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

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

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

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

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. 

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

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 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

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 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 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

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

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.