User Reviews for Vicodin oral

No side effects after 2 years of use for nerve pain from a bad case of shingles. Have never had to increase dosage. When pain is not present I have no problem not taking the medication so it is not addictive for me. Without it I will be stuck with large doses of Tylenol or ibuprofen which definitely gives me problems. I am very concerned with the overwhelming concern for the "addicts" using Vicodin and the effect it is having on we seniors who use it safely and only as needed. Doctors in my area are reluctant to prescribe it even when it is the best and safest drug available. Patients are being referred instead to expensive Pain specialists for this drug because primary doctors are too often being harassed by the state and federal boards if they consider them to be writing too many scripts for pain meds. Good doctors know their patients and know what they need and if they can be trusted with a pain medication. Bureaucrats in the state houses do not. In the meantime the addicts will always find a way to get their drugs while we seniors will dig deep into our pockets to pay specialized doctors who should be treating critical spine patients, taking time to help us with relatively simple pain that may be,like mine,intermittent, and easily controlled by an educated patient with an ongoing relationship with her physician. Read More Read Less

extreme itchiness as a side effect

This drug is a JOKE! It is a dose of Tylenol, which damages your liver, with 5 mg of hydrocodone which slows your digestion to create constipation. DOES NOTHING FOR PAIN! I LAUGH when I hear people are addicted to this drug. Addicted to Tylenol. WHAT A JOKE!

Taking to stop onset of severe migraine headaches.

After an exam by a psychiatrist on why I hear music and car horns in my brain while taking vicodin for neuropathic pain, he said that many patients have suffered the music and horn symptom and it is due to vicodin. He told me to take less and to try to find another drug for pain.

works o.k. but makes me itch, it keeps me awake at night,a itch just as you start to sleep. o.k. during the day becauses i'm buzy.

I have very sever reaction to this drug. I am very sick to my stomach from taking this.

break through med

Takes pain away

vicodin has really helped with the pain I have

I take 3 halves a day (1 and one-half 500mg pills) It gives me the ability to do my housework on a limited basis without pain in my lower back.

it help

Vicodin was a godsend for me, because it was the first med I had ever taken that proved effective in controlling my excruciating menstrual cramps to the point where I could actually function reasonably well each month during my period. (Since then, I have also found that Tramadol works almost, but not quite, as well, so that is my "backup" of choice.) The main hassle is simply trying to find a primary care doc/GYN willing to prescribe Vicodin for me consistently at the strong dosage I truly need each month. I guess so many people exaggerate pain symptoms in order to obtain/abuse Vicodin, doctors are terrified of potential liability issues if you end up getting hooked while on their watch.... but dammit, some of us are *not* drug abusers, we seriously do suffer as acutely as we claim, and throwing hormones at the problem, as so many GYNs insist on doing, often makes the problem a hundred times WORSE by extending the period to a nightmarish 2.5 to 4 WEEKS, and every bit as painful to boot! Anyway, hopefully I have found a solution, with my primary care doc agreeing to refer me to a pain management clinic where they say they will be happy to evaluate and monitor me if indeed I need to go the narcotic route in order to function for a quarter of my premenopausal life ahead. If they want to watch me like a hawk, fine.... I'm no abuser, just someone who hurts a lot, LOL. So, Viva la Vicodin!!Read More Read Less

helps dull pain