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 |
| 4 | Gallbladder/gallstone attacks | Very itchy!! My whole body itches, like bugs crawling over me. I was able to get to sleep, but still woke up every hour. Was able to turn back over and fall back asleep with no problems. | I am 38 weeks pregnant and have been diagnosed with gallstones for the past 4-5 months. I've only had a few attacks, but had two in a day and a half. Went to L&D and they gave me a painkiller through my IV which was AWESOME, but unfortunately cannot have that at home without an IV. I do have to take 2 vicodins for it to help my pain, though. They are 5mg/500mg | F | 29 | 3 days | 5/22/2006 | 5 | Sciatica -- severe leg pain | There were three: constipation, itching on fingers and palms of both hands, and loss of appetite. It seemed to exacerbate problems with insomnia, and fatigue during the day, but difficult to evaluate this with accuracy. None of these effects were disabling | I had a severe and disabling attack of sciatica, beginning in 11/05 After no improvement by 2/06, using Soma and other anti-spasmodics/relaxants, Dr.prescribed Vicodin-ES(750mg)every six hours.Over a 60 day period, pain gradually lessened, and by 5/06 has completely disappeared.Withdrew over a one week period by reducing number of daily doses. I experienced no noticeable withrawal symptoms. | M | 71 | 60 days | 5/19/2006 | 1 | Not just vics all opiates | none besides addiciton.... i wouldnt recomend anyone take vicodin unless taking it only for pain exactly as prescribed....and use precaution then....especially if you are known to have an addictive personality, have mental or physical diseases, or substance abuse...... | i feel i have a severe addiction.....ive only been misusing opiates for about a year but ive done almost all of them including IV heroin, oxycontin, methadone, vicodin, morphine, codeine, darvocet and i feel i have all the symptoms of severe physicial and pyschological dependance.... the addiciton is so strong sometimes i cry wondering if ill ever be normal again....im gonna try suboxone soon....word of advice.....NEVER TAKE OPIATES IF YOU NEVER HAVE. IF YOUR UNLUCKY LIKE ME AND OPIATES HIT U LIKE THEY HIT ME U WILL _NOT_ BE ABLE TO QUIT WITHOUT MEDICAL HELP, DRUGS, AND/OR REHAB. | M | 17 | 1 years | 5/16/2006 | 2 | post surgery | Gastrointestinal symptoms were dreadful -- cramps, constipation (despite drinking water etc.) and nausea. | It relieved some of the pain, but not worth it--I'd have to be desperate to try it again and willing to deal with the GI problems. Unlikely to happen. | F | 53 | 2 days | 5/12/2006 | 5 | Neck and shoulder pain | Slight itching around my thighs, but not too bad. I did feel pretty euphoric (no complaints), but it also makes me a neat freak (spent hours cleaning and organizing my apartment). | Wow. Definately can be very addicting if you're not careful or have a history of substance abuse. Any anxiety or bad feelings when the drugs are wearing off is usually settled with a two or three beers. | M | 21 | 4 days | 5/11/2006 | 3 | oral surgery | Extreme itching over most of my body. | Some pain relief, but very short term. The itching made it not worth taking | M | 57 | 3 days | 5/8/2006 | 5 | Herniated discs & arthritis in neck | The side effects are worth the pain relief. Without it, I would not be able to work or play. I only take 2.5-3 p/day (7.5/750)--NEVER anymore than that. I most likely have a physical dependence since I've taken the same dose for about two years. But I know I'm not psychologically addicted (if I was, I'd be wanting to take more); however, most doctors have a problem prescribing it long term--even though it's obvious I'm not abusing the drug. My last doctor agreed to prescribe it long term. Question is: Why only her and not the others? Any comments from other chronic pain sufferers who use this drug? P.S. I used to take it with Oxycontin but I didn't like the idea of taking that drug so I detoxed myself off of it. I'm glad I did. | F | 52 | 2 years | 5/4/2006 | 5 | Severe Back Pain | Itching, Nausea, Vomiting, Euphoria (which made it worth while) | I had been taking it at 25mg before surgery, and 60mg after surgery. | M | 29 | 9 months | 4/16/2006 | 1 | dental pain | Terrible nausea & dizziness; simultaneously tired and restless. | Talk about the cure being worse than the disease. This drug is absolutely to be avoided if you have any nausea issues, especially with things like codeine or anaesthesia. After just one capsule, I felt like I was going to die! A real nightmare and I'm amazed by all the positive results other patients have had. Since it is so highly addictive, just as well that I hate it so much. | F | 39 | 1 times | 4/10/2006 | 5 | spine/tissue injury in car accident | Did not experience any of the possible side effects at all -- no constipation, no dependency, no problems with sleep, libido, etc. No undesirable side effects. Was lucky, since others I know have had nausea, constipation, etc., and hate using this drug. Usability seems to really vary from person to person. IF it works for you, it's great. IF not, it's bad enough that most people seem to stop taking after first dose or two. | My family doc won't prescribe vicodin because of a concern re addiction. But the ibuprofin, acetomeniphen, and then even Celebrex he woulkd prescribe caused serious gastro problems after a month of regular use -- and with very little pain relief. Orthopedic doc prescribed vicodin. Great. Pain gone in 20 minutes, relief lasted hours and hours, no mental impairment, just quick, sure pain relief. Should have used vicodin to begin with. I LOVE vicodin, too, because it worked so well for me. But I don't LOVE it meaning I want to keep taking it no matter what. If I wasn't in pain, taking vicodin was like drinking water -- no effect in terms of altering consciousness, the reason people seem to want to use drugs regularly. If I was in bad pain, though, it was a blessing -- I could work without being distracted by pain , and without any impairment of my mental acuity or wakefulness. ***** The nature and source of the pain you want to relieve makes a BIG difference. ***** | F | 48 | 6 months | 4/9/2006 | 5 | for mentral cramps | I experienced constipation,happiness at first then when i came down i got very angry, very hyper, hard to sleep at night,crazy dreamS, decreased sex drive. | I LIKE TAKING THIS PILL TO MUCH AND I FEEL THAT I AM BECOMING DEPENDENT ON IT AND NEED TO STOP MY MOODS HAVE CHANGED COMPLETLY AND I DONT LIKE IT. | F | 20 | 1 years | 4/2/2006 | 4 | Root Canal | complete euphoria like I was suddenly the happiest person on earth. I was so hyper everyone thought I was high. I had horrible vivid nightmares that could have come straight from a horror flick, they were so real it was like they were written by a screen writer. | I love the drug. Doesn't really make the pain go away 100% of the time but it makes it so I just don't care! I can see why people misuse this drug...it's better than sex for God's sake. | F | 18 | 7 days | 4/1/2006 | 3 | | 3/15/2006 | 5 | broken ankle, toothache, | Well, I just want to let you all know my experience. It cured my pain most definitely. I was taking a bottle everyday for like, 8 months and then stopped because it didn't work for me. So I started doing heroin, the same thing as vicodin, just illegal. Do you know how many heroin addicts there are that started taking vicodin? From vicodin there is oxycontin, and past that is morphine, at least in a legal order. did you know that the withdrawl from vicodin is the exact same as heroin? it's just as addictive. If you do take vicodin, realize that you are taking a strongly addictive substance and take it exactly as prescribed, for exactly as long as your doctor tells you. It may keep you from having to go through rehab someday. | F | 23 | 5 years | 3/2/2006 | 4 | complete extraction of all teeth | extremely vivid dreams in full color Vicodin dreams This dream was this morning about 4-5 am after taking ˝ tab of vicodin at about 9;30 pm the evening before. These dreams are in full color and extremely vivid. It was day time with a blue sky and small white fluffy clouds, there was a full moon at about 3 o’clock (12 o’clock) being the horizon line. There were 4 moons 2 on the left, 1 in the center (the real moon) and 1 on the right. (O O O O which looked like this.) I was trying to take a digital photo of this strange event with my camera ( I viewed this from both as a 3 party watching this and being in the event at different times with no notice of anything strange). I could not get a clear shot of the event because of telephone poles and wires and buildings in the way every where I looked. I was walking through a neighborhood in people’s yards and backyards looking for a vantage point to take the shot. A lady ( I don’t remember what she | when we looked up into the sky we say a very large object that appeared to be a communication tower or pole that was metallic which went from right to left and took up most of the view of the sky. We thought this was quite strange then it turned into a large semi truck and trailer with a picture of said pole on the side that drove away to the left out of view which revealed the NASA building and the sky with an unobstructed view of the 4 moons. Next we (kitten and I) were inside the NASA lunch room at a round orange vinyl lunch table with a NASA guy sitting across from us. I think he had short dark hair, was clean shaven, average build and height but don’t remember anything else (he may have worn black rimmed glasses but I don’t remember for sure now) I asked him about the 4 moon phenomenon and he said it was called a “Poon Moon” he also had a scientific name for this but I either never got it or forgot it as soon as I woke up and was reflection of the one mo | M | 48 | 1 days | 2/24/2006 | 4 | DEQUERVIAN'S TENDONITIS | Loopiness, Muscle Pain? | Not sure if the muscle pain was a side effect from the drug. I am in retail and a waitress (though I am hosting until my wrist heals), but my legs have never hurt so bad in my life. I have a weird, dull but aching pain not only in my calves, but in my shins as well as my thighs. But the Vicodin DID really ease the pain in my wrist. If you know, or think that Vicodin can be related to the pain in my legs, please e-mail me. In the mean time, I just took another to see if it would relieve the pain in my legs. | F | 20 | 2 days | 2/22/2006 | 2 | UTI/Kidney infection/menstual cramp | The most vivid, horrific dream of my life--every inner fear in my being came out in the dream, and even after getting up two times and walking around and breathing I was dropped back into this nightmare. It was so real (I could smell and taste and feel when my blood ran cold in my dream), and I unfortunately remember it from start to finish...in fact, I woke up still feeling like my blood was running cold and the air had been sucked out of the room. I spent the rest of the day terrified to sleep, groggy, depressed, crying, etc. Good news: no pain. | I have used this drug several times before, but never before going to bed. It tends to make me a little woozy, but I had never experienced the nightmare of taking it at night. Try it at your own risk. | F | 23 | 3 days | 2/22/2006 | 5 | treatment | Increased energy, easier to fall asleep, calmness, anxiolysis, increased sensation of pain, increased sex drive, tactile stimulation more intense | At first I was taking it in a less-than-legal sense to find a good sleep aid. My reaction to it was highly paradoxical, since it made me feel pain and think more clearly. I'm usually emotionally and physically numb, and Vicodin reversed that. The doctors think I might be bipolar, so I'm not sure how much those two have to do with each other. It lifted me out of depression and smoothed over manic episodes. Also,at times I have this "wall" blocking me, so reality isn't real, I can't really "touch" anyone, and I'm generally disconnected. Vicodin made me feel normal and emotionally balanced. That was the most functional month of my life (socially, academically, emotionally etc.) Not sure why, but it seems to have wildly different effects on different people, especially in terms of mood. | M | 19 | 1 months | 2/20/2006 | 4 | tonsillectomy | LOWERED SEX DRIVE(numb- like feeling of penis if I had sex); constipation; | I loved how it quickly and easily took the pain away. It didn't last through the night however, had to wake up within 5 hours of taking 2 5/500s and throat would be killing me. Sex drive was lessened a little but ejaculation was impossible and after having sex with gf after 30 mins or more I felt numbness in my penis. Besides that it was great. I took it as prescribed by the Dr. and I also made myself aware of how often I was taking it and stayed aware of addiction- like urges. | M | 23 | 14 days | 2/14/2006 | 5 | back and shoulder pain | constipation, slight dizziness, decreased sex drive, decreased concentration and analytical thinking | Vicodin is great, the constipation can be cured by drinking plenty of water especially in the morning. the only thing about V is that after taking it, I really have no desire to have sex. I usually take it in the evening, gives me a warm fuzzy feeling, and at that point I don't really need anything else, I take 1-5 Extra Strength a day, run a successful law practice. I never take it during the day, it clouds my mind too much. It hasn't affected my professional life, my evening social interactions have decreased mainly because I don't drink alcohol because it ruins the vicodin buzz. My wife knows I take it, but she doesn't know how much or often. Hydrocodone is a godly drug, but if you use it too long it will become part of your daily routine. | M | 31 | 2.5 years | 2/10/2006 |