Has Anyone Here Used Hydrocodone (APAP) In Order To Control Pain ?

DCH21
DCH21 Member Posts: 33

Hello all !

 

I was just wondering if anyone found it effective.

 

Thanks,

 

DennisSmile

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  • robswife87
    robswife87 Member Posts: 209
    Used

    this after biopsies and then used it for pain on tongue from thrush and radiation. 

    Did not work well on his tongue pain and they now have Rob on Oxycodone. 

    The vicodin works well for many things but just wasn't cutting it on the tongue pain for him.

    Sandy

  • JacquieinFrance
    JacquieinFrance Member Posts: 14
    pain relief

    I use paracetamol with codeine in an effervecente form. It works OK for me as I had a bad reaction to other opioids. Good luck.

  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    Effective for me

    For  both my radical resection and reconstructive surgery, and for post-irradiation pain.  However there are several caveats.  First, there are several strengths of hydrocodone, for me the lower 5mg dose worked well.  Second, the threshold is different for different people, so what worked for me may not work for someone else.  Everyone has a blood level where a narcotic provides effective pain relief.  Below that blood level, relieff is inadequate.  Above it, drowsiness interferes with function.

     

    Pat

  • virgil
    virgil Member Posts: 2
    pain control

    In the past 14 years I have tried everything from accupucture to hydrocodone, I found that I get the best conrol when I eat them or just let disolve in my mouth, thats where the pain is anyway. But even after 14 years the Dr. and I am still trying differant things. I know what youre saying the pain can be real hell. Best of luck

  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    Liquid & Pills

    I used both liquid and tablet forms of both hydrocodone and oxycodone, both worked well for me....

    They tried liquid morphine (roxanol), but it didn't do anything for my discomfort and actually made me nauseous...

    JG

  • jcortney
    jcortney Member Posts: 503
    Just like Skiffin

    I used/use both liquid and tablet (10 mg).  I'm just weaning myself off of the tablet as we speak.  Stopped the liquid a long time ago.  So, remember these are habit forming and you will need to manage your withdrawal.

    Joe

  • fishmanpa
    fishmanpa Member Posts: 1,227 Member
    Yeah... what about it?

    Hi Dennis,

    I've have/had both hydro/apap and oxy in both pill and liquid forms and both are effective for me. The most complete pain relief came from a combination of a 12 hour time released oxycontin and oxycodone liquid for breakthrough pain. Magic Mouthwash for mouth pain from sores, thrush etc. 

    We react differently to certain drugs so speak openly with your doctor about your pain. 

    "T"

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Hydrocodone/APAP has Tylenol in it. If you are being monitored for fever then I would question the prescription as the Tylenol can mask a fever. 

  • Ladylacy
    Ladylacy Member Posts: 773 Member
    Medication

    My husband uses the liquid form for pain and it helps him.  But I am beginning to question if it is strong enough but he says it is.  

  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt Member Posts: 4,722 Member
    pain control

    Dennis,

    Used liquid Hydrocodone twice when swallowing was compromised and pills were out. It worked like a charm for me.

    Used Lidocaine and Magic Mouth Wash for all mouth, tongue and throat pain.

    Use what ever works for you.

    Matt

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    I had very little in the way

    of pain killers....liquid hydrocodone being the only thing.  I had it because of the awful mouth sores.  It wasn't very effective for the pain, but it made me loopy enough it made time pass quickly. 

    p

  • Grandmax4
    Grandmax4 Member Posts: 723
    I was given

    liquid oxycotin for pain, but really pain was quite miminal~~I found it helped with the awful mucus, used for about 6 months and was off. I had no trouble as far as relying on it

  • metro22
    metro22 Member Posts: 16
    hydrocodone and oxycodone

    Had surgery at Mayo Phoenix and in hospital besides morphine - Roxicet was given and what I took home afterwards. It is Oxycodone/ Tylenol and worked very well. Recently had a PEG installed and as I had pain still in a few days - Dr. called in for hydrocodone /tylenol and I mistakedly thought it the same. Worked to some degreee and pain was only a 5-6 anyway. But next afternoon it flaired up and I took some left over Roxicete and it dropped pain to zero. So looked on Internet to compare   oxycodone to hydrocodone and understand that oxycodone is the more powerful but may be more addictive so only use when really needed.

     

    Roxicet in pill form is like Percocet while Hydrocondone is about like - Vicodin -  if my reading correct - so Percocet stronger  - a higher schedule narcotic

  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    metro22 said:

    hydrocodone and oxycodone

    Had surgery at Mayo Phoenix and in hospital besides morphine - Roxicet was given and what I took home afterwards. It is Oxycodone/ Tylenol and worked very well. Recently had a PEG installed and as I had pain still in a few days - Dr. called in for hydrocodone /tylenol and I mistakedly thought it the same. Worked to some degreee and pain was only a 5-6 anyway. But next afternoon it flaired up and I took some left over Roxicete and it dropped pain to zero. So looked on Internet to compare   oxycodone to hydrocodone and understand that oxycodone is the more powerful but may be more addictive so only use when really needed.

     

    Roxicet in pill form is like Percocet while Hydrocondone is about like - Vicodin -  if my reading correct - so Percocet stronger  - a higher schedule narcotic

    Percocet..

    Worked best for me..., but I would crush it and add it into a little water to dissolve it, then drink it. No way I could swallow a tablet during the heat of battle...

    JG

  • Billie67
    Billie67 Member Posts: 898
    Skiffin16 said:

    Percocet..

    Worked best for me..., but I would crush it and add it into a little water to dissolve it, then drink it. No way I could swallow a tablet during the heat of battle...

    JG

    Percocet
    Was the first thing they gave me. I'm allergic to codeine so I couldn't have a lot of things that are in the same family. Found out during the heat of it all that I'm allergic to morphine too! Not fun to be sore, can't eat and then all of the sudden your throat swells and your tongue swells and your face is so swollen it looks as if you've been beaten! I ended up going for the big guns and used the fentanyl patches and diaudid for break thru pain. Boy was I loopy!
    Billie
  • Tim6003
    Tim6003 Member Posts: 1,514 Member
    Billie67 said:

    Percocet
    Was the first thing they gave me. I'm allergic to codeine so I couldn't have a lot of things that are in the same family. Found out during the heat of it all that I'm allergic to morphine too! Not fun to be sore, can't eat and then all of the sudden your throat swells and your tongue swells and your face is so swollen it looks as if you've been beaten! I ended up going for the big guns and used the fentanyl patches and diaudid for break thru pain. Boy was I loopy!
    Billie

    I can only share what I had ...

    I wore 2 Fenynal Patches (12mcg and 25 mcg) and in addtion took 5-7 Narco a day on top of that ...and even some advil in a 24 hour period.  I will add at the time I was better and just under 300 pounds in weight (lost 70lbs in treatment) and I had some pretty bad rad burns and the Erbitux ate up my insides really ood (per the onco).

     

    I hope you find your happy ground!

     

    Tim

  • hlrowe
    hlrowe Member Posts: 80
    About 5 wks into rads was

    About 5 wks into rads was using liquid dosage every 4 hours and it worked well for me

  • DCH21
    DCH21 Member Posts: 33
    hlrowe said:

    About 5 wks into rads was

    About 5 wks into rads was using liquid dosage every 4 hours and it worked well for me

    Thanks for all the replies

    Thanks for all the replies !

     

    I am 10 days out of treatment.

    I am having a terrible time managing my pain and sleep.

    I have talked to my Doctors and basicly in response I get  " things will get worse before they get better". I believe them but in the mean time I am having trouble holding out.

    I don't want to start a whining and crying thread here as I know there are so many others going through much more hardships than me. My heart and prayers go out to you !

     

    I will follow the posts here on the site and hope that I will find some answers to the questions I have. I have recieved a lot of great information form this site !

     

    Take Care,

     

    DennisSmile

  • fishmanpa
    fishmanpa Member Posts: 1,227 Member
    DCH21 said:

    Thanks for all the replies

    Thanks for all the replies !

     

    I am 10 days out of treatment.

    I am having a terrible time managing my pain and sleep.

    I have talked to my Doctors and basicly in response I get  " things will get worse before they get better". I believe them but in the mean time I am having trouble holding out.

    I don't want to start a whining and crying thread here as I know there are so many others going through much more hardships than me. My heart and prayers go out to you !

     

    I will follow the posts here on the site and hope that I will find some answers to the questions I have. I have recieved a lot of great information form this site !

     

    Take Care,

     

    DennisSmile

    I feel your pain!

    Hi Dennis,

    I'm 10 days out as well. It did get worse once I was done. I'm pretty much just hanging on for the ride. I do have the advantage of Oxycodone and Magic Mouthwash. It definitely takes the edge off. Feeding by tube at the moment and hoping to try some liquids and soft solids before the weekend is over. 

    I'm surprised that your doctors aren't giving you something for the pain. Maybe ask your PCP? Regardless, hang in there! I can tell you I've seen two areas of improvement. The mucositis (I was at stage 3) is beginning to ease up. I'm sleeping a little better even though I'm doing so in a recliner and I'm finding I have longer periods of lucidity between naps. Everything I hear and read says things will begin to turn around around two weeks out. Hopefully by next weekend we'll both be singing a different tune!

    Positive thoughts and prayers.

    "T"

  • George_Baltimore
    George_Baltimore Member Posts: 303
    Grandmax4 said:

    I was given

    liquid oxycotin for pain, but really pain was quite miminal~~I found it helped with the awful mucus, used for about 6 months and was off. I had no trouble as far as relying on it

    Everyone has summed it up pretty well

    What works for some, doesn't work for others.  Personally, generic hydrocodone is the only thing that works for me.  Strangely Tylenol #3, which is basically the same thing, doesn't do a thing.  I'm told that hydrocodone is the synthetic version.  Why the synthetic stuff works and the real stuff doesn't is beyond me.  Oxycodone also does nothing for me. .  When I was going through treatment back in 2004, liquid morphine did nothing.  So, as you see, it depends on your system as far as what works and what doesn't.

  • donfoo
    donfoo Member Posts: 1,771 Member
    Just started

    Just was prescribed hydrocodone 5-500 in tablets for pain, so far so good. I found this ncbi report that compared hydro vs oxy and find the results quite interesting as so many posts mention oxy as being stronger but a clinical trial showed they both had equal efficacy for pain. Both were administered at 5mg level.s

     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15805317

     

    UPATE: Along with the hydrocodone, I am using oral Lidocaine and magic mouthwash to control the pain and any mucositis. Plus a 420 brownie now and then doesn't hurt either.