Hydrocodone for neck pain

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Debilitating pain that made plenty of us taking the pills but one day we said NO MORE. I am chronic neck, back and headches/mifrains all the time. I am hoping actually my pain gets better after i am done with my detox. I know i quit for a year back then and my lower back hurt less. Had headaches and neck pain still.

Again panic, thats when I guess I finally admitted to myself I have a problem. I do have chronic pain in my lower back and neck and really bad headaches. I decided I needed to get away from the pills and doing web searches found this forum. After reading posts I was scared to death of wd's. I have RLS that started years befor I started the pain meds, and they were horrible, I just couldn't imagine all the other wd's.

and sometimes thumb... and excruciating pain in my arm/hand/neck (mostly in my index finger) in the mornings or late evenings when i'm sedentary. I've had an x-ray, MRI of the neck, MRI of the brachial plexus, and an EMG. Only the EMG showed an abnormality in one of the muscles of my forearm.... the rest were negative. I was prescribed hydrocodone... and for some reason.. no matter how much i take it never relieves any sort of pain minor or major.

I've had back pain, surgery, pain again and next time pain management will consist of acupuncture, meditation and anything but narcotics!

Hey Guys, I'm not actually addicted to Hydrocodone, but I am worried. I do not want to become addicted. I have chronic migraines, they sometimes will get so bad that I cannot function properly and do everyday activities, I have had them my entire life. My doctor recently prescribed me 7.5 mg Hydrocodone tablets (with 200 mg ibuprofen). Having read this website and many others like it...I am pretty worried....I wouldn't be taking any more than 1 pill a day at the most...

Although I believe it’s important for policy makers and physicians to make steps toward change, I think it’s also critical for patients to be vigilant too. If you're prescribed a hydrocodone drug for minor pain, or your friends or family members are taking pain medication, ask your doctor for a different prescription and remind your loved ones of the risks of taking these drugs.

I have a bulging disc in my neck that causes serious pain. I am currently on 10/325 hydrocodone. My mother is a master massage therapist and I see her when our schedules allow. I have a home traction unit that I use religiously. However, I am addicted to hydrocodone. I have been taking 6-8 10mg pills for awhile and seem to "come by them" relatively easily. My doctor that I've seen through the years has been treating me and has been fairly liberal with the supply.

I woke up Saturday morning with my shoulder acting up and everytime I move my neck I get a very sharp shooting pain down behind my shoulder blade. I've been prescribed hydrocodone for when this acts up but last time was about 5 months ago before I was pregnant. I can't see the chiropractor till Monday afternoon and I haven't gotten any sleep for two nights already. Is it safe to take a half of hydrocodone? I've tried Tylenol and it doesn't even dull the pain it's just not even worth taking.

I would like to wean gradually, I'm sick of taking these pills, I feel that they are controlling my life. But then here is the clincher, when I get off these pills, what about the neck pain and fibromyagia and rheumatoid? 2000 mg of ibuprofen a day? that's about what I'll need to kill this pain. Any input on the withdrawls? Is a lot of this in my head, sometimes I am good at creating my own anxiety, It is hard to distinguish which is psychological and which is physical.

3 to 4 days a week I take 1 to 2 pills for a total of 3 to 8 pills a week , have been doing this for 7 years, taking for back neck shoulder pain my question is I'm I addicted to these hydrocodone pills

I have been diagnosed with diffuse/poly-neuropathy. I am not a diabetic which is #1 cause. I am taking 5mg. of Hydrocodone every 4 hrs. for the pain and 300mg. of Neurontin every 8 hrs. This ritual has been since the diagnosis. The pain NEVER goes away, the meds only take the edge off, the point where I cry with pain. I called my neurologist about this and his assistant told me that he said I was addicted to the Hydro. He made NO suggestions as what else to do for the pain.

childrens aspirin,fish oil, calcium, multi vitamin and blood pressure meds. I take the hydrocodone for numerous problems. Neck pain from L3 & L4. Both shoulders have had surgery. One rotator cuff and the other major clean up. I was born premature and had to have over 18 surgerys on my feet. Can't stand long without great difficulty. My back has no vertabre spacing so it bothers me alot. I have heart trouble. I get pain all the time. Doctors resolving by meds rather than stint.

If ANY of you are truly experiencing SEVERE SCIATIC PAIN,there is no way you could live with it without taking pain meds ( analgesics ) The pain I suffer from is so intense,I can't walk more than fifty feet and then I limp at that. At night I wake every two to three hours in so much pain,I feel like I am going to cry from the pain. It radiates from my buttocks down my left leg to knee and my feet are often numb with no sensation.

I have been taking a low dose hydrocodone (15 mg per day) for 8 years for chronic neck pain. For the last several years I have wanted to get off these pills, as they don't work anymore and I would have to continually increase the dosage. I have tapered off for the last month, down to 1/8 a pill three days ago. Now, have been free for two days.

I had liposuction almost 2 years ago and had to take hydrocodone (Vicodin) for the pain. After my prescription ran out I was still able to get some of the medication and would take it every so often for the effects. I liked the way it felt. Usually one or two a day for a couple of weeks, then I would stop for a month or two and then back again. This past August I started taking them daily. (about 2 or 3 (10mg each) daily) I started to experience a lot of pain in my neck.

I have been taking Hydrocodone 10/660's for about a year now prescribed to me for arthritis pain in my neck and back. Of course I started out with 1 or 2 a day and before I even realized it, I was taking sometimes 4 a day! I was also just becoming weird and nasty. I decided to quit "cold turkey" never doing any research and too embarassed to tell anyone (nobody even knew I was taking them like I was) 5 days ago.

I have chronic back pain, disc problems, spinal stenosis, bone spurs in neck and ruptured disc in lumbar. I am a 54 yr old woman and had to go out of work in sept 2011 due to these issues. Surgery not an option. This medicine has made me depend any on it for quite some time. I have to take care of both elder parents, mother with dementia. I have a full load daily. Found that I will run out of meds which I have done currently. having withdrawals which are terrible.

I want to stop taking them but have alot of pain in my neck and back. I have 2 other children and they are so smart an just the love of my life. When i was pregnant with them i did everything by the book but smoked cigaretts in my 2nd pregnancy. Im asking people from experience to help me out on this. Please dont be to harsh.

I have four ruptured discs in my back and two in my neck. I have severe leg pain, i have a torn gastro, achilles tendon, and tendonittis. So after all of this, I actually got back on the hydrocodone per prescription by my family doctor. You know the rest. I'm not taking nearly as many as i used to but still about 8 to 15 a day just depending. My question is this.

I don't think merrie is taking the tylenol combo, she only mentioned hydrocodone, which does come without the combo. There are some books out there on pain management and the undertreatment of pain. Most analgesics do not last 6hrs in the body, but drs still only prescribe in that manner. chris; if you have the predisposition to sun and motion sickness, it will be enhanced during tx, most likely. I had to take a special pass in the Summer at Six Flags, due to the anemia and the heat.

I hear that hot baths help too. Try non-script pain pills but maybe not Aleve or Naproxen because that seemed to make my neck and back pains worse. Feeling like you can't wake up or get out of bed w/o pills is normal. If you can sleep as much as you want, you're lucky at least. I still had to get up and tend to my two little kids, who I now have much more energy for on day 7 of wd. Remember that it does get better!

i've been taking hydrocodone for about 2 yrs. off and on not every day, because of a shattered hand and then shoulder and back injury. i noticed within the last 3-4 months that if i don't take them i actually feel achy and in the last 2 weeks i notice that if i take them for a few days and then don't i get periodic waves or spells of feeling sweaty and nauseous. I wonder if I'm addicted.

I've been taking 10mg hydrocodone for 2 years now for chronic neck/back pain. I'm trying to taper down and quit taking them completely in order to attempt a 30 day drug holiday. Ive been taking 3 or 4 daily. When I have run out in the past, the withdrawals have been horrible. My husband is helping me taper off, but I think I need additional help. What should I do? I know a lot of people will say 3 or 4 a day isn't much, but I've been on them for a long time and thats the main problem.

I'm not sure how I will deal with the pain after kicking pain pills, but at this point, I just cant continue walking around in a fog. I hate what I have become. All I think about is the pills, no sex drive, just no enthusiasm for life. Depression has recently sunk in now as well, that is whats making me do this. A friend of mine commited suicide rather than go without his pills when he could no longer get them for a bad back he had.

Back in December 2000 I broke my back at work. My doctor prescribed hydrocodone as the pain killer, starting at 5mg/500. I worked with this broken back for five years while steadily increasing my dose to 10mg/650 X 8 pills a day. At one point I was actually on fentanyl 100 patches along with the eight hydrocodone pills each day. All under the watchful eye of my doctor. In September 2007 I decided it was time for surgery and fixed the problem. My pain was even worse after.

I didn't sleep for 5-7 days, had pain, but the anxiety was the worst! I ended up tieing a rope around my neck and my husband found me and saved me literally w/in seconds of death. It's just not worth it honey! I ended up in a locked down mental health unit and got on some anti-depressants and remeron which is also for depression but man it helps you sleep like you wouldn't believe! I had to take time off work and I am a registered nurse as well as a mother of 3. This too shall pass...

I want to withdraw from Hydrocodone. I've been on pain meds steadily for 2 years. A year and a half ago, I came off cold turkey from Percocet which I had been using for 6 weeks. It was the worst experience of my life. Physical symptoms were horrible, but the depression was worst. I have always struggled with depression and take effexor. I have used the drugs to self-medicate. Lately i've been taking Vicodin ES. It no longer gives me that HAPPY feeling just keeps me going.

I have to take pain meds for pain and I noticed over the oast week or so the pain has increased,,up my back into my neck and head now...just pray,,,take it slow and easy and things will work out,,,and MSS> RObinson,,,LOL Love the name,,,my hubby is just about 71/2 years younger than me,..not too bad because I am 41 and he is 33 but.....when we were younger like he was 23 and I was 30...i felt like i robbed the cradle a bit...

Some for depression some for chronic pain. Mostly pain meds. When I first found this website I was really relieved that I was not the only one with this problem. I have been on every pain med that you can think of. The last year was really bad.I was doing everything I could to get these meds. I started out with a real problem with chronic pain. Then It went alot farther than just using the pills for pain. I have been off the meds for over three weeks and I am still going through the withdrawls.

jbear, I have been taking Ultram for over one year now and it has been fairly good in relieving pain but many days the pain breaks through and I could take any amount of Ultram and it won't work. I was taking 10 50 mg tabs per day but now that I take 8-10 30 mg of plain codiene everyday I automatically have hardly taken any Ultram. I was taking them both at the same time but there was no need for the Ultram. Sometimes if the pain is bad I take 2-3 codiene tabs and 1-2 Ultrams.

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