I have never used them. Don't get the attraction. I know many people that have used them legitimately but have had seriously problems coming off them. ( mostly women for some reason). Anyhow I just had a serious knee injury at work. Might knee (get it) Knee surgery in the near future. I was prescribed Hydrocodone over the weekend. All they did is make me nauseous horrible things that I flushed . I called him up and he called in a prescription of tramadol to the pharmacy. That was some good **** at first. A little light headed , not a cool feeling .......but then I got really itchy. Almost cut my legs scratching. It relieved the pain in my knee, but it was not worth the rest. I just threw these in the medicine chest . Don't get the attraction. I haven't tried marijuana since 1991. Don't they make a legal pain medication that offers the same simple results as Marijuana? Just relieve me of a little pain so I can get to sleep. That's it. Don't know why so many are addicted to this crap. Its awful.
They effect people differently. I take hydrocodone for when I start having a kidney stone. Takes 90% of the pain away and I have no side effects at all. Before Darvocet was banned, I was prescribed some for a throat infection and while it took away the pain, it made both my legs hurt so bad I had to crawl. A lot of pain meds have addictive qualities. Its not that bizarre.
Really is a case by case basis, I hurt my shoulder at the gym and was on Vicodin for a solid month. When I was out I tried to get more but that requires another visit to the doc. Wasnt worth it for me. Maybe I was lucky, I certainly have my other vices...this GD board for example. I think my girl would rather I snorted bathsalts then spend the time I do on here. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
you get stones that often? I got my first one last yeah, at 25 no less. When you get them do you just take some pulls till it passes?
Just don't start taking oxycodone or oxycontin. It's actually a really good feeling, I had to take them a while but its easy to abuse them. I think it depends on your personality as well.
Eh, I've known a fair amount of people who'd take the things, some mellowed out on them, and other surprisingly got hyped up on them. For myself, just never cared for them, sometimes keep a left over bottle of the things around the house for pain relief otherwise never bothered with them. For me, they simply cause me to go numb, not a pleasant numb more a "hope you are not busy" numb.
A lot of pain killers are opiates. As in opium, as in heroin. Which means physical as well as mental addiction.
Kidney stones SUCK. I have been relatively healthy my whole life thank goodness, but I had a bout with kidney stones two yrs ago. Turned out to be my para thyroid. Had to get a node removed off of it. Been good as new since. Get your calcium level checked next time they do a blood draw. Should be around 14-16 . Mine was at 100 before I got operated on. This knee thing is new to me. I'm an avid runner. Now I can barely walk. getting a MRI tomorrow afternoon. pretty sure the MCL is torn on the inside of my right leg. I can't get any relief and these pain meds are horrible. I just took a Ambien but its 4AM and I'm miserable.
I've had 2 this year. The hydro I take is still left over from the original prescription. They seem to work on me for about 10 hours at a time.
Vicodin (hydrocodone) contains codeine and tylenol. Codeine is a milder form of morphine. It does work quite well for me after multiple ankle surgeries and also migraines I get occasionally. I get nausea only when riding rides with my kids. You have much more to worry about from the tylenol
You ride on rides with your children while high on narcotics??? Man I thought I was hardcore but I guess not lol
Its been a life saver for me. My first stone took a week to pass. I didn't go to the doctor for that one until the end, because I don't have insurance. I had multiple days of 10-12 hours of serious pain. Life changing pain is the only way I can describe it. They said to take the pills every 6 hours, but I waited until they wore off instead, trying to ration them. Its a good thing I did, because I got a second one about month ago and still had enough pills to get through it. We found a bottle prescribed to my wife for when she injured her foot, so i have a few more if I get another one, but I'd be lying if I said I'm not really scared of running out and getting a stone again.
that and he quit smoking.................................................. and the fact his wife beats him doesn't help.
Drink a lot of vodka with the pain meds, should really help* *= just kidding, seriously dont follow my directions, or anything i say. Except that sentence. And this one. And this one. And this one. and......
Sounds funny, but like I said, the danger is actually with the Tylenol. Tylenol (acetaminophen) is metabolized by the same cytochrome enzymes as alcohol. Combining the two can dramatically increase the chances of liver poisoning from too much Tylenol.
There is no codeine in vicodin. Hydrocodone and acetaminophen is vicodin. Codeine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone are all vessels for morphine.
LOL.........Kudos for the smoking part though. I'm relatively healthy and active , but mid life and getting older is naturally causing me pain. No need to rush it along with such a nasty silly habbit. I have the MRI in 2 hours and I'm not looking forward to it.
Yes, I should have said hydrocodone instead of codeine. But you are incorrect. Codeine and heroin are "vessels" for morphine because, upon metabolism, then can undergo a biotransformation to morphine. Oxycodone and hydrocodone cannot. They are synthetics.
Oh c'mon, just say it..."I've gotten my *** kicked but I've won my share too" "care to take your chances?" C'mon, just one more time.
You mofos wanna feel pain? Try doing this below video TWICE A DAY FOR 3 MONTHS [but with 5 MORE FEET OF GAUZE]. When I had Epstein Barr Virus I had a Vitamin B12 injection become so infected I had to be put under to surgically remove it rather than simply excise and drain it, and it subsequently left a pocket the size of an orange in my right arse cheek. Here's the excruciating breakdown of it: Step 1. The inserted gauze adheres to the internal tissue and forms a scab. Step 2. The gauze is ripped out [much faster than what this wuss had done]. The goal is to rip out the internal scab so it can bleed and scab over in order to heal itself from the inside out- layer by layer. Three friggin' months worth of layers. Otherwise you're left with a large pocket of air under the skin. The pain was so extreme during the first few feet of gauze ripping that it blew through the 80mg OxyContin I chewed 40 minutes prior. It sent me from high as a kite to sober within a span of 20 seconds, so the remainder of steps 2 through 4 had to be done commando style- biting down on a leather belt. BTW, I originally started with Dilaudid 4mg, and taking 5 at a time wasn't enough to touch the pain.... but I did feel pretty darn good for the 10 or 15 minutes before the nurse arrived. Step 3. Wrap a piece of rough gauze around a wooden Qtip, then stick it in the wound and scrape it around to ensure ALL the internal scabbing is removed and to also get the blood flowing to it. Imagine the pain involved of having a bullet carefully removed without local anesthetic, then multiply that pain by fifty because your nurse is intentionally trying to f--k your sh-t up. Step 4. Repack the wound with fresh gauze. This means stuffing 6 feet of gauze back into a wound that's just been massively traumatized. Note: If you weren't on the verge of passing out during Steps 2 or 3, you are now. Step 5. Repeat 89 more times..... or ask for death. [video=youtube;Y1-m97tqOK0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-m97tqOK0[/video] (Not sure why his wife/gf didn't pull all of the gauze out. Guy was just gettin' to fun part.) Here's a wimpier version of it with a 3 foot piece of skinny ribbon. Gross to watch. [video=youtube;JQIZ5Xz4W_k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQIZ5Xz4W_k&list=PL2DC544038DF986B7[/video]
Phinsational.........WTF? Sorry about that bro. Can't even imagine. MRI went OK. Patella-femoral joint is the diagnosis. My Knee is not stable. Good news they do not believe surgery is needed. Gonna get some PT , I might have to go for a brief cleanout if it doesn't improve though. Basically there is damage to the cartilage that serves as cushion under the kneecap. I have flat feet and Dr said that after time that will catch up with you. All my running didn't help. Might have to get some inserts for my shoes. Getting older sucks...........I'm currently scratching myself because of the Tramadol BTW..............
I can imagine you as a grumpy grandpa sitting on the porch lecturing the kids with that story everytime they scrape their knee. "you damn kids don't know what rel pain is!...."
I crashed my motorcycle and received road rash. In my case it was close to 3rd degree burns, according to the clinic. Initially, before the clinic, I just put disinfectant, bad idea for burns fyi, and went to bed. Needless to say I woke up multiple times that night from rolling over in my sleep and sticking to the sheets. In other words, every time I rolled over, due to puss and blood, whatever was trying at the moment to cover my wounds was being yanked off by the bed sheets. This went on for about a week before I had to go to the clinic due to it getting infected. I won't even go into how fun it was taking a shower. I've had real pain thanks.
