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Re: FYS
I only took it for about 2 weeks total...Any of the opiates are horribly misused. Thanks for reading, Sira, and for the well wishes! I never touch drugs. Now I do partake in alcoholic libation, but I don't abuse it.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on July 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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FYS
Vicodin is one of the most commonly misused prescription meds on the market--highly addictive, and prone to all sorts of nasty side-effects!
I'm glad you're no longer taking it, as it's actually quite a dangerous drug! 
posted by
Sira890
on July 24, 2008 at 11:18 AM
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Hey TAPS! I totally agree with you---hence goes I.
Acute pain is a nightmare.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on July 24, 2008 at 5:18 AM
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What an interesting post, FYS. (Other than your pain)
I don't think I've ever taken anything stronger than Tylenol. I can't take Ibuprophen. I don't believe there are any medicines at all that don't have some kind of bad side effect to them. But, when one is in pain, really bad pain, they would do just about anything to stop it.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM
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saul---I seriously despise the stuff.
Funny you mention back surgery. My father had a lower back operation a few years ago as well, and basically did the same thing as you. Today he still has pain, but he says "it reminds me I'm still alive."
Seriously. Opiates in particular are insidious. Morphine works like the vicodin does---it's an opiate, which attaches itself to the spinal chord and the brain. It's why it's so powerful.
You seriously were smart to only hit the Morphine once, and personally I'm glad that I quit the Vicodin last week...though it's taking literally a week to get over the side effects...still jittery this morning.
If you know anyone on Vicodin, try to get them off it.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on July 23, 2008 at 4:47 AM
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Careful, FYS. I am so averse to pain medication that, when I had a
vertebrae operation a few years back, I refused the morphine drip and the pills and withstood the pain. Why? Because the pain was so bad when I came out from under the anesthesia, I hit the morphine drip when the nurse showed it to me. Once. Out like a light. When I woke up, I refused to touch it again...
posted by
saul_relative
on July 23, 2008 at 3:18 AM
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