Pain Medication To Replace Vicodin

What the heck did they take vicodin off the market for? I know acetaminophen.... bad for your liver?.. the main ingreediant in over the counter tylenol. Ten years ago I was in a accident and broke my back and femur now I'm paralyzed and have had six surgery's and need to know what they are going to replace vicodin with (that works)!! I am not a drug addict, if I wanted to get high I'd smoke marijuana or do street drugs, but I don't want that. What I want is the pain relief like I got from the 660 vicodin that was working fine before they took it away. Now there are days that I lay in bed for 14 hours. I only took half a pill in the morning and the other half at dinner. And I have never had any of these side effects they say are caused by vicodin. Now I got norco10/325 and they don't work. It makes me CRAZY that they'll cancel it and people still get oxy's and other drugs that can be deadly. What is going to replace the only pain medication that worked for us people that require it to live a normal life?? Please help!!!!!

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There are still products available that contain Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen, it's just that the ones with the higher amounts of Acetaminophen have been removed from the market, so the maximum of it available in any single dose is now 325mgs. However, the 5, 7.5 and 10mgs doses of Hydrocodone have not changed.

And regarding that, you may want to ask your doctor about possibly adding some extra Acetaminophen, on your own, if they feel that it is safe for you to do so.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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narco is safer and just as affective. are you getting white or yellow. yellow works better for me. i felt sick taking white. just a different manufacter. if you want tylenol buy it at the store. vicoden had 600 and something of tylenol in it. was affecting peoples liver especially if on it a long time or you will have to be on it to live at home. narco has 300 and something in it. the pain (narcotic) releiver amount is the same 5s,7s, and 10s.i would guess you didnt want the change or your getting a color that doesnt agree with you. if on whites try yellow and the other way around. believe me im not a doctor but very sick, people dont like their meds messed with. but it is the same, if tylenol is the difference than stop the narco and buy over the counter tylenol. i would assume that u dont need the tylenol. your liver will love you more. try changing the brands. white/yellow. the white is a different coating like. vicoden the yellow is shiney and like a buffer, waxy coatting. try it i but you will find the difference is better. good luck pain really sucks

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I know. This is crazy. Liver? Well then lets take away alcohol like in the 1920's. I've been saved for 17 years by Vicodin 5/500 prescription. It was the only medication that I didn't get sick from. My blood test always good. I can't take heavy morphine or codine narcotics. They make me very sick or sleep my life away. It is a miracle drug when not abused.

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WTF you're right it was the Tylenol in Vicodin that kills people, not the opioid. Ask your doc about Roxycodone, its Oxycodone with no Tylenol.

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I've been on Vicoden for 5 yrs. following two spinal surgeries. Now partly titanium and still had pain but this rx at least took the edge off. Norco did absolutely nothing and the pharmacist all try to say they are the same, even taking xtra tylenol did nothing to help. Norco is advertised to allow someone addicted the ability to a limited withdrawal of 5 days unlike other drugs. So how can this be exactly the same. Also, if Tylenol is so dangerous at 500 mg. and yet sold over the counter Why didn't FDA attact them, I'm sure there must be other generics of Vicoden than Norco, I'd really like to know which ones & pharmacies to go to. ie:Wal Mart said they only carry Norco. From what I've read it seems this problem seems to effect more people with Neurological damages, spinal & migrains. Minor reasons for using these drugs, those people don't seem to have this problem. Thanks for sharing, I thought I was losing it and the only one.

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Just thought I would throw this out there for some people I've been on norcos for awhile now and they started losing their effect to where I needed more to take the pain away and I read up on why and found that if you stop for a week and take D Phenylalanine it will reboot your system so you won't have to keep going up in dosage.

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Maybe methadone pills would help you with your pain!

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I've had back pain for 20yrs. Tried everything. Try long term morphine and oxy 5mg for breakthrough pain and try to exercise a couple days a week. The more you sit the more pain

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Bacon lorcet new vicdon is right now I have been working on the same thing happened with my wife and kids are doing well as well as the original image for larger version name and password is the same as the original transmission without the express

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I am amazed that you mentioned the difference between the white and yellow Norco. I was taking the yellow for a while then I got white ones with my new script and overnight they didn't work as well. My wife thinks it because I built a tolerance but I said "overnight!?" Thank you.

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I used to think the same about marijuana until I watched “The Sacred Plant” series on the internet. It opened my eyes! Before it was demonized, it was regularly used by doctors for a variety of issues. When Big Pharma took over in the early part of the 20th century, suddenly it became a terrible thing. In the series, I learned a lot about the different kinds & parts of cannabis plants & what they can be used for. This plant has so many healing qualities, it’s as if God put it on earth for us to use! Yes, one part of the plant is psychoactive, but when you add a bit of another part, it is lessened. If it’s still on YouTube, please take a look! And, FYI, even though the government says it’s bad, why do they have patents for parts of it, known for the curative & healing effects?

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