2007-05-03 16:03:28 · 3 answers · asked by qfull 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Are you all crazy for answering this? The person could actually be considering taking x amount of these pills to kill themselves ..
To the poster...only take what was prescribed for you. Get help if you need it!
2007-05-03 18:46:40 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a hard one. Most "vicodin" is a mix of hydrocodone (an opioid, like morphine) and acetaminophen (aka tylenol). Most 'vicodin' is 5-7.5mg hydrocodone and 500-650mg of acetaminophen.
As little as 10g of acetaminophen can kill you due to liver damage (though it usually takes more). So that would be 15-20+ pills.
The lethal doses of hydrocodone is not as well know. Opioid tolerant people get up to 120mg in a day (15-25 pills of vicodin; these people wouldn't be one vicodin).
I suspect you would need to take in exess of 20 pills, assuming the acetaminophen was going to kill you, 20g of acetaminophen and 300mg of hydrocodone is certainly going to put you in the dirt (40 pills). Though whether you'd die the horrible, drawn out liver toxicity way, or the short and vomiting death of opioid overdose is anyone geuss.
2007-05-03 16:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by Bill C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only take what your doctor told you to take. Use it just like the doctor said to, and you will not need to worry about stuff like that.
2007-05-03 16:30:46 · answer #3 · answered by BiologyPurdue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on your body chemistry and hour health condition
2007-05-03 18:09:39 · answer #4 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋