What are the side affects?
2007-01-29 05:04:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
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2007-01-29 05:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by stormy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Death. That's the worst side effect, and it's always a possibility.
There are legitimate medical uses for vicodin, for all narcotics. The difference is that when it's used for legitimate medical purposes, it helps to greatly improve OUR lifestyles. It helps to allow US to function, reasonably well, on a routine basis. This is the aim of pain management, functionality and not the complete disappearance of pain.
However, when narcotics are abused for recreational purposes, the user's lifestyle starts to circle the drain. That's the difference between addition and legitimate medical need.
Those individuals who abuse narcotics do nothing other than make things extremely idfficult, if not impossible, for US, for chronic pain patients, to get the help that WE need. So, in addition to death as a side effect, let's include the fact that until that point, individuals abusing these drugs are selfish a***s.
2007-01-29 13:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have used it. You get an opiate high, for the first few days you use it. But few negative side affects; it does not cause constipation, like most of the opioid drugs.
Too much for too long will cause addiction and withdrawal. But I had no problem.
2007-01-29 13:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by robert2020 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Side effects are different for everybody. The nurse got them right but side effects are something that may happen not something that will happen.
2007-01-29 13:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by ChaliQ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Psychological and physical dependence, because of the acetaminophen there can be liver damage, respiratory depression, coma and death.
2007-01-29 13:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) takes more and more to get rid of the same amount of pain
2) headaches (generalized) due to swelling of brain from codeine
3) general nervousness, worsens when not on Vicodin
4) nasty little pill to get hooked on, but relatively easy to get off of.
2007-01-29 13:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'll ask my husband (a Pharmacist) when I see him this afternoon.
2007-01-29 13:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by Souris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the opiate "high", I am not aware of any...
Perhaps some constipation ?
2007-01-29 13:12:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
fell as if you are taking it just to get the fell the effects of it. not taking it for pain. you doses increase. you need it more and more.You get sick if you do not take it.
2007-01-29 13:08:46 · answer #9 · answered by owned by a siberian husky 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You get slow... you forget things... guys have a hard time getting it up, girls have a hard time getting wet... your neurons break off and your reaction times slow down... it's not a good thing.
2007-01-29 13:08:04 · answer #10 · answered by Julie K 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋