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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[–] Turnip_Time ago (edited ago)
I've been abusing percocet for years because I have degenerative disk disease and by the time I take enough to kill the pain I'm high as a kite. I've made a point not to take them more than once a week and I have little problems keeping to that. I can have it in the house and not want to constantly abuse it whereas on the flip side I am a huge degenerate pot head and can't not smoke the weed if I've got any.
Don't hold me to this but I seem to remember reading that it takes more than a month of habitual use to develop a physical addiction. With that being said it is frightening just how fast you will build a physical tolerance. You'll need more and more to achieve the same effect.
Taking them before bed to help you sleep should be fine, but I'd avoid taking them constantly if the pain doesn't bother you that much.