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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[–] FuckYourSafespace ago
Good to know. As for medicating, there are certain pains that you have to stay ahead of. Example time: I had laser eye surgery back in 2010, PRK not lasik. They gave me enough Vicodin for 5 days, I said I'd rather skip it if I can and take it if it is really needed. Dr. said that once I feel like I need it, I'm never going to catch back up with it, the pain would keep me up all night and be hell for 5 days. Something about scrubbing off the surface of your eyeball makes your body mad I guess. So I took his advice, set alarms for all the different eyedrops and the meds, and otherwise slept for 5 days straight.