i dont want vicodin cuz its never strong enough and it makes me sick to my stomach but when i tell them that they put me on somethin like ibuprofen 800.. i want something that will work
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DzooBaby22 Aug 2011
Mary has a valid point there. If you have taken Percocet and it works for you then just speak up and say "I cant take Vicodin because it makes me feel sick but I can take Percocet" the worse the Dr will do is say "I dont feel comfortable prescribing that drug" then you know that you are not likely to get Percocet from him/her.
meyati22 Aug 2011
They say the codiene makes you sick to your stomach. It doesn't bother me, but the Tylenol mixed with codiene makes me pretty sick. I'm having trouble finding a pain killer without tylenol. They act like I'm a drug addict. Tylenol made me horribly sick back in the 1960s when it first came out. I often landed in the ER with that. ENTs finally figured it out-after I kept a diary. I tripped while jogging and landed on my arm in April, thought that I broke it near the elbow-couldn't move it and had muscle spasms. The ER prescribed 200 mg of Ibuprofin-it was the weekend- It's not like I go to the ER very often-once a year or less-mostly much less. Good luck
Anonymous 23 Aug 2011
Those are good answers. If tylenol is what bothers you, one option is vicoprofen which contains ibuprofen along with the hydrocodone instead of acetimitophen and hydrocodone. I switched to percoset because I developed an allergy to hydrocodone. Both oxycodone (the main ingredient in percocet the other is acetimitophen ) and hydrocodone made me sick to my stomach but the oxycodone was definetly worse in the nausea department. I have always taken the ant-nausea med promethazine with both pain meds. So if it's only a matter of the nausea you could ask your doctor about anti nausea meds like promethazine,zolfran or reglan. If it's also a matter of not getting adequate pain relief I would just be honest with your doctor and say the vicodin is not working for me and I have heard good things from people saying they get better pain relief and management with oxycodone.
Anonymous 23 Aug 2011
Good morning ladies. I take oxycodone that has not tylenol in it at all. It does not upset my stomach either where as regular percocert with the tylenol does, but Vicodin doesn't. I take 15mg of oxycodone every 4 hours. I have found that taking a tylenol when the pain is rearing it's ugly head with a fury tho', adding 1 tylenol (500mg) seems to help, but doing this sometimes does upset my stomach. Everyone is definately different in their reactions & actions. Just my very early AM thoughts on the subject. Think the original questioner will have to try Percocet if his/her doc will prescribe it. Just my very early morning thoughts...
meyati
24 Aug 2011
Mary thanks for your information about tylenol free. Tylenol simulates an inner ear infection-loss of balance, vertigo, hearing problems, estachion tubes filling with liquid, heavy head, lots of sweating, disorientation. The Air Force base gave me a pain killer with Tylenol and my daughter drove me to a shopping center. Everybody said that I actually turned green before I fainted. I keep telling the health system that they don't want a green patient while working on me. Can you imagine what an orthopedist would be feeling, if I turned green while setting a bone? I asked my pharmecist for an idea for something that was tylenol and codiene free-and he recommended something that gives seizures to lots of people. I get so angry that they act like I'm a dope addict because I say that codiene works just fine. Thank you-
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Dzoobaby is right I have had a long history of neuromuscular problems associated with the late effects from polio, You can always ask but a physician will not hesitate to say those very words I just don't like to prescribe that drug or just as she said I am uncomfortable prescribing that drug. but it won't hurt to ask