Anyone have personal experience with Lorcet, Vicodin, Lortab, Etc.  Use?  Addiction?
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well of all the "not so great things" ive taken, lol, vicodan seems to be my favorite. its a nice numb-ish sedate\nfeeling that goes great w/a glass of wine.\nhowever, its pretty addicting, ecspecially for a person with\nan addictive like personality. i personally stoppped although its easy to get, just because, i dont want to be doing that kind of stuff on a daily business. so as for now,\nim clean as a whisle!
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YES! get some Zyban. Or bupropion that stuff really works, I smoked for 30 years and quit cold turkey with that stuff. No problems except a little irritability.
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First off. Watch out for the Vicodin. It is the number one abused prescription drug. I should know my wife was arrested for stealing a friends prescriptions to keep having them.\n\nMost need a 12 step program to get off of them. Once he gets off the pain meds, he will realize the pain killers were doing more harm than good.\n\nThe sex will come back once the gets off of them
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Get your doctor to give you some lortabs 10/500's or generic Hydrocodone.  The side effects are great!  and they will help a lot.
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Hi gaylon e,\n Please don't listen to the first 3 answers! \nI've been on methadone for over 5 yrs. now. It's the ONLY thing that keeps my pain manageable.Yes, it's physically addicting,but it is the only narcotic that provides relief without getting a "buzz" from it. I had brain surgery 9 years ago and had metal inserted into my aneurysm to fill it up.The neck of it reopened causing the  metal coils to  compress, and the result is "systemic vasculitis". In layman's terms, it means my cerebral arteries are inflamed.It's inoperable at present time, but I keep hoping for a miracle!\n  I was sent to a pain clinic and the doctors there offered this drug. I had complained that drugs such as vicodin and oxycontin didn't work unless I ate them like candy. They also made me feel "high". My quality of life sucked back then. Now, I am finally able to manage my pain and my quality of life is much better. Also, being on disability, it is hard to manage the newer medicines because of cost effectiveness. Methadone has been around for years and it's cheap. There's a pain medicine called  fentynal  that comes as a patch and you change it every 3 days or so, but the cost is astronomical without prescription coverage.\nIt is simply not true that methadone is unavailable outside of hospitals and that methadone's only use is for withdrawal from heroin. Please get your facts straight before spreading these myths.\nThe doctors at the pain clinic changed my life for the better. I no longer suffer in silence. If methadone is working for you, stay with it. From experience I can say the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. Check out the link below for more info. Good luck to you!
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My only experience is with Viagra, and it worked like it was supposed to. I wouldn't be afraid to try the others though.
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Propranolol is not an addictive medication. Its safety for taking depends on your sensitivity to the medication. If you have any doubts you need to contact your doctor immediatly.
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I took it for a short time....for depression. I had headaches, and gained weight.  Also, when I stopped taking it...my hearing kept going in and out.  I kept hearing this zzip..zzzip...I could actually feel a strange vibration going thru my head...and that's when I figured out it was my hearing....fading in and out.  Really weird.  And they say it is not habit forming....but, then they say "well, you can't just stop taking it..you have to be weaned off of it."  If that's not an addiction....then explain that one to me!! I ended up just going to a counselor and now I am doing great....I just had to have someone not involved with my life to help me figure things out.
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Yeah, that is truly an addiction.  But I am very happy to hear that you recognized it is a problem.  That is the first step in detox.  \n\nI suggest an inpatient detox program and going Narcotics Annoymous.  They may have suggests for a good detox program.  Doing it yourself at home can be pretty intense.
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Tough Qustion.  How bad do you want to be healthy? How motivated are you? Get high on life and go out with friends, start exercising and watch your bod change! Just do something else you have the spark for.  You can also get "regular" pain relievers that aren't addictive!\n\nGood luck!
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Ultram + valum or some other benzo, ultram helps a lot. If you are getting sick you are addicted but you probably know that by now, and if you are going through them to fast then one of 2 things. Either you need a new dr who will perscribe you what you need cuz your tolerance has increased a lot, or you are, yes, i will say it, taking to much medicine. Methadone helps too if you can get some of that and Butalnorpine, but imo that doesnt help as much. Best possible solution is methadone but kinda rough to get unless you know any who goes to a clinic. Being sick, even off pain pills is no fun. I'd call your doctor, a different one maybe complain of some sort of moderate pain that tylenol advil isnt helping and say you dont want to take narcotics because  you dont want to become adicted but is there anything else you can take? and get some ultram to last you through, it wont fix ur sickness but it will take the edge off, Ultram works like an opiate but isnt an opiate.. pretty confusing actually.. but that's what I would do if ya dont think you can get more pain pills right now.
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Yeah, me too, I started useing it awhile back, a couple of years ago actually. But before I knew it I was taking them faithfully, couldnt even think of bed without popping one first, then I realized I was becoming addicted, didnt know if it  was physical addiction or psychological but definetly a problem.  Now I use exercise and warm milk
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As far as tips on getting used to it, I don't know because I've never used one.\n\nThe two people I know who use one have both been able to go off all medications they were taking.  One even goes as far as to check into a hotel when the electricity goes off in her house at night because she doesn't even want to go one night without it.\n\nGood luck getting used to it!
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pills can become an addictive thing. try to start up and eating and excercise programme for yrself. kick the pills now they r a quick fix thing. you want long term result.
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I also have been on it for 3 years and tried to stop. I had horrible vertigo, vomiting, direareha. Don't even try to stop it yourself! I couldn't stop and am still taking it.Good luck
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In your own words: "I would gladly be addicted to opiates for the rest of my life if it means I can be out of this pain."  The doctors are right to protect you from yourself.  Have you tried therapeudic massage, thermal water treatments, etc?  I wish you luck.  Living in pain is certainly very depressing.  You have my sympathy.
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That's Watson Pharmaceutical's version of Lortab, 10/500. 10 mg Hydrocodone, 500 mg acetaminophen. It's a painkiller that's known for making people unbelievably nauseated. Hope that helps.