Vicodin

relieve pain.

Side Effects:

May cause constipation, lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness, stomach upset, nausea or flushing the first few days as your body adjusts to the medication.

If these symptoms persist or become bothersome, inform your doctor.

To prevent oversedation, avoid using alcohol and other sedative type medications while taking this drug.

Notify your doctor if you develop irregular heartbeat, anxiety or tremors.

In the unlikely event you have an allergic reaction to this drug, seek immediate medical attention. Symptoms of an allergic reaction include rash, itching, swelling, dizziness or trouble breathing.

Precautions:

Tell your doctor your medical history:
of liver or kidney disease, history of alcohol use, colitis or other abdominal problems, breathing problems, heart problems, drug dependency, severe diarrhea and of any drug allergies.

Use caution when engaging in activities requiring alertness such as driving or using machinery.

Limit alcohol consumption because it may add to the dizziness/drowsiness effects of this drug.

This medication should be used during pregnancy only when clearly needed.

Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.

This drug is excreted into breast milk.

Though to date no harm has been noted in nursing infants, consult your doctor before you breast-feed.

Generic Name: Hydrocodone Bitartrate

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Many over-the-counter (OTC) medications like Tylenol, Excedrin, and store-brand products contain the same pain reliever found in your prescription medicine.

By combining your prescription medicine with one or more of these products, you may be getting more than the recommended daily dose of pain reliever.

If your doctor has marked your prescription here...

...examine this list of nonprescription medicines for products you may be taking.

Do not use any of these OTC products with the prescription medicine marked by your doctor.

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Converting from one opioid to another in opioid-responsive patients is often necessary as dose limits of short-acting combination products are reached or the use of a long-acting agent is desired.

"Equianalgesic Dose Charts" compare doses of different opioids required to produce the same pain relief as morphine 30 mg po, which is used as the standard for comparison.

Conversions of the commonly used short-acting opioids, hydrocodone or oxycodone, are relatively simple.

This is approximately one-to-one equivalent to 30 mg of morphine, or long-act-ing morphine 15 mg bid.

Step 3: Multiply the EDU by the ED for the new drug to get the total dose of the new opioid.

-- Why there might be an increase in abuse What are prescription opioids?

· Assesses lifetime, past year and past 30 day non-medical use of prescription opioids in 12th graders.

· NHSDUH collects prevalence data and should be a valuable resource to detect trends, but in my opinion it really has not been for the last several years.....

-- Advantage: more privacy for respondent, might increase honesty of the respondents regarding their drug use -- Disadvantage: We were told by the survey people in 1999 that making comparisons between 1999 data and earlier years inappropriate.

· In 2002, estimated numbers of persons dependent (ie, serious abusers) on prescription opioids (DSM-IV criteria) was over 900,000 people.