question about vicoden

Well, that all depends on what you mean.  If you are referring to vicodin and generics (which are called by their active ingredient, which is hydrocodone) or simply the brand vicodin (which is a exact chemical replica of the generics).  If you mean any pill with hydrocodone, it varies drastically depending on what you want more of, the active ingredient or the inactive ingredient.  The active is of course hydrocodone and almost always the inactive ingredient is acetaminaphin.  Now, on your prescription bottle it should say the name of the pill followed by a fraction like 5/500, 7.5/750, etc.  The first number given is the content in milligrams of the active ingredient, followed by the mg of the inactive which is acetaminaphin.  Now this not only includes vicodin but norco as well, which is the same thing buy a different ratio.  What really does damage to a patient concerning long term use of vicodin is the acetaminaphin, which is %@$$*## the liver.  Norco contains more of the active ingredient (ex. 10mg/325mg), but less of the inactive, which is why norco is prescribed more for long term patients.  So for vicodin alone the highest i would say are the 7.5/750, or 750's, though i have heard of a thousand mg pill but have yet to see it.  most people refer to the norco as "thousands" which is incorrect because though they have 10mg of hydrocodone, the inactive drops to 325mg thus the pill is no where near 1000 mgs.  i find it hard to believe that anyone would put out a 1000 mg vicodin as it would never be prescribed to a patient for a even a whole month as most physicians are hesitant to do that with the 750's.  as for the latter answer, watson makes a blue one that is 10/650 i believe, so to my knowledge that is the strongest hydrocodone readily available.

Yes, very common misconception...acetaminophen is better referred to as a catalyst that makes hydrocodone work more effectively...certainly, it is not there for the reasons people have recently conjured up...such as to prohibit abuse, etc. The medication came that way many years before becoming a popular street drug. While one may argue that hydro alone kills pain better than aceta alone...this hardly classifies it as an inactive ingredient, a word usually reserved for the fillers and 20% differentials allowed by the FDA when generics are cut with foreign, yet safe agents...