I, too, had a Vicodin problem, and it sounds similar to yours.
Cold night, slept in a strange position, back stiff next day, then back muscle locked up. Couldn't move my neck except at the waist.
Rx for Soma + Vicodin, open for as many refills as I wanted.
Except I drank a lot
Cold night, slept in a strange position, back stiff next day, then back muscle locked up. Couldn't move my neck except at the waist.
Rx for Soma + Vicodin, open for as many refills as I wanted.
Except I drank a lot
NBD, I usually just drank when I was done for the day.
Starting at 5pm, and passing-out at 3am (not counting lunch).
Turns out, I get a lot of work done when I'm f'd up. Best job reviews, ever, and I don't even remember what I did that year.
Problem: Drinking + Vicodin = Bad.
Starting at 5pm, and passing-out at 3am (not counting lunch).
Turns out, I get a lot of work done when I'm f'd up. Best job reviews, ever, and I don't even remember what I did that year.
Problem: Drinking + Vicodin = Bad.
Bad, but not for the reason you think.
Vicodin is Hydrocodone, cut with Acetaminophen ("APAP").
Alcohol + Hydrocodone is rather pleasant.
Alcohol + Acetaminophen = Liver Failure.
Pharma seldom tests drugs on drunk rats.
SAFE!*
*except for guys who drink like bachelors.
Vicodin is Hydrocodone, cut with Acetaminophen ("APAP").
Alcohol + Hydrocodone is rather pleasant.
Alcohol + Acetaminophen = Liver Failure.
Pharma seldom tests drugs on drunk rats.
SAFE!*
*except for guys who drink like bachelors.
Alcohol needs several enzymes to become sugar.
APAP needs one of those same enzymes to be broken down.
APAP always wins, leaving the alcohol in an interim stage between it and sugar (ie, paint thinner).
Acute Liver Death is usually fatal, but I'm of mostly Scottish descent,
APAP needs one of those same enzymes to be broken down.
APAP always wins, leaving the alcohol in an interim stage between it and sugar (ie, paint thinner).
Acute Liver Death is usually fatal, but I'm of mostly Scottish descent,
so I recovered after a few days. (If I'm ever autopsied, the ME will need that flame-thrower from Alien when he removes my liver.)
I saw a 60 Minutes' piece about APAP + alcohol (guy took Tylenol™ for a hangover. 4 days later, liver transplant).
15 yrs later, my app'x blew out
I saw a 60 Minutes' piece about APAP + alcohol (guy took Tylenol™ for a hangover. 4 days later, liver transplant).
15 yrs later, my app'x blew out
I had been drinking, hoping to power through the vague part of appendicitis, but I hit the Acute part and headed for the ER.
Last form I filled out before the operation, under Allergies, I put "NO TYLENOL!!!".
I woke up with a morphine drip, and one pill 4x/day.
My liver hurt.
Last form I filled out before the operation, under Allergies, I put "NO TYLENOL!!!".
I woke up with a morphine drip, and one pill 4x/day.
My liver hurt.
It felt hot and sticky, like it was sticking to my diaphragm.
And I wasn't getting better, I was making the nurses nervous.
I had to ask a nurse if the pills had Tylenol in them (4x). Never got a straight answer from her, but she alerted the doctor, who figured out that I drank
And I wasn't getting better, I was making the nurses nervous.
I had to ask a nurse if the pills had Tylenol in them (4x). Never got a straight answer from her, but she alerted the doctor, who figured out that I drank
We finally found a different pain-killer to replace the Vicodin (WITHOUT APAP), and I recovered.
Six days in the hospital for an app'y. You can guess how much the bill came to, but only by tripling your first guess.
Turns out that APAP is the #1 US cause of Acute Liver Failure.
Six days in the hospital for an app'y. You can guess how much the bill came to, but only by tripling your first guess.
Turns out that APAP is the #1 US cause of Acute Liver Failure.
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