Vicodin

[frigilux]

Hey, anyone out there have experience with the painkiller Vicodin?

I've been dealing with a substantial amount of pain from a bad left knee, and a friend of mine (who recently had knee surgery) gave me a few of her Vicodin when she was visiting a few weeks ago.

I finally broke down and took one this morning, and.....I feel goofy! I sort of feel like it's the 70's and my friend Todd broke out the horse tranquilizers and I should be listening to Black Sabbath's 'Master of Reality' turned up to 11.

I'm doing a lot of food prep, and will have to be extra, EXTRA careful with the chef's knife, LOL.

 

[xraytech]

I would reccomend you not to take them, especially if you are going to be driving or working. Go see your doctor who will give you something that wont have such an effect on you. Save taking vicodin until you are recovering from knee surgery

 

[nmassman44]

I was prescribed Vicodin when I had a kidney stone. For me I would get very emotional. I would cry at cat food commercials. Dont ask me why I dunno. It did kill the pain but one side effect that was horrible that i will never forget. They tell you to drink plenty of fluids. Well there is a reason why...if you dont you will get bound up. When I couldnt take a dump and everything just seemed to stop I was throwing up water and food.
I had to get off it and it took 2 days to pass out what felt like concrete. For the life of me I cant imagine being addicted to this drug. Now give me demerol and gawd that is one drug thats like truth serum to me. Scary....

 

[mrwash]

Maybe you should ask Dr. House. He has experience with this *lol*

 

[launderess]

What A drag It Is Getting Old! Doctor Please Some More Of Th

*LOL*

Hydrocodone (Vicodin) can make one VERY sleepy, and or as you say "loopy". Not some thing I would take if handling sharp knives and or cooking. Indeed the drug makes most people (including myself), more sleepy and actually working on serious pain. However DO NOT take with or if one has ingested alcohol. You can at best make yourself very/more sleepy, at worse go to sleep and never wake up again.

Being as the above may, it is about the strongest pain killer most doctors and dentists will give out these days, unless one has a very serious problem.

 

[ronhic]

Have a read on Wikipedia....

...it does mention the specific side effects you experienced...

...and as someone who has worked for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia....please please please....DON"T take anymore of these until you have been to see your doctor or, at the very least, spoken to a pharmacist....

It is also a schedule III drug in the US....along with anabolic steroids and ketamine to name a couple of others....

Hydrocodone/paracetamol - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[jakeseacrest]

Both Vicodin and Percocet made me wanna throw up when I had to take them after surgery. Percocet was good when I had my wisdom teeth pulled only if I took them and slept right after. I can only imagine what they would do to me if I took them with booze!

 

[perc-o-prince]

It should go with out saying but one should NEVER take someone elses prescriptions!! I have seen some horrific results such as severe allergic reactions that have stopped a persons breathing!

Let your doctor prescribe something for you

Good luck and I hope you feel better soon!!!

Rich

 

[gredmondson]

I just got through taking Vicodin

and it is an effective pain killer, but I do nothing except lie in bed when I take it. It did cause constipation (so next time I take it, I would take a stool softener at the same time), and I had disturbing dreams. It made me so loopy that twice I forgot to take my antibiotic. My fingers were numb, which the doctor said was from all the analgesics (Vicodin among them) I was taking. It works, but there are side effects.

 

[launderess]

"NEVER take someone elses prescriptions"

Oh honey, if one did that would keep having to call doctor for refills! *LOL*

Really good things are no longer available,or so hard to obtain.The modern replacements leave much to be desired.

Seconal, Numbutal, Valium,Miltown, I mean when one simply cannot cope or needs to sleep but cannot, one wants something that will do the job and go. Ambien may be all very well because it is non-narcotic, but then one has to cope with drug induced sleepwalking and eating. So one will be well rested but gain 20 pounds! *LOL*

OTHO take a Seconal and you aren't going anywhere for a good eight hours! Not even if there is Sara Lee cheesecake in the fridge.

L.

 

[yogitunes]

they make me buzz!.....when i have a kidney stone attack these are given to me to ease the pain until it passes and to help me sleep....are you kidding, I'm up all night buzzing around the house, cleaning, scrubbing, washing my windows at 3 in the morning, laundry, pulling the fridge out to clean under it, its just non stop....my buddy knows when I've taken one, he just asks, how many did you take?....I'm going to bed, see you in the morning, and yes I'm waking him up to breakfast in bed at 6AM!....it's just GO,GO,GO!.....hate to see me at age 70...a walker and SPEEDY orthopedic shoes racing thru the stores....zzzzooooooooooommmmmmmmmm!

 

[dirtybuck]

I had a case of "pink eye" in 2004. I had to wear my sunglasses into work, as glare from lights and computers were knocking the crap out of me and making my eye hurt like there was no tomorrow. I went to an urgent care center at one of the hospitals after work. They gave me drops to clear up my eye and Vicodin for the pain (this was on a Friday afternoon).

The next day, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! I think by this time I had taken only two pills, but I had stuff to do, so I tried taking Advil for the pain. It didn't even phase it, so I took another Vicodin and slept some more.

POWERFUL STUFF, MAN!

 

[volsboy1]

Thats normal its a opiod all of them have that.Vicodin (Hydrocodone) is on the weaker end of the spectrum.You might feel some itching,drymouth,and have a buzz.I have been on every painkiller out there due to my Sezures and the accidents they cauzed broken back and leg Ampuation.The most DANGEROUS one is a Pain Patch called Durgesic which the drug fentanyl in it is over 10,000 times stronger than morphine.Trust me dont live in pain it raises your blood pressure.

 

[rp2813]

I don't have any problem with Vicodin. I think it depends on what you're doing after you take it (this would include recreational activities). If you're keeping busy, it'll provide a buzz and, if you're busy with another man, endurance where it matters most. On the other hand, if you just want to sleep, it will let you. Ditto, however on the stopped up effects. Don't take it on a continuing basis without having some blasting caps handy.

Personally, I find the anti-inflamation properties of ibuprofen more effective than the pain killing ones of Vicodin for my occassional muscle aches.

Ralph

 

[jeffg]

One of the side effects of opioids is impotence. They're like alcohol in this regard: taking them once in a while will not affect your sex drive, and may even enhance it, but there's a near 100% chance that heavy or long-term usage will cause some degree of impotence (and constipation).

 

[yogitunes]

Yes, with vicoden, you have great stamina during sex, the bigger, the better, the curls your toes and scream, but you can't reach CLIMAX, it cancels out pain as well as pleasure, the more you do the better it feels, but you can't get to the TOP!

 

[frigilux]

Launderess, I fully concur with your view on prescription-sharing, LOL!

Six hours after ingestion, and all is well, save for being a little tipsy and groggy. All kitchen prep work is finished, three loads of clothes are on the line and I'm going to settle in on the couch to watch Bringing Up Baby on Turner Classic Movies.

Dollars-to-doughnuts I'll be asleep well before the scene where Cary Grant, dressed in a woman's robe, exclaims, "I just went gay all of a sudden!"

Hasta la pizza, everyone.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Sorry for the advice ?

I was just trying to save someone from the possible reactions that I have encountered in my field of work. I've witnessed seizures, intense itching/rashes, anxiety/sleeplessness, suicidal thoughts, cardiac arrhythmias etc... and this, many times, was for people who had the medication prescribed!! Many people find out about alergic reactions by taking some one elses meds and many times they are alone when it happens. This is very scary and sometimes fatal.

Just my two cents! Proceed as you wish

R

 

[perc-o-prince]

Vicodin for knee surgery? I've had arthroscopy 3x in my right knee and was given Percocet each time. It did well to take the edge off (2 every 3-4 hours for a day or two) and give me some level of comfort. Leaving some minor, and I mean minor, pain there did well to stop me from using it too much too soon. You might want to consider that.

If you're having a TKR, maybe that's a different story. I'm ready for one physically, but too young, so I can't say what the pain level would be there.

Needless to say, I agree fully with Rich that prescriptions should not be shared, especially when one hasn't had a history with the drug to be shared.

$0.02

Chuck