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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[–] bourbonexpert ago
alcoholic here.
i have been given it for kidney stones on two occosioins. i took it for pain, and i felt normal.
i couldnt get into it. even after the pain as gone, i took 2 once and just layed around and slept. i sweated a lot....napped. it was stupid.
addionally, i now have prescription to ambian and take it to sleep. it does nothing for me, i just sleep. i dont understand why people act like its a big deal...so, you like to lay around and sleep. those pills are for you!
dont worry about it.