VICODIN Reviews (ACETAMINOPHEN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.3 (642 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VICODIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VICODIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | chronic pain/headaches/endo pain | tingly, warm feeling, then just happy, relaxed, pain somewhat subsided, but even when it doesn't, it takes the edge off, very very sleepy | i have to take it right now as 2 vicodin 3 times a day plus 800 mg ibuprofin i can still feel the pain, but i'm more relaxed | F | 30 | 2 years | 1/19/2007 | 4 | pain | euphoriaa, followed by drowsiness and irritablity, hAllucinations. If I didn't eat I'd get nauseous. | This drug works just like magic. I feel psychologically free, and it's the only medicine that actually takes away my physical pain. Ohh I just want more. The only problem is that it makes me tired once it wears off. I feel more like myself when I take it, I'm more social, motivated, and confident. It helps my allergies. I don't feel afraid of anything. I have wayy more energy, and I just feel like everything is going to be fine. Then when it starts wearing off it's like...ohhh man. Then I start to get scared, hallucinating, and all the paranoia I already have is intensified. It's like the best stuff and the worst stuff I've ever tried. | F | 17 | 3 months | 1/18/2007 | 4 | wrist surgery | some nausea.ome muscle cramps when first starting to work in legs | euphoric, but left me loopy, sense of out of body, am using Darvocet now they dont let you take them very long, pain was releived sixty percent..otherwise an uggy feeling..e mail if you got leg pain | 4 weeks | 1/17/2007 | 5 | kidney failure | Constipation, dehydration, drowsy, spacey | Percocet gives me stomach pain and nausea. Vicodin kills my pain as or more effectively without these side effects. I have experienced no nightmares or ill effects aside from constipation, which is considerable but well worth the pain relief. | M | 30 | 2 days | 1/12/2007 | 3 | severe back injury | Severe itching, dehydration, constipation, aggrivated my asthma | the first three vicodin i took (6 hours apart) did nothing for me. my pain is so severe that i'm bedridden for most of the day. my doctor suggested taking 2 at a time. that frightened me a bit (even though i'm on a very low dose) so i just decided to take them every 4 hours. i've been on vicodin for 4 days and i've felt a little relief. i don't know why people get addicted to it since it doesn't make me feel "high" or euphoric or anything like that. it eases my back pain just enough so i'm able to sit up for 15 minutes at a time, but that's it. to be honest, i was getting the same results from Advil. the side effect that's bothering me the most is the severe itching. i've scratched myself up so bad over the past 4 days that i think i might have to wear gloves to bed. also, vicodin has aggrivated my asthma and i'm a bit constipated. overall, i'll be happy when i don't have to take this drug anymore. i have about 20 pills left and i only take three to four a day. seems like a w | F | 31 | 4 days | 1/12/2007 | 5 | back pain | complete relief from pain | M | 35 | 30 days | 1/5/2007 | 4 | "slap" repair,nerve dammage | constipation,calmness,decrease pain | I've been on vicodin es for 1 year and have developed a strong tollerance for it.although it helps with pain I seem to have to take more in order to relieve the pain.You must be very careful because this is a highly addictive drug and before you know it it has you. | M | 34 | 1 years | 12/30/2006 | 1 | spouse taking it for backpain | Horrible drug as far as side effects are concerned. While it helped with the pain,it made my spouse irratic, depressed, suicidal, extremely hateful and violent. We have been together for thirteen years, and married for 10 years, he is a good person, loving, caring, respectful and I have never seen him like this. He is hallucinating and having psychotic episodes. He said all sorts of horrible things to me, shoved me, spat on my face repeatedly, threatened to kill me and commit suicide, so much so that I started to doubt who he really is and if I could be with him anymore. I know for sure that I will leave if he has to take this medicine again. He was also skipping breaths at night which is dangerous as it has killed people. The good part is that his backpain has subsided and the prescription is over,I am not sure how long the drug stays in the body and how long this behavior would go on. | The drug company and the doctors should inform the patients about these possible side effects, I have read on the internet that there are other people who have experienced similar side effects. It is extremely irresponsible of them not to inform the public about these side effects. Drugs like Darvocet used for pain has made people commit suicide or homicide, it is criminal that drug companies keep these side effects secret and market these drugs in order to make money. | 38 | 7 days | 12/27/2006 | 1 | root canal | horrible itching and insomnia | I normally sleep like a log without waking at all during the night. After the root canal I was prescribed vicoden and itched all night long totally unable to sleep. At 5am I gave up trying to sleep. I will definitely ask for something else next time and never ever take vicodin again. | F | 44 | 3 times | 12/21/2006 | 4 | kidney stones | tingling hands and legs, IBS, irritable when wore off. | Don't unless you must have the pain relief and no more than 2-3 days. This medicine is highly addictive and I have known patients on it for ten years or more. It is insidious. At first it will produce instant pain relief of megapain and a euphoric high. Then after even two days, it becomes less effective and you are face with two choices. Take more or begin the very miserable withdrawal period. Getting off Vicodin can take weeks. And much worse than overeating, it can not only ruin your ability to function normally, make you a foul tempered beast (it has destroyed marriages) it over time can create illnesses and over all problems ESPECIALLY constipation. I have know people with 12-18 inch bowel impactions which had to be surgically removed. I used to not understand why some physicians avoid this medicine like the plague for pain relief since sometimes it can kill pain (mine was kidney stone) close to effectively as morphine. The problem is the addictive nature of the drug and many peop | M | 50 | 2 years | 12/19/2006 | 5 | headache pain | F | 37 | 2 days | 12/17/2006 | 2 | Tooth Decayed, left the root only. | Upset Stomache, Chest pains, Dizziness, Lost of thought, General high, PAIN, CONSTANT NON STOPPING PAIN...;Numbness in the mouth, No bowels and Urinating more...Weakness in right arm due to MEds and PAIn | Oh did i add, its not freaking working at all! I tried taking 4 extra pills with it and Tylnol pm before it would work. Finally, it did! For 9 Hours then IT STOPPED AGAIN! | M | 17 | 3 days | 12/14/2006 | 2 | Tooth Decayed, left the root only. | Upset Stomache, Chest pains, Dizziness, Lost of thought, General high, PAIN, CONSTANT NON STOPPING PAIN...;Numbness in the mouth, No bowels and Urinating more...Weakness in right arm due to MEds and PAIn | Oh did i add, its not freaking working at all! I tried taking 4 extra pills with it and Tylnol pm before it would work. Finally, it did! | M | 17 | 3 days | 12/14/2006 | 2 | Kidney stones/kidney infection pain | Euphoria, muscle relaxation, migraines | The first couple of times I took this it helped a lot with my pain. However, I either became allergic or my body couldn't handle the "crash" after I came down off of the high, but I had severe migraines that would last for hours at a time. I eventually stopped taking it and just took a lot of ibuprofen. | F | 24 | 5 days | 12/13/2006 | 3 | Tooth Decayed, left the root only. | So far its been one hour and i've been irritable, i had to cry for it to start working, dizzy, a basic Marijuna high without the forgetting part...., Tired... | Still in some PAIN and it's not getting better, its been about 2 hours now. Will, post again in a few hours. | M | 17 | 0 days | 12/11/2006 | 4 | Severely ruptured disc / back surge | Makes me itch all over! Trouble falling asleep. Took two one night and felt very high. Also hard on my stomach, even when taken with food and/or an antacid. | Though Vicodin did not alleviate the pain when my disc was so severely ruptured (neither did steroid treatments, Percocet or OxyContin) - but after emergency surgery (for the ruptured disc) it did help with pain quite a bit. I take it once in a while now (maybe once or twice per month) when I sleep wrong or pull a muscle in my back and nothing else helps. I've had no problems with addiction because it makes me itch too much! | F | 35 | 10 months | 12/6/2006 | 2 | post op conical cervical biopsy | itchy itchy itchy! inner arms, palms, thighs, torso. | i usually don't even keep tylenol or advil in the house. i won't continue to take vicodin for pain relief, as the itching is really keeping me up. | F | 38 | 1 days | 12/3/2006 | 4 | breast augmentation | Forgetfullness, depression | It took away pain but depression wasn't worth it! | F | 30 | 1 weeks | 11/26/2006 | 4 | Restless Leg Syndrone | Sleepy as pills wore off, confusion, forgetfulness | 12 years ago I was given Viocodin for a back injury by Workman Comp Dr. I became dependent very fast, and the Dr gave me more and more pills 15-17 per day. I did not drink, then one day went to a BBQ had one margarita and woke up in an ER. The level was so high I was immediately put in detox. It was awful. I stayed clean until 3 months ago when my Dr prescribed Vicodin for Restless Leg Syndrome. I told her of my history, which she basically blew off. I am now hooked again, getting 100 a month from her and taking my Dad's 100 a month plus getting them on internet. I have tried to cut back but can not, I know it is only a matter of time before this will all come to a head. | F | 54 | 3 months | 11/19/2006 | 4 | Restless Leg Syndrone | Sleepy as pills wore off, confusion, forgetfulness | 12 years ago I was given Viocodin for a back injury by Workman Comp Dr. I became dependent very fast, and the Dr gave me more and more pills 15-17 per day. I did not drink, then one day went to a BBQ had one margarita and woke up in an ER. The level was so high I was immediately put in detox. It was awful. I stayed clean until 3 months ago when my Dr prescribed Vicodin for Restless Leg Syndrome. I told her of my history, which she basically blew off. I am now hooked again, getting 100 a month from her and taking my Dad's 100 a month plus getting them on internet. I have tried to cut back but can not, I know it is only a matter of time before this will all come to a head. | F | 54 | 3 months | 11/19/2006 |