What are the long-term effects of Vicodin Use?

I previously posted about having to take Vicoprofen everyday. And to the person that responded to my post I know Ibuprofen and Asprin are not NSAID's I know they are a non- narcotic analgesic. And with as little as a 1000mg dosage they do reck your liver. Do not believe what they labels say I'm pure proof of this I was on three 5mg Vicodin / 500mg Acetaminophen a day and it destroyed my liver. But I have done the Steroid shots in my back (three of them) and they work wonders!!! And I am off the Vicodin and I take a NON addictive muscle relaxer called Flexeral I would HIGHLY recommend this drug to anyone with my issues (bulge disc, knee problems ect ect.) It works wonders! I am currently in a lawsuit with Abbott pharmaceuticals for falsely putting on there medicine labels for Vicodin with Tylenol on them. If anyone uses regular Hydrocodone switch to Vicoprofen it works wayyy better then the regular and wont wreck your liver from long term useage! I hope all is well for all

I have neuropathy of my lower legs which causes different types of pain. These include aching, deep bone itching in my feet and a general sense of anxiety. I take 150 mg of Lyrica twice daily and that helps a lot, but not entirely. I have been taking Vicodin 5/500 for several years and it is a miracle drug. I currently take three a day and that seems to make life bearable. I do not know whether I am addicted, but I have no desire to increase the dose nor do I drink. I suspect I will be on Vicodin for the rest of my life. I am 79. Should I try to use some other pain killer?

First let me start off with a little history. Through several car accidents and years as a contactor I damaged my back. Lately my back pain has been getting worse. I have been suffering with pain on and off but lately it has been getting worse. I went to see my doctor (hands down the best doctor out there) and I hold a very low opinion of most doctors. When I first arrived about a year ago she put me on Vicodin. Let me tell you something, Vicodin is the greatest drug out there (in the beginning). All of my pain was eliminated and I felt great! I could do anything! Then a few months later 2 a day wasn’t as effective as it use to be. So she upped the does to 3 a day, then 5 a day. I was on Vicodin for about 9 months. I remember when I was in “Real pain” I would chew 8 or 9 up at a time just to make the pain go away. I decided about a 3 may 4 weeks ago that if the Vicodin isn’t working for pain, then why am I taking it? Am I talking it just to take it? So I decided to go off of it. (A great resolution at the bottom.

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I have a friend that is on Vicodin also. She has been taking Vicodin and Metadone everyday for 7 years now (chronic pain sufferer not heroin addict) She has to take 10 Methadone 10mg daily and 10 Vicodin Ibuprofen 7.5mg daily just to get through the day. She has had at least 20 surgery since she was 16. She has liver failure (not from narcotics) she has stomach ulcers, stomach bleeding, digestion problems, fybermyalgia, neck problems, half of her intestine removed, hysterectomy, appendix removed, pankrious removed, tonsles removed. You name it shes had it done. Me I had posted the other day about my issues with Vicodin, I take 7.5mg 4-6 times a day. I have a bulge disc, 2 tore thecal sacs, suffer from a bad dog bite on my right knee to where i dont have any cartilage left, i have arthritis, and bad inflammation, two broken ankles and sprained in the past, wrist problems, and chronic stress headaches. I have tried every narcotic pain killer out there, oxycodone, Oxycontin, soma, percocet, dulodid. Everything!!! And the only one that works is Vicodin. It sucks being addicted to anything, and having to take it everyday for chronic pain, I wish the best of luck with all of you that are suffering from chronic pain and take the pain pills for legitimatize reasons! I don't get high from my pills I just build up tolerance to ANYTHING quickly.!!!

after continued use it can lower your pain tollerence and resistance to pain, she should see if maybe a muscle relaxer could help with the pain it is a muscular issue.

I have to take 4-5 7.5mg Vicodin a day for my pain, depending on how much pain I am in I have to take more sometimes, I had just posted about my discs being bulged. And I hope to all of you that you can get cured from your pain, so "we" don't have to suffer with it anymore. I have stomach and digestive problems and the Vicodin wrecks my stomach but as again I am pretty much forced to take it. When I take my narcotics I do not take enough that would make me not be able to function. I have really good kidney's and the doctor said that I can get prone to pain medications very easily.

I have had to take Vicodin for about 4 months straight now, and people think I am a drug addict, which I am not, I have tried every single holistic method and I have tried many many other narcotic analgesics and they all made me not be able to function. I think that it is messed up that the pharmaceutical companies put NASID(s) like Tylenol and Ibuprofen in the Vicodin. I suffer from a back injury from a car accident, to where I am limited on the work and or activities I can do on a daily basis. I have a bulge disc in my lower back and a tore thecal sac. And I suffer from no cartilage in one of my knees and get horrible stress headache's to where I am pretty much forced to take prescription narcotics. And I cannot take Tylenol or Ibuprofen because it simply wont work for the pain that I am in. I hope all the best for all of you with your Vicodin addiction, the "drug" is like the devil, once your on it for chronic pain it is really hard to get off of it. As long as you don't abuse your prescription dosage then you are not considered a "drug addict" and you have actual medical problems to use the narcotics for "medicinal usage" I hate it how the people that abuse the drug make the people that actually need it get "yelled" at by the doctors and "degraded" making them think you are seeking drugs. I would not even think of taking a narcotic if I was not in chronic pain everyday and with most of us it is the last resort, before surgery or after surgery it doesn't cure the problem it just hides it so we can do daily activities without any issues.