May 18, 2008 - 6:30pm
I have been takeing these for years. Perscribed up to 5 a day.. sometimes i take 5 a day, sometimes only 2 or 3.....
how bad is this for your stomach??? recently went thru a huge weight loss, went for endoscope, standing fluid in lower stomach, shouldnt be there, do says she see's this alot in people who take narcotics for long periods of time. Never have had any tummy pain/ heart burn.
doc is now trying to take me off vicodin, and puting me on soma/codeine compound .......
talk about stomach pain & heartburn.. Now Im feeling pain.
anyone out there with this same trouble???
May 19, 2008 - 1:34pm
#2
tummy troubles
Mdonia,
Thank you for the advice. I will try the zantac, generic ones of course all that stuff is so expensive... lol what isnt these days right.
I will also talk with dr. about it all and see what happy emedium we can come up with.
Thank You!
Lilbit aka Linda
Cervial disk rupture at c5/c6.Rupture took bone spurs and embedded them into spinal cord. Cervical Spinal Fusion, then Fustla repair of spinal cord to seal hole left by bone spur removal.
Fibromyalgia
May 20, 2008 - 7:57am
#3
neck
itsno problem. actually its weird cause I also have neck discs problems. 2 herniated, c4-6 with bonespurs, and DDD. im out of work coz of it. i havent had surgery, and dont plan too. but if u could tell me about yours, can you send me a private message? thanks
9 times out of 10 my stomach has bothered me if i have taken hydrocodone with a lot of apap in it. thats what does it to you, the apap. i mean lets say u take 5 7.5/750s a day, thats 3750 mgs of acetaminophen a day which if im not mistaken 4000 is the daily limit. when i first started using opiates, obviously it was vics and percs, but it was for the high not for pain like you. so I used to take way more than that and then drink on top of it!, lets just say i used to go thru a LOT of ZANTAC, which helped the acidy pain where your stomach is all messed up and you feel like u are burping up gasoline. so id try the zantac or the generics work just as good, its Ranitinidine, the spelling might be off but ti works. u might hafta take 2 or 3 depending how bad it is. but while u are taking the soma codeine thing, try the zantac. as for gettin off the victors, why dont you tell your doc that u need something for pain and the soma etc wont cut it all day long. see if u can get percocet 5/325, or 7.5/325 which they do make but its not as common as 7.5/500. or even try for the oxycodone immediate release 5mg, this has no apap so it will give your insides a break. but i do know what u are going thru. good luck