In my opinon it seems like hydrocodone works very well for me. My doctor also prescribe morphine sulphate for me but for some reason unknown I am not able to handle morphine. I have difficulty concentrationg and very bad mood swings. But with vicoden the world is fine and for the most part I can get rid of my pain Could anyone explain to me why? Is there a chemical makeup of how vicodin and morphine are made. It must have something to do with the pharmacology of the two drugs

when i was first diagnosed with a severe back problem i was prescribed hydrocodone
(dihydrocodiene as we call it in the uk).i found it extrmeley affective and was able to live fairly normally with only minimal discomfort.
but as time went by ,and my condition got worse ,the doseage was upped ,and it made me extrmely nauseous and tired all the time.now i cannot take it as it gives me headaches sickness and leaves me feeling like a zombie.my dr then after more tests prescribed a stronger yet more appeasing drug for me ,that 99% of the time,keeps my pain under control.

it works for me, I am prescribed 10 mg 4x daily, sometimes I only take 5mg, cant sleep on it very well, anyone else have this problem?

It didn`t work for my pain and it also triggers migraines in me.

Hydrocodone/Vicodin was my wonder drug immediately following my back injury. Unfortunately I reached max dosage and it was no longer effective so I was switched to Percs about a month before surgery. I take hydrocodone VERY RARELY now if my migraines are intolerable because of the LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS of all the meds my docs had me on.
Hot sweats, jitters, I was either extemely hyper and talkative or I could have slept on a bed of nails. My digestive track is totally screwed up now (most likely because I was prescribed wayyyyy too much for too long)Its the only med that really helps my headaches and I can't take it because of the constipation issues.

I take hydrocodone at night on "bad nights" when joint pain is 8. I still wake up several times at night, but at least the sleep i do get is restful & lowers pain a few points.

I took hydrocodone, for 4 years or so. It helped my pain from my MS...which was leg pain,arm pain and head pain. The last year it got to the point where I was taking so many a day just to keep the pain down. I would say its great for short term pain relief but for long term it may not be the best. I was switched to morphine and didn't tolerate that well so went to methadone, and that seems to work ok. I had no real side affects from hydrocodone. I just don't recommend it for long term pain management. Unless you don't take it that often.

many hugs
Morgaine

at the risk of sounding cynical, i am declaring my cynicism.

all of us guys sitting in our ds chairs right now could have written such a book.

we don't need to read the obvious. and, we hope that women don't think that we are so different than them as to think that they need to read the obvious.

i've got a headache. i need an aspirin, a can of soda, a taco, and a good walk.

here's to us here on DS - we don't need to read anything.

we are in the trenches - together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FPK5-Rm38

hawk your wares somewhere else, dude.

Hey this gal is pretty nifty! I belong to her group! She let me in! Ha ha I hope!

Highly recommend this book I have read it also ....Great Post

Thank you. Based on your recommendation, I bought and am in the process of reading "Getting to the Other Side of Grief." I think that it will be quite helpful to me although I am retired and the book states that it is primarily for younger widows and widowers.

I also read this book and highly recommend it! Just good reading from the clinical side and the spiritual side.

I also have this book and it is an exceptional one! Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Joely