Vicodin and Drowsiness: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• June 24, 2011

For Back Pain "Works well to treat moderate pain and increase flexibility. If new to usage, you can expect a 'head buzz', but with continued usage, the euphoria dissipates, but the pharmaceutical effects remain. Does tend to cause constipation, but by comparison to some other painkillers out there, it is far more manageable. Prescribed to me with muscle relaxers, but the muscle relaxers make me too sleepy to function."

• Joh...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 27, 2020

For Back Pain "After an injury, I got a prescription for 60 tablets of Vicodin. The old class, I mean, 500/5. After one tablet, I felt almost no relief. After two Vicodins, my pain goes away within 30 minutes. I am pain-free for a good 5 hours. I feel a little happy, drowsy, constipated a little."

• Anonymous
• March 24, 2009

For Pain "I had 2 foot surgeries within 9 months of each other that took me over 2 years to heal and was given Vicodin for the pain. At first, it was awesome, it took care of the pain, but I slept all the time. After a while, I ended up taking more to relieve the pain, which scared me. So I would go off of it for a month or so and live in agony to prove I was not addicted. It detaches you from what's going on around you. I finally figured out that I would rather be in some pain than be so depressed as that drug made me feel. I just stick to ibuprofen now."

• Sin...
• May 3, 2009

For Pain "I've just recently had 19 teeth pulled all at once and absolutely couldn't sleep at night. I was given 750 mg of Vicodin (Hydrocodone), and now I can sleep. It takes the pain away but only lasts for 3 hours at the most. I sometimes get a headache from it and have suffered from constipation. All in all, the relief you feel from severe pain is well worth it. Do not drive while taking this medication. It makes some people sleepy and slows down your reaction time."

• Anonymous
• July 27, 2010

For Pain "I was prescribed Vicodin to control pain when I got my wisdom teeth taken out, and thank goodness I was. This medicine literally takes away all of my pain, which is unusual because I am very sensitive towards teeth/mouth pain. My only complaint is that about 20 minutes after I take the pill, I literally cannot do anything. I have to lay with my eyes closed because I am literally incapable of doing anything else. But if this side effect is the worst that I get (which is so far the only side effect), it is a small price to pay for all of my mouth pain to be gone. I would recommend this."

• Anonymous
• December 1, 2009

For Pain "Diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, my physician prescribed two Vicodin a day for pain relief. For the first couple of days, I was drowsy after the noon tablet, but now my body seems to have acclimated itself to the drug, and I'm no longer drowsy, and I'm reasonably pain-free. It isn't perfect, but I gave it an eight out of a possible ten! I don't expect to be on it long enough to worry about addiction."

• Whi...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 10, 2020

For Rheumatoid Arthritis "I have been prescribed Vicodin for RA and fibromyalgia. It helps so much. I can get up and almost live a normal life without drowsiness as I get with Gabapentin."