I had surgery earlier today, and my doctor wrote me a prescription for hydrocodone and told me to take it if I needed it (I think it's 15mg hydrocodone, 700mg acetiminophen every six hours).
How addictive is this stuff? Is it "take it for a couple days while recovering and you'll be fine", or is this "scarily addictive and only take it if you absolutely have to"?
I've never been given prescription painkillers before, so I have no idea how leery I should be. At least I was able to convince them to skip the valium pre-surgery.
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[–] swolejusticewarrior 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
If you stick to taking it when you can't bear the pain then you'll be fine. Just don't start taking it when the pain is bearable. Don't drink on it cause acetometaphin stresses the liver. If you feel really good on them then maybe split them in half or just take a Tylenol instead.
When I got prescribed them I just used them to help me stay asleep at night cause I didn't want to wake up in pain. I took a Tylenol during the day.