Wow! I can tell you have never had long term pain that was completely debilitating before. My mother has two herniated disks in her back and developed fibromyalgia because of it. she has been on vicodin for over a decade now. Your whole personality does NOT change after long term use . She is able to function more norally because of drugs like vicodin, gabapentin, and lyrica. have seen her in tears for hours and heard her almost scream when she tries to turn over! When you watch someone you love live like that and you feel helpless to fix it, you will understand how much good a drug like vicodin can do. The fact is, until they come up with an effective pain reliever for those that SUFFER because the level of their pain is so high they are stuck usint what is available that works. which in our times, happens to be vicodin! You wanna gripe about it, why not write to the FDA and tell them to release Zyconotide for chronic pain instead of only terminally ill patients? Its derived from the toxin exuded by sea snails. Fifty times more potent than morphine, yet NOT addictive. My mother and i have been following the clinical trials almost holding our breath for the drug to be released for wide spread use. complaining about vicodins bad side is not the answer. Being proactive in finding a comparable but safe replacement is what you SHOULD be doing!!!
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Wow! I can tell you have never had long term pain that was completely debilitating before. My mother has two herniated disks in her back and developed fibromyalgia because of it. she has been on vicodin for over a decade now. Your whole personality does NOT change after long term use . She is able to function more norally because of drugs like vicodin, gabapentin, and lyrica. have seen her in tears for hours and heard her almost scream when she tries to turn over! When you watch someone you love live like that and you feel helpless to fix it, you will understand how much good a drug like vicodin can do. The fact is, until they come up with an effective pain reliever for those that SUFFER because the level of their pain is so high they are stuck usint what is available that works. which in our times, happens to be vicodin! You wanna gripe about it, why not write to the FDA and tell them to release Zyconotide for chronic pain instead of only terminally ill patients? Its derived from the toxin exuded by sea snails. Fifty times more potent than morphine, yet NOT addictive. My mother and i have been following the clinical trials almost holding our breath for the drug to be released for wide spread use. complaining about vicodins bad side is not the answer. Being proactive in finding a comparable but safe replacement is what you SHOULD be doing!!!
March 30, 2012 - 6:51amThis Comment
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