months ago. started with one pill three times a day. as my tolerence grew,so did my dose. now take six a day and is no longer enough to manage my pain. very,very,very,addictive. ran out two days before I got my refill once and suffered extreme withdrawel's. vomiting,extreme dierriah,almost went to the hospital. | M | 24 | 15 months | 8/29/2007 | 5 | Migraines, Interstitial Cystitis | None | Excellent breakthru med. Works quickly and helps for about 2-3 hours. Much better than Vicodin, Darvocet, Tramadol. I have severe chronic pain and couldn't function w/o my Norco and Oxy. Thanks to the makers. It is a great medicine! | F | 31 | 6 months | 7/30/2007 | 4 | herniated disc, back and leg pain | Slight inclination to be constipated, but manageable with diet change, other than that none. | This drug works well for pain. I often think I'm "all better" when I'm on it, but then when it wears off I realize I'm not. It helps me be a little bit productive and happy; Anything's better than lying around whimpering in pain, but I realize I need physical therapy and other things to truly recover. My doctor wants to put me on tramadol and I'm wondering if it is equally addictive. (Perhaps I could alternate weeks?) | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 6/19/2007 | 4 | degnerative disk/nerve pain | Deleteriously affects speech and language functions of brain, lowers libido, dry eyes. Can this be taken indefinitely? if not, what replaces it that allows motion? | Makes movement possible and restores near-normal functioning that would otherwise be impossible. Takes only 1/2 to one tablet three to four times in 24 hours to control debilitating pain. You can be charged with driving under the influence if you take even minimally effective doses so be very cautious about taking this regularly unless you ride the bus! | M | 45 | 3 years | 4/29/2007 | 3 | BACK INJURY | Energy, no pain, euphoria, non-depressed, constipation, hunger, getting off the drug- stomach pain, depression, anxiety, tremmors, night sweats, almost like a bad flu. not as bad as coming off morphine or heroin though. If you have addiction issues please be careful because in the end 1 is never enough and 2 is too many. | Please be very careful with this medication. I was up to 20 pills a day and didn't even realize I had a problem. It is very addicting for people like me who love opiates. It took me 6 months to taper down and finally been off 2 weeks. The depression, anxiety, stomach issues suck. I don't ever want to go through that again. Now I am in counceling and on other meds for depression and anxiety. I just got out of control with it! | M | 26 | 3 years | 4/5/2007 | 5 | bulging disc. annular tear. | totally void of energy without it. occasional constipation. addiction. | the best pain killer ever. it doesn't last very long but it works. it doesn't have as much tylenol so its better for your liver. when i first started taking it, i wasn't addicted but my tolerance built up so i had to take more and now i'm addicted to it. i would need medical attention to quit taking it but i don't plan on it because i'd rather be addicted to norco than deal with my back pain. | F | 28 | 3 years | 3/8/2007 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | At times it can make you feel "high", but that is very rare. It usually occurs if Ive taken it on an empty stomach. | I have been taking the generic form of Norco for about a year now in combination with various muscle relaxers and other rx's for Fibro. In the beginning it was very effective, but as with any drug, ive started to grow a tolerance to it. But by no means does this make it an less of an effective drug in combatting pain. I take one every four hours, but am finding that it is working less and less. I would recommend Norco to a pain sufferer that is seeking something stronger than you average Vicodin which would usually contain 5-7.5 mgs of hydrocodone although HP has 10 but doesnt want all the Tylenol that comes with it. | F | 26 | 1 years | 3/3/2007 | 5 | fibromyagia/osteoarthirtis neck/bac | none | I have had fibro since childhood with scoliosis, now osteoarthritis low back and neck,stated to take 2 loritabs at a time, so doc said, less tylenol was best, so 4 months and I do not get a buzz,but people wiyh cronic pain donot react like others,whom pill pop... | F | 47 | 4 months | 2/27/2007 |