Norco Withdrawl

I have been on norco tens for at least eight years. I have had breast surgeries and back problems ect. They did help with the pain but now its more about surviving I guess. I am usually careful not to run out but my doctor had emergency surgery and wont be back until monday so that puts me with no meds starting now and I am freaking because I am prescribed eight a day. I have twenty tylenol fours that I could take but have never taken them before so I dont know if they will even help so I guess my question is will they keep me from withdrawing or am I out of luck? I have two children and a job that I called in sick to because I was afraid of being sick. Any help you can give I really appreciate. Thanks..

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Tylenol 4 are codeine with 300mg of acetaminophen. They are much weaker than Norco but have almost as much acetaminophen (Norco has 325mg). The best they will do is take some of the edge off. Six or so years ago doctors said over 4000mg of acetaminophen was too much for the liver. Now the threshold is 3000mg, out of caution. But different people metabolize at different rates. Going from 8 to zero will be rough - and stressful on your body. I had a doctor who said if I ever had a situation like yours, I should bring my most recent empty bottle to a hospital emergency room and explain the situation. Because of the change last fall in federal Class 2 drugs like Norco, hospitals are seeing more cases like this and will help s it a stopgap prescription that can be filled at the hospital. The big problem is you will likely get hit with an emergency room use fee that could be a few hundred dollars. No good choices here.

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